Today I Learned (TIL)

Original Title: TIL Jared Leto sent used condoms and a dead pig to his Suicide Squad co-stars while preparing for his Joker role. As part of his method acting, he mailed disturbing items—like a live rat, bullets, and adult objects. Many co-stars found it unsettling and called the experience disturbing.

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TIL that on Emma Watson's 18th birthday, paparazzi attempted to take pictures under her skirt by laying down on the pavement in front of her house and then published them. If they were taken 24 ho... (fandomwire.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JunetheJewel1 on 2025-06-17 02:07:51+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that on Emma Watson's 18th birthday, paparazzi attempted to take pictures under her skirt by laying down on the pavement in front of her house and then published them. If they were taken 24 hours earlier, it would have been illegal.

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TIL that instant coffee was invented by a New Zealander named David Strang in 1889 — decades before it was "discovered" elsewhere. Strang, from Invercargill, patented a method for producing solubl... (www.stuff.co.nz)

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Original Title: TIL that instant coffee was invented by a New Zealander named David Strang in 1889 — decades before it was "discovered" elsewhere. Strang, from Invercargill, patented a method for producing soluble coffee powder using a dry hot-air process.

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TIL of The Goliath Expedition. An expedition to walk around the globe - currently in year 27. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/FewAskew on 2025-06-16 20:57:55+00:00.

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TIL Argentina's Naval Aviation baptism of fire was on its own population. On 16 June 1955, 30 aircraft from the Argentine Navy and Air Force bombed and strafed Plaza de Mayo and opened fire on the... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CA6NM on 2025-06-16 23:10:39+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Argentina's Naval Aviation baptism of fire was on its own population. On 16 June 1955, 30 aircraft from the Argentine Navy and Air Force bombed and strafed Plaza de Mayo and opened fire on the population killing 300 and injuring over 800 in an attempt to assassinate Perón.

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TIL that Blackie the ship's cat on the HMS Prince of Wales survived the sinking of the vessel that claimed 327 lives (winstonchurchill.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Octavus on 2025-06-16 22:23:11+00:00.

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TIL that "arms" and "tentacles" are two different structures in cephalopods. Arms have suction cups along the whole length, while tentacles have them just at the end. Squids have both arms and ten... (www.scienceandthesea.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DoktorSigma on 2025-06-16 18:47:58+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that "arms" and "tentacles" are two different structures in cephalopods. Arms have suction cups along the whole length, while tentacles have them just at the end. Squids have both arms and tentacles, octopuses have just arms.

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TIL that ancient Greek and Roman historians wrote about a species of headless humans with faces in their chest who supposedly populated Libya and Aethopia (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bnrshrnkr on 2025-06-16 19:40:06+00:00.

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TIL that a working nuclear bomb can be designed by three PhD level Physicists in about two years — and that experiment was done in the 60s with them having no specialised knowledge in nuclear physics (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fun_Atmosphere8071 on 2025-06-16 19:33:38+00:00.

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TIL that in 2023, a man in Peru was caught with a restaurant delivery bag containing a mummified corpse 600 to 800 years old. The man said the mummy was his "spiritual girlfriend" and referred to ... (www.nbcnews.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CatPooedInMyShoe on 2025-06-16 19:20:41+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 2023, a man in Peru was caught with a restaurant delivery bag containing a mummified corpse 600 to 800 years old. The man said the mummy was his "spiritual girlfriend" and referred to it as Juanita. When authorities confiscated the mummy and examined it, it turned out to be a male.

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TIL that Expert systems were among the first truly successful forms of AI software.They were created in the 1970s and then proliferated in the 1980s,being then widely regarded as the future of AI ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Accurate_Cry_8937 on 2025-06-16 18:23:11+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Expert systems were among the first truly successful forms of AI software.They were created in the 1970s and then proliferated in the 1980s,being then widely regarded as the future of AI — before the advent of successful artificial neural networks.

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TIL of William Frederick Windham, who was legally defined as eccentric after one of the long court cases for lunacy because he married a courtesan. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sanguinusshiboleth on 2025-06-16 18:09:16+00:00.

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TIL Jack Toper, an RAF wireless operator in WW2, was a member of the 'guinea pig club' for RAF members who suffered burns. Medical records show skin from his stomach is attached to his arm and gra... (www.eastgrinsteadmuseum.org.uk)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/parkside1750 on 2025-06-16 17:51:46+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Jack Toper, an RAF wireless operator in WW2, was a member of the 'guinea pig club' for RAF members who suffered burns. Medical records show skin from his stomach is attached to his arm and grafted onto his face to make a new nose.

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TIL that the Colosseum in Rome once had 80 entrances - 4 of which were reserved for the emperors, senators, and people of high order. The other 76 were general entrances for spectators. Today, the... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/waitingforthesun92 on 2025-06-16 17:45:54+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the Colosseum in Rome once had 80 entrances - 4 of which were reserved for the emperors, senators, and people of high order. The other 76 were general entrances for spectators. Today, the Colosseum has only 3 entrances.

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TIL supplicia canum ("punishment of the dogs") was an annual sacrifice of ancient Roman religion in which live dogs were suspended from a furca ("fork") or cross (crux) and paraded. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/VelvetDreamers on 2025-06-16 17:44:50+00:00.

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TIL The Turkish Army formerly issued fines to families of soldiers who committed suicide, demanding them to pay for the bullet that they used, although they abolished that practice under pressure (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Rjfngwui-hiigsj on 2025-06-16 14:19:18+00:00.

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TIL Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's faithful butler, was killed off in the Batman comics in 2019. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/originalchaosinabox on 2025-06-16 15:04:56+00:00.

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TIL frogs will in fact try to escape a slowly boiling pot. The myth is based on 19th century experiments in which the frogs have had their brains removed before boiling. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/737Max-Impact on 2025-06-16 15:02:20+00:00.

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TIL when DMX was facing 5 yrs in prison for tax evasion, his lawyer played his song "Slippin'" for the judge to illustrate how far he had come since his "horrific childhood" in the hope for lenien... (www.nbcnews.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-06-16 15:01:05+00:00.

Original Title: TIL when DMX was facing 5 yrs in prison for tax evasion, his lawyer played his song "Slippin'" for the judge to illustrate how far he had come since his "horrific childhood" in the hope for leniency. Indeed, the judge was affected by the circumstances of DMX's upbringing & sentenced him to just a yr

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TIL about Henry Rathbone. He was present in the booth with Lincoln during the assassination. He later went crazy and shot and stabbed his wife to death and also stabbed himself 5 times in an attem... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CryptidToothbrush on 2025-06-16 13:40:46+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Henry Rathbone. He was present in the booth with Lincoln during the assassination. He later went crazy and shot and stabbed his wife to death and also stabbed himself 5 times in an attempted suicide.