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TIL that one old Scottish version of the rhyme Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater states that he "pat [his wife] i' the wa', and lat a' the mice eat her" (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Mcleod129 on 2025-07-01 07:23:36+00:00.

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TIL after being signed to a record label at the age of 12, Aaliyah's uncle introduced her to R. Kelly who ended up being lead songwriter and producer of her debut album; Age Ain't Nothing but a Nu... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MajesticBread9147 on 2025-07-01 12:44:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL after being signed to a record label at the age of 12, Aaliyah's uncle introduced her to R. Kelly who ended up being lead songwriter and producer of her debut album; Age Ain't Nothing but a Number

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TIL that Jim Farley, current CEO of the Ford Motor Company,is a cousin of the late comedian/ SNL alum Chris Farley (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BlakeBurna on 2025-07-01 12:32:53+00:00.

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TIL that the courts found McDonald’s characters like Mayor McCheese and Grimace violated the copyrights covering the H.R. Pufnstuf characters (generalist.academy)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RedditIsAGranfaloon on 2025-07-01 11:42:50+00:00.

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TIL that in 1862, amid a Civil War coin shortage, American entrepreneur and inventor John Gault, invented “encased postage stamps" - real stamps sealed in brass with transparent windows. He called... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 on 2025-07-01 09:46:31+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1862, amid a Civil War coin shortage, American entrepreneur and inventor John Gault, invented “encased postage stamps" - real stamps sealed in brass with transparent windows. He called them “New Metallic Currency” and made extra money selling advertising space on the backs to businesses.

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TIL in 2000, Tim Allen was to star in "The Cat in the Hat," and said, "My dream is to give it the edge that scared me. Like Alien, we’ll see very little of the cat. He’s a human being who turns in... (ew.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Giff95 on 2025-07-01 07:23:01+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2000, Tim Allen was to star in "The Cat in the Hat," and said, "My dream is to give it the edge that scared me. Like Alien, we’ll see very little of the cat. He’s a human being who turns into the cat, like a werewolf or vampire, as he gets more frustrated trying to deal with these children.”

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TIL six out of the eight competitors in the 100-meter final in the Seoul 1988 Olympics were found to have taken performance enhancing drugs (www.firstpost.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2025-07-01 06:20:17+00:00.

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TIL scholars agree that the original ending of the Gospel of Mark was a cliffhanger in which Jesus disappeared from his grave. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ProfessionalGear3020 on 2025-07-01 05:25:14+00:00.

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TIL Tommy Davidson (comedian) was abandoned in the trash at 18 months old, before being rescued by a white woman who became his adoptive mother. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/flyart on 2025-07-01 04:04:48+00:00.

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TIL a man escaped from a federal prison in Illinois after jumping over two 15 foot fences only to turn himself in to the FBI 4 days later to show them his desalination invention. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/puzdawg on 2025-07-01 04:01:45+00:00.

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TIL That Dolly Parton declined a proposal for a statue in her honor at the Tennessee state capitol. (www.cbsnews.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/luxor_jae on 2025-07-01 02:35:22+00:00.

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TIL: The top ranked cadet from the last West Point class before the outbreak of the American Civil War suffered a mortal wound at Appomattox Courthouse two days before the surrender of Robert E. Lee (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fifth_Down on 2025-07-01 01:31:01+00:00.

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TIL Mongolian BBQ wasn't actually invented in Mongolia, but rather it is from Taiwan (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/whoatethebeans on 2025-06-30 20:19:10+00:00.

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TIL That two days before 9/11 Parade Magazine ran a blurb about the FBI trying to "smoke out" Osama Bin Laden and "see clearly through the smoke" with matchbook advertisements, just as they had do... (www.newspapers.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BobbyBetc on 2025-07-01 00:58:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL That two days before 9/11 Parade Magazine ran a blurb about the FBI trying to "smoke out" Osama Bin Laden and "see clearly through the smoke" with matchbook advertisements, just as they had done after the 1993 WTC bombing

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TIL bagasse, the leftover material after sugarcane juice extraction, can produce enough electricity to sustain a sugar mill’s operations. (biomassmagazine.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BackpackJack_ on 2025-06-30 23:18:30+00:00.

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TIL that at a 2004 horse race, over 13,000 fans placed bets totalling ¥121,751,200 on a first place victory for Haru Urara—a horse nicknamed the "shining star of losers everywhere." Haru Urara fin... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SWIMMlNG on 2025-06-30 23:00:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that at a 2004 horse race, over 13,000 fans placed bets totalling ¥121,751,200 on a first place victory for Haru Urara—a horse nicknamed the "shining star of losers everywhere." Haru Urara finished the race in 10th out of 11 spots, her 106th consecutive loss.

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TIL that SPF 30 sunscreen blocks 97% of UVB rays, SPF50 & SPF100 only increases by 1% (www.mdanderson.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/beachsidelife64 on 2025-06-30 16:33:38+00:00.

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TIL that actor Tom Baker landed the part of the Fourth Doctor after Barry Letts (a producer on "Doctor Who") was impressed by Baker's performance as the main villain in the 1973 Ray Harryhausen fi... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Amaruq93 on 2025-06-30 20:26:38+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that actor Tom Baker landed the part of the Fourth Doctor after Barry Letts (a producer on "Doctor Who") was impressed by Baker's performance as the main villain in the 1973 Ray Harryhausen film "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad"

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TIL In 2001, Nintendo released a console specifically made for Pokemon games called the Pokemon Mini (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/haddock420 on 2025-06-30 18:33:26+00:00.

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TIL that the tiniest color picture ever printed is invisible to the naked eye. It is the width of a human hair, or a single pixel on a Retina display. (ethz.ch)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ualyej on 2025-06-30 15:06:20+00:00.

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TIL "turtles can breath through their butts" Technically the term is cloacal respiration, and it’s not so much breathing as just diffusing oxygen in and carbon dioxide out, but the fact remains: w... (www.mcgill.ca)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Public-Proposal3073 on 2025-06-30 17:01:15+00:00.

Original Title: TIL "turtles can breath through their butts" Technically the term is cloacal respiration, and it’s not so much breathing as just diffusing oxygen in and carbon dioxide out, but the fact remains: when turtles hibernate, their main source of oxygen is through their butt.

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TIL that when Keith Flint from the Prodigy bought the Leather Bottle pub in Pleshey, Essex, he kept a jar in which customers were required to put a pound if they made a Firestarter joke when he li... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EssexGuyUpNorth on 2025-06-30 16:49:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that when Keith Flint from the Prodigy bought the Leather Bottle pub in Pleshey, Essex, he kept a jar in which customers were required to put a pound if they made a Firestarter joke when he lit the pub's fire.

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TIL in 2017 researchers hoping to study how various scavengers disrupt human remains set up a camera trap fully expecting to only see images of foxes, raccoons, coyotes, & various birds. Howev... (gizmodo.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-06-30 16:13:31+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2017 researchers hoping to study how various scavengers disrupt human remains set up a camera trap fully expecting to only see images of foxes, raccoons, coyotes, & various birds. However, they ended up capturing the first known photographic evidence of a deer gnawing on human remains.

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TIL "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy was one of Michael Jackson's favorite songs. When he met Shaggy, he told him it sounded like a song he would write, which prompted Shaggy to quip, "So you be bangin', ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/holyfruits on 2025-06-30 15:41:31+00:00.

Original Title: TIL "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy was one of Michael Jackson's favorite songs. When he met Shaggy, he told him it sounded like a song he would write, which prompted Shaggy to quip, "So you be bangin', huh?"

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TIL: A hip hop group named "the Coup" planned to release an album named "Party Music" in September 2001 with the following cover, which was created in June 2001. Due to the September 11 attacks, t... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/depho123 on 2025-06-30 13:52:28+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: A hip hop group named "the Coup" planned to release an album named "Party Music" in September 2001 with the following cover, which was created in June 2001. Due to the September 11 attacks, the album was postponed until November 2001 to create a new cover.

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