Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nick9000 on 2025-06-29 13:30:00+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nowackjack on 2025-06-29 12:56:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Odd_Advance_6438 on 2025-06-29 11:44:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/I_Have_A_Master_Kink on 2025-06-29 11:35:39+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GDW312 on 2025-06-29 10:24:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Florry90 on 2025-06-29 09:45:42+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Few-Hair-5382 on 2025-06-29 09:26:15+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of the Rüsselsheim massacre. In 1944, 6 American surrendered airmen were lynched by German townsfolk angered by previous bombing raids. The perpetrators were tried and many executed after the war.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/mrpeabodyscoaltrain on 2025-06-29 00:19:00+00:00.

Original Title: Dutch pink is yellow because “pink” wasn’t recognized as its own category until it was given the name of the flower dianthus, historically called a “pynk,” and though it comes in many colors, it the most common varieties are light red.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/moussekie on 2025-06-29 07:44:19+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/snakkerdudaniel on 2025-06-29 05:02:19+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AdMaximum7545 on 2025-06-29 01:37:11+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/garlic98 on 2025-06-29 02:27:16+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/aprettyp on 2025-06-29 01:35:02+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of Rampjaar (or the Disaster Year), which refers to the year 1672 in Dutch history. Things went so badly that year that it is generally described with this saying "The people were irrational; the government desperate; and the country irretrievable"

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Maharajahn on 2025-06-29 01:27:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Serious-Hearing-9661 on 2025-06-29 01:19:34+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Serious-Hearing-9661 on 2025-06-29 01:04:39+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that everyone in Singapore above the age of 21 is automatically registered as an organ donor. Opting out from this Act will result in you being put at the very bottom of the organ priority list, should you need an organ transplantation to save your life.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Serious-Hearing-9661 on 2025-06-29 00:59:44+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan as part of a "Work Life Choice Challenge" by shutting down offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, increased by almost 40% compared to the previous period the previous year.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/NeutroATerra on 2025-06-29 00:51:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/protovirod on 2025-06-29 00:17:00+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the word thug is derived from the Hindi word 'thugee' who were a criminal network of robbers and murderers that operated in India during the British Raj. They would befriend travellers, gain their trust, loot them and then kill them

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Giff95 on 2025-06-29 00:04:01+00:00.

Original Title: TIL two UK men legally changed their names to Emperor Spiderman Gandalf Wolverine Skywalker Optimus Prime Goku Sonic Xavier Ryu Cloud Superman Heman Batman Thrash and Baron Venom Balrog Sabretooth Vader Megatron Vegeta Robotnik Magneto Bison Sephiroth Lex Luthor Skeletor Joker Grind respectively.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GoinThruTheBigD on 2025-06-28 23:56:33+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Marcy Borders, a 28-year-old employee in the World Trade Center, survived the building’s collapse on September 11, 2001. Her picture, showed her completely covered in dust. The image became widely recognized, and Borders became known as "The Dust Lady." She passed away from cancer on 08/24/2015.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/dakp15 on 2025-06-28 23:16:02+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Halley's Comet was first observed and recorded in Chinese chronicles in 240BC. Since the. It has been recorded around 30 times approximately every 75 years. After being observed in England in 1066 it was determined to be a bad omen and was included in the Bayeux Tapestry

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/itchydolphinbutthole on 2025-06-28 23:06:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Wazula23 on 2025-06-28 22:22:22+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/grendelt on 2025-06-28 21:47:40+00:00.