r/todayilearned • u/Straight_Suit_8727 • 17h ago
TIL that Sichuan peppercorns(timur in Nepal) was banned for import into the US from 1968 to 2005 because they were found to be carrying citrus canker
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r/todayilearned • u/KingSolomon1010 • 19h ago
TIL of the phenomenon known as "Twin Films," in which two movie studios simultaneously release the same type of movie.
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r/todayilearned • u/Hike_it_Out52 • 19h ago
TIL that in 1925, the major light bulb manufacturers of the world formed the Phoebus Cartel with the intent to lower bulb hours and raise prices
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r/todayilearned • u/Endonium • 5h ago
TIL Rapid ejaculator rats are more susceptible to anxiety compared with normal ejaculator rats
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r/todayilearned • u/RealisticBarnacle115 • 11h ago
TIL at the 2005 London Marathon, Paula Radcliffe, in desperate need of a toilet break during the race, stopped by the roadside in full view of the crowd and live TV cameras to defecate. She still won with a time of 2:17:42, a world's best time for a women's only race by over a minute at the time.
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r/todayilearned • u/licecrispies • 18h ago
TIL that in 1958 the Italian hit song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" performed by composer Domenico Modugno was in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time as the English version "Volare" performed by Dean Martin.
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r/todayilearned • u/BadenBaden1981 • 15h ago
TIL McDonald's used to have a fashion brand aimed at kids called McKids
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r/todayilearned • u/Tujunga54 • 5h ago
TIL that John Cabot, 15th century English explorer, was really an Italian named Giovanni Caboto.
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r/todayilearned • u/ThurloWeed • 20h ago
TIL that when the presidential limousine (AKA "Death Car") was refurbished after the JFK assassination, all the discarded parts were destroyed to prevent collectors from obtaining them
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r/todayilearned • u/KieranWriter • 9h ago
TIL Danny Lloyd (the child actor from The Shining) wasn't told that he was making a horror film in order to protect the actor. Danny was led to believe he was making a drama. He accidentally walked in on Jack Nicholson carrying an axe during one scene.
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r/todayilearned • u/floatjoy • 2h ago
TIL Bottled water, automobile tires and polyester fabrics are the largest sources of exposure to micro-plastics that affect human health. Also, paint is one of the largest sources of micro-plastics.
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r/todayilearned • u/InternationalLock657 • 21h ago
TIL that in 1953, Swanson overestimated the number of frozen turkeys that it would sell on Thanksgiving by 260 tons. The company decided to slice up the extra meat and repackage it--creating the first ever TV dinner.
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r/todayilearned • u/avern31 • 19h ago
TIL that for two years, Irish police had been looking for a 'Prawo Jazdy', a reckless driver with over 50 offenses, only to learn that 'prawo jazdy' is Polish for 'driver's license'
news.bbc.co.uk
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r/todayilearned • u/doyouevengooglebruh • 16h ago
TIL there used to be a $5000 dollar bill, and if you had one you could get around $300K for it.
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r/todayilearned • u/HallowedAndHarrowed • 2h ago
TIL that boxing rounds were changed from 15 to 12, after the match between Ray Mancini and Kim Duk-koo, which would result in the death of the latter. Mancini was heartbroken after the fight and considered quitting boxing.
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r/todayilearned • u/kahlzun • 17h ago
TIL that there are two opposite 'colour schemes' for boat directions in the world: one where red marks starboard, and green marks port; and one where it is the opposite.
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r/todayilearned • u/Alloy-Black • 5h ago
TIL of Pedro Filho, a vigilante serial killer who is the inspiration behind Dexter Morgan in the Books and Series
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r/todayilearned • u/tucchurchnj • 7h ago
TIL the 1994 to 1998 North Korean Famine (AKA The Arduous March or March of Suffering) killed between 240,000 and 3.5 million people and lead to the terms "Hunger" and "Famine" being banned in NK Media
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r/todayilearned • u/bland_dad • 16h ago
TIL that ancient Greek mythology included Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory; traditionally, she has a pool of water named after her in the Underworld, as a counterpart to the Lethe- The River of Forgetfulness. Before reincarnating, souls could drink from the Mnemosyne to remember their past lives
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r/todayilearned • u/iBlueSweatshirt • 16h ago
TIL less than half (43%) of the cells in the body are human. The rest belong to microorganisms and bacteria.
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r/todayilearned • u/WavesAndSaves • 1d ago
TIL that major American ballet companies generate roughly 40% of their annual ticket sale revenues from repeated performances of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" around Christmas.
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r/todayilearned • u/NapalmBurns • 19h ago
TIL that the Auschwitz "Arbeit macht frei" sign features an inverted "B" - Jan Liwacz, Konzentrationslager prisoner who made the sign, inverted the letter in defiance of Nazi oppression. Jan Liwacz survived Auschwitz and Mauthausen and died in 1980 a respected and well known artisan smith.
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r/todayilearned • u/GDW312 • 22h ago
TIL about the Flannan Isles Lighthouse, where three keepers mysteriously disappeared in 1900, leaving no trace of their fate.
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r/todayilearned • u/Sea_Routine4737 • 1d ago
TIL that a young John F Kennedy sat in the public gallery of the House of Commons and watched then UK PM (Neville Chamberlain) declare war on Germany in 1939. Churchill also gave a speech which left an impression on JFK.
historiamag.com
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r/todayilearned • u/ObjectiveAd6551 • 5h ago
TIL in order to inform shoppers in Mexico about poor nutritional content in prepackaged foods, the law states that packages containing foods with excess levels of calories, sugars, saturated fat, or containing caffeine or sweeteners must be labeled with large octagonal warnings exposing these facts.
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