Today I Learned (TIL)

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TIL that during WW2 half of all Avro Lancasters built during the war were lost in operations with an estimates death of 21,000 airmen. (cms.rafmuseum.org.uk)
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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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Today I learned the Fenian Brotherhood, Irish-American Civil War vets, launched failed raids into Canada (1866-71) to pressure Britain for Irish independence, boosting Canadian unity. (en.wikipedia.org)
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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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TIL of Alejandra Loaiza, ex-wife of both Jermaine and Randy Jackson of the Jackson family. She had children with both, making the kids both half-siblings and cousins. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Reditate on 2025-06-10 15:05:22+00:00.

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TIL that Amtrak is an independent agency of the US federal government (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ZitiRotini on 2025-06-10 14:20:41+00:00.

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TIL that in 1999 Mets manager Bobby Valentine was ejected from a game and then returned to the dugout wearing a disguise (www.mlb.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PotAndPansForHands on 2025-06-10 13:57:31+00:00.

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TIL During Japan's Edo period (1603-1868), upper-class women sometimes hired female attendants called "Heoibikuni" (or "fart-bearing nuns") to take blame for their flatulence. (soranews24.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DistinctAttention323 on 2025-06-10 12:47:01+00:00.

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TIL it's illegal in Saudi Arabia for Saudi nationals to marry women from Bangladesh, Chad, Burma or Pakistan, in order to keep the nation homogeneous (www.bbc.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CaraDePijardo on 2025-06-10 09:22:21+00:00.

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TIL that after learning about the atrocities committed during the Battle of Manila, dictator of Spain Francisco Franco considered declaring war on Japan and joining the allies, 40 years after the ... (florentinorodao.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/fuyu-no-hanashi on 2025-06-10 08:01:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that after learning about the atrocities committed during the Battle of Manila, dictator of Spain Francisco Franco considered declaring war on Japan and joining the allies, 40 years after the Philippines became independent from Spain.

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Today I learned that the Library of Congress added, “Spy Kids” (2001) into their national film registry as a, “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” movie. (www.nbcnews.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bigguys45s on 2025-06-10 06:49:43+00:00.

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TIL that Tanooki Mario is based on a real animal – the "tanuki" is a Japanese "racoon dog" (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Myklanjlo on 2025-06-10 03:48:55+00:00.

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TIL the catch phrase "different strokes for different folks" was coined by Sly Stone. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/decorama on 2025-06-10 03:46:46+00:00.

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TIL academic freedom in the US impacts the entire world. (www.nature.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/latinforcheerful on 2025-06-10 03:19:45+00:00.

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TIL when actor Patrick Stewart starred with a young rookie called Tom Hardy in Star Trek : Nemesis (2002), he never expected to hear about Tom Hardy again. He now admits he was glad to be proved w... (www.independent.co.uk)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrMiracle27 on 2025-06-10 00:13:53+00:00.

Original Title: TIL when actor Patrick Stewart starred with a young rookie called Tom Hardy in Star Trek : Nemesis (2002), he never expected to hear about Tom Hardy again. He now admits he was glad to be proved wrong.

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TIL Dolphins have "bromances" in which two males may pair up for as long as 15 years and help each other hook up with females (www.theguardian.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/itsangel00 on 2025-06-10 02:50:19+00:00.

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TIL that, for the 20th anniversary rerelease of Massive Attack’s classic album Mezzanine, they became the first band to release their album by encoding it into DNA. (pitchfork.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PerfectUpstairs4842 on 2025-06-10 02:25:01+00:00.

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TIL that Joan Hannington, 'The Godmother', was the most notorious female figure in London's criminal underworld during the 80s. With her stunning looks and glamorous wardrobe, Joan was underestima... (luxurylondon.co.uk)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Dystopics_IT on 2025-06-09 22:03:33+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Joan Hannington, 'The Godmother', was the most notorious female figure in London's criminal underworld during the 80s. With her stunning looks and glamorous wardrobe, Joan was underestimated, she used this to her advantage and became an undetected mastermind in high-stakes jewellery theft.

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TIL the first female US senator was also the last slave-owning US senator (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/blue2002222 on 2025-06-10 00:29:36+00:00.

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TIL George Washington wanted to burn down New York City during the American Revolution so that the British could not seize it. (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Jaw709 on 2025-06-09 23:58:44+00:00.

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TIL about Walter Duranty, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who was the New York Times' Moscow bureau chief from 1922-1936. There have been multiple attempts to strip the prize due to his failur... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DubyaB40 on 2025-06-09 21:00:18+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Walter Duranty, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who was the New York Times' Moscow bureau chief from 1922-1936. There have been multiple attempts to strip the prize due to his failure to report on the Soviet Famine of 1930-33.

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TIL that all diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, such as Creutzfeldt–Jakob and fatal insomnia, have a perfect 100% mortality rate. There are no cases of survival and these d... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/exophades on 2025-06-09 22:43:32+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that all diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, such as Creutzfeldt–Jakob and fatal insomnia, have a perfect 100% mortality rate. There are no cases of survival and these diseases are invariably fatal.

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TIL Henry Cavill was close to being cast as James Bond, Cedric Diggory, Edward Cullen and a 2004 version of Superman. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/rocklou on 2025-06-09 22:08:16+00:00.

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TIL that theday after the Kent State shootings, A Gallup poll found that 58% of Americans believed the students were responsible for their own deaths, while only 11% blamed the Guard. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Whiiiisky on 2025-06-09 21:43:07+00:00.

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TIL Frederick Forsyth spent six months reporting on the Nigerian Civil War for BBC. He asked to continue covering the war, and BBC refused. So Forsyth quit and covered the war freelance for two ye... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/zamboni-jones on 2025-06-09 21:19:26+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Frederick Forsyth spent six months reporting on the Nigerian Civil War for BBC. He asked to continue covering the war, and BBC refused. So Forsyth quit and covered the war freelance for two years, during which time he claims to have been an MI6 informant.

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TIL An endling is the last known individual of a particular species or subspecies. After the endling the species becomes extinct, never to walk the earth again. The first known use of the word end... (www.worldatlas.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SuvenPan on 2025-06-09 20:13:45+00:00.

Original Title: TIL An endling is the last known individual of a particular species or subspecies. After the endling the species becomes extinct, never to walk the earth again. The first known use of the word endling occurred in an issue of the scientific journal Nature on April 4,1996.

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TIL that the first President of Guyana was the first ethnically Chinese person to be elected as head of state in a non-Asian country. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DangerNoodle1993 on 2025-06-09 19:43:26+00:00.

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