Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/here4dambivalence on 2025-06-11 03:43:54+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MusicSole on 2025-06-11 03:25:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Dr_Talon on 2025-06-11 03:07:00+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/lilfoxybaby on 2025-06-11 02:15:18+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/0khalek0 on 2025-06-11 00:46:39+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/0khalek0 on 2025-06-11 00:35:49+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the British Navy had an entire department in WWII devoted to inventing ridiculous and unconventional weapons. They came up with ideas like exploding rats, rocket-powered wheels, and even using bird poop to blind U-BOAT periscopes.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DangerNoodle1993 on 2025-06-10 23:40:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DangerNoodle1993 on 2025-06-10 23:38:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/rasdo on 2025-06-10 21:39:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the lowest body temperature ever survived by a person was measured at 11.8°C in a 27-month year toddler 10 minutes after blood flow was reestablished in the patient. The lowest recorded body temperature in a surviving adult is 13.7°C

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/yooolka on 2025-06-10 21:35:39+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Curt Richter found that rats placed in water drowned within 15 minutes—unless they were rescued once. After experiencing a brief rescue, those same rats swam for over 60 hours, driven by the hope of being saved again. This suggests that hope alone can push us beyond our limits.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/loadnurmom on 2025-06-10 20:37:28+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that after featuring as the "childlike empress" in The Neverending Story, the 11 year old actress began receiving marriage proposals from adult men resulting in her hiatus from acting until she was an adult.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Canadian_Z on 2025-06-10 20:15:52+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/frizziefrazzle on 2025-06-10 20:06:59+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Forward-Answer-4407 on 2025-06-10 19:25:02+00:00.

Original Title: TIL a 10-year-old boy died after contracting "rat-bite fever" from his pet rat which was purchased at Petco. Following a trial, a jury determined that Petco was not liable for the boy's death and that Petco did enough to warn consumers about the dangers of owing a pet rat.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Haunting_Homework381 on 2025-06-10 18:11:27+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TheEpicRedditerr on 2025-06-10 18:11:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/mpark2453 on 2025-06-10 18:07:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/gvxvik on 2025-06-10 17:54:48+00:00.

Original Title: TIL insects aren’t actually attracted to light but try to keep it above their backs due to a built-in reflex called the Dorsal Light Response. This makes them turn their dorsum toward the light mistaking it for the sky which causes them to circle around artificial light sources

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RazarTuk on 2025-06-10 17:06:19+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/InmostJoy on 2025-06-10 15:14:59+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, a limestone sculpture from the Neo-Assyrian Empire that was created around 827–824 BC. It is notable for displaying the earliest depiction of a Biblical figure – King Jehu, who reigned the northern kingdom of Israel for 28 years, from c. 841–814 BC.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TadpoleNeither6164 on 2025-06-10 16:58:33+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/rockenman1234 on 2025-06-10 16:57:50+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the U.S. military stopped producing new M1911 pistols in 1945 but continued using refurbished models for over 40 years, officially replacing them with the Beretta M9 in 1985 - though some special forces continued to carry them well into the 21st century.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Lemmingmaster64 on 2025-06-10 15:30:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DaganMoody on 2025-06-10 15:08:20+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Reditate on 2025-06-10 15:05:22+00:00.