Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Strong-Evidence7762 on 2025-06-23 10:24:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Smaptimania on 2025-06-23 10:43:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 2003 Hideo Kojima designed a Game Boy Advance game with a light sensor built into the cartridge. The player's in-game weapon is charged by taking the game outside and playing it in natural sunlight, and game mechanics change when it's dark out in your area

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sebastianlim on 2025-06-23 08:41:32+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303, whose pilots tried to land despite not being in a safe position for it, and with their landing gear up. The resulting belly landing damaged the engines so much that when they tried to take off again, it crashed into the city killing 98 people.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Tamashii-Azul on 2025-06-23 08:12:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Tim22Mt on 2025-06-23 07:09:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that under French colonial rule in Morocco, settlers had 36.5 km of sewers built for them, while Moroccans got only 4.3 km. Moroccans paid 24% more per hectare for land that was 50 times smaller, and they were legally banned from purchasing land from French settlers.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/randCN on 2025-06-23 05:57:19+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-06-23 05:44:23+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2014 Ben Affleck was banned for life from playing blackjack at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas after he was caught on camera counting cards at a high rollers table. He was told by security that he was "too good" and had been deemed an advantage blackjack player.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sea_Lingonberry_4720 on 2025-06-23 05:27:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ManosVanBoom on 2025-06-23 01:30:44+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Tim22Mt on 2025-06-23 01:46:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Doris “Dorie” Miller was the first Black American awarded the Navy Cross. A mess attendant during Pearl Harbor, without training he manned an anti-aircraft gun without training and carried wounded sailors to safety, becoming a WWII hero.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/-AMARYANA- on 2025-06-23 01:22:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Stan Lee served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He enlisted in 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor and served until 1945. He was part of the Signal Corps, where he worked on repairing telegraph wires and communications.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Crafterandchef1993 on 2025-06-23 00:58:27+00:00.

Original Title: Til that there is a prophecy regarding the ravens of the tower of London. If six ravens leave, it will be the downfall of the royal family and Britain itself, so at least 6 ravens are always kept and protected at the tower

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/pretttynpink on 2025-06-23 01:02:31+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/originalchaosinabox on 2025-06-23 00:21:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2024 the Canadian town of Drumheller attempted to set the world record for the largest gathering of people in inflatable dinosaur costumes. Their attempted was disqualified because more people than expected showed up and they lost count at 3000.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BeekyGardener on 2025-06-23 00:00:26+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the deer around Nara, the ancient early capital of Japan, are sacred in Shintoism for being messengers of the gods. They have been tame for centuries from humans not hunting them. They are popular with guests who buy “deer cookies” to feed them.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Dans-les-bois on 2025-06-22 22:59:32+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/J0hnEddy on 2025-06-22 22:56:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SocraticTiger on 2025-06-22 19:48:16+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DCFVBTEG on 2025-06-22 22:18:17+00:00.

Original Title: TIL there was a literary subgenre in the 1850s dubbed "Anti-Tom literature" created in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The books would attempt to justify slavery and paint blacks as being content in servitude.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/delano1998 on 2025-06-22 22:06:54+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Napoleon Dynamite actor Efren Ramirez sent a cease and desist letter to his brother Carlos after finding out that he had been impersonating his character Pedro at parties and other events that Efren was too busy to attend, hitting him a 10 million dollar lawsuit had he continued.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Temnodontosaurus on 2025-06-22 21:56:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Regular_Eggplant_248 on 2025-06-22 21:37:58+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that actor Michael Rapaport publicly feuded with NBA player Kevin Durant on Twitter, leading to a series of heated exchanges and eventually Rapaport exposing private DMs he received from Durant containing threats and homophobic and misogynistic slurs.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/edgeofdawn32 on 2025-06-22 20:54:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Hungarians originally wrote their language using a system of runes appearing similar to runes once used in Germanic languages. The runes fell out of use after the Christianization of Hungary under Stephen I but have seen some revival in modern times.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fitz_cuniculus on 2025-06-22 20:47:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/teamstep on 2025-06-22 20:03:40+00:00.