Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DangerNoodle1993 on 2025-06-28 21:24:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DangerNoodle1993 on 2025-06-28 21:18:27+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/viksect on 2025-06-28 20:46:52+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SmellyCat0007 on 2025-06-28 20:39:33+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/altrightobserver on 2025-06-28 20:34:21+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Torley_ on 2025-06-28 20:01:49+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrVernonDursley on 2025-06-28 19:43:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Billie Austin Bryant spent the shortest amount of time as an FBI Most Wanted fugitive. After escaping prison and robbing a bank, Bryant murdered 2 FBI agents, earning him a spot on the Most Wanted list. He was found hiding in a neighbour's attic only 2 hours later.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrMiracle27 on 2025-06-28 17:15:21+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that after playing 9 years in Major League Baseball, Byron McLaughlin allegedly worked in the counterfeit consumer goods industry in Mexico, making knock-off athletic footwear. He fled justice after posting bail in 1990 and his exact whereabouts are unknown. It is thought he is in Europe.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/InGordWeTrust on 2025-06-28 17:09:13+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DJDeets on 2025-06-28 17:08:34+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ualyej on 2025-06-28 16:10:34+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Giff95 on 2025-06-28 14:55:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ModenaR on 2025-06-28 14:36:38+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PackagingMSU on 2025-06-28 13:21:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam’s forces never launched a single Scud at U.S. troops—thanks to swift coordination between U.S. intel, surveillance, and airpower that took out the launchers first.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-06-28 12:09:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2013 McDonald's gave Charles Ramsey free food for a year after he helped rescue 3 women, who had been held hostage for years, while carrying a "half-eaten Big Mac." In addition, 14 local Ohio restaurants also gave Ramsey free burgers for life.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sebastianlim on 2025-06-28 11:59:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 2020, a teenage boy was playing video games with an online friend when he began having a seizure. Despite being over 5,000 miles away, his friend managed to alert the emergency services in his area, saving his life.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/malarky-b on 2025-06-28 09:23:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the Vanderbilts held a costume ball as a housewarming party in 1883, during the Gilded Age. Most contemporary sources put the cost of the ball at $250,000 (nearly 6 million dollars in today’s money), including such costs as $65,000 for champagne and $11,000 for flowers.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/StrokesSiren on 2025-06-28 09:30:12+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/FSsuxxon on 2025-06-28 04:21:54+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AlarmingLecture0 on 2025-06-28 03:49:38+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: astronauts eat steak and eggs the morning of a launch because it makes them feel full longer and generates minimal poop (and not just out of a tradition started by test pilots who liked that meal).

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/WavesAndSaves on 2025-06-28 01:44:11+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that although the Gregorian Calendar is built around the fact that Jesus' birth was in 1 AD (AD stands for "Anno Domini" or "in the year of the Lord"), most historians agree that Jesus was actually born between 4 BC and 6 BC.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/liebkartoffel on 2025-06-28 01:09:17+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Frank Welker (whose roles include the Mogwai from Gremlins, Abu from Aladdin, the aliens from Independence Day, and the parrot from Deep Blue Sea) is the fourth highest-grossing film actor of all time.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Plus-Staff on 2025-06-28 00:14:47+00:00.

Original Title: TIL 84,070 T-34s were built between 1940 and 1945 (35,120 with 76 mm guns, 48,950 as T-34-85s), making it most-produced tank of WW2 & the 2nd most-produced tank of all time. Despite its resilience, some 44,900 were lost or damaged in combat—the highest loss count of any tank.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Starfire-Galaxy on 2025-06-27 23:54:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Osato on 2025-06-27 23:21:35+00:00.