Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Rantamplan123 on 2025-06-21 10:35:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-06-21 06:00:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Pausanias, the Spartan general who defeated the Persians at Plataea, was later accused of colluding with the Persians. He sought sanctuary at a temple, where his mother visited him only to lay a brick at the entrance, implying that they should seal it and starve him to death, which they did

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JoeyZasaa on 2025-06-21 04:59:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Dans-les-bois on 2025-06-21 04:17:39+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/sonicandfffan on 2025-06-21 04:07:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Future-Pat on 2025-06-21 02:03:07+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Longinus, the man who is traditionally identified with stabbing Jesus in his side, is a saint. The lance he used to pierce Jesus with is usually called the Holy Lance. The act is also said to have made the last of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ElevatorVivid3638 on 2025-06-21 00:46:16+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DubyaB40 on 2025-06-20 23:28:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Chang and Eng Bunker, the conjoined twins whose fame popularized the term "Siamese twins", purchased a 150 acre tract of land in North Carolina in 1839, owned slaves, and supported the Confederacy

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Virtual-Visit-6091 on 2025-06-21 00:51:40+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Charles Joughin, the Titanic’s chief baker, survived the icy waters by staying calm and a bit drunk. After helping others, he sipped brandy, stepped off the sinking ship, and floated for hours in freezing water until rescued barely even cold.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/WavesAndSaves on 2025-06-21 00:15:22+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of Stubbins Ffirth. While in school he theorized yellow fever was not contagious, and was spread by heat and stress. He poured blood, vomit, and urine of the infected into his eyeballs and cuts and did not become sick, believing his theory to be true. It was later shown to be spread by mosquitos

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/WALLSTREETBRIDE on 2025-06-21 00:12:03+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Japan's rapid industrialization was driven by massive family-owned conglomerates called "zaibatsu," which were so powerful they were essentially dismantled by the Allies after WWII to democratize the nation.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AlmostMidnight_ on 2025-06-20 23:22:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Kwpthrowaway2 on 2025-06-20 20:54:11+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DevinGraysonShirk on 2025-06-20 21:04:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Stargazingmyst on 2025-06-20 20:35:48+00:00.

Original Title: TIL blood lost during a cycle isn’t blood that’s been “stored” over the month long cycle, it’s blood coming from blood vessels in the uterus. As the uterine lining pulls away, ‘tiny’ ruptures/tears are caused in the blood vessels, and heavy cycles are caused by enlarged vessels & hormone imbalance

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/NoxiousQueef on 2025-06-20 20:24:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL In 1981, at the height of the Medellin Cartel, Miami had a record high 621 murders (compared to 31 in 2023). Because the morgue was always full, the Miami-Dade medical examiner's office had to lease a refrigerated Ryder truck to store all of the bodies.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TheGoddamnAnswer on 2025-06-20 17:15:27+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SirSignificant6576 on 2025-06-20 18:09:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of the 1997Jarrell, Texas "Dead Man Walking" tornado, a slow-moving F5 twister that sat over a subdivision for three full minutes, subjecting it to 260+ mph winds. It erased everything, killed 27 people, plus hundreds of cattle, and blended their remains together unrecognizably.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/adiplotti on 2025-06-20 17:02:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-06-20 17:56:41+00:00.

Original Title: TIL a study lured 290 participants under the false premise the study was on attractiveness. They were told their peers would be rating their photo & while “waiting” for the ratings, they played Tetris for 10 minutes. Researchers found that Tetris can put people into a state of “flow” & ease anxiety.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EpicUnbound on 2025-06-20 17:33:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-06-20 17:21:40+00:00.

Original Title: TIL a study on professional slap fighting analyzed 333 slaps for visible signs of concussion & found that more than 50% of the slap sequences resulted in fighters showing visible signs of concussion, with nearly 80% of the fighters demonstrating at least 1 sign of concussion during their matches.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RaccoonCityTacos on 2025-06-20 16:22:11+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/phoenixswope on 2025-06-20 16:03:12+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Stigler's Law - which "states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer." Yes - apparently Stigler [intentionally] stole credit for this from a sociologist (Robert Merton).

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/noelg1998 on 2025-06-20 15:16:01+00:00.