Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/exophades on 2025-08-03 11:34:59+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that about 216 streets, squares and buildings in France were named after Arnaud Beltrame, a lieutenant colonel in the French Gendarmerie who was murdered at Trèbes (2018) after having exchanged himself for a hostage, saving her life.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sebastianlim on 2025-08-03 10:01:02+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/great_escape_fleur on 2025-08-03 07:10:11+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/staythirsty90 on 2025-08-03 07:47:17+00:00.

Original Title: TIL actor James Hayden received a standing ovation for his role as a drug addict in the Broadway play American Buffalo. Just 6 hours later, while on the phone with his estranged wife, he suddenly stopped speaking. Police were called and found him slumped over. He died of an apparent heroin overdose

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Own-Bullfrog7362 on 2025-08-03 05:16:22+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Eminem holds the Guinness World Record for the most words in a hit single with “Rap God,” which contains approximately 1,560 words in just over 6 minutes, averaging ~4.28 words per second—and a peak segment of 97 words in just 15 seconds

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/FrontBrick8048 on 2025-08-03 04:26:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GDW312 on 2025-08-03 03:52:36+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SamsonFox2 on 2025-08-03 03:06:20+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-08-03 03:32:31+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Sadako Sasaki (1943–1955). She was two years old when Hiroshima was bombed and was severely irradiated. She survived for another ten years before dying from leukemia caused by radiation exposure. She is remembered for folding over a thousand origami cranes before her death.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Xyeeyx on 2025-08-03 01:00:19+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the restaurant betrayal scene in the Matrix used a spit bucket for actor Joe Pantoliano, who said rare beef makes him gag. In wide shots they used shiitake mushrooms rigged to look like steak for the actor to eat.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LookAtThatBacon on 2025-08-03 00:33:15+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the TV show Scrubs was filmed in the North Hollywood Medical Center, using the entire decommissioned hospital. All of the writers also worked inside it, and it had an editing suite and a sound-studio for post-production. And instead of trailers for the cast, they were given old hospital rooms.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sailor_Rout on 2025-08-03 00:21:35+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Theolaa on 2025-08-03 00:12:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Coconut Crabs (the largest arthropods on Earth at up to 9lbs) are ticklish. If you're pinched by one, "a gentle titillation of the under soft parts of the body with any light material will cause the crab to loosen its hold."

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Own-Bullfrog7362 on 2025-08-03 00:05:44+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-08-03 00:03:51+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1937 Angelo Hays slammed headfirst into a brick wall in a motorcycle crash & was declared dead. However he was discovered alive when his body was exhumed 2 days after his funeral. He made a full recovery & invented a coffin that contained a "small oven, refrigerator & a hi-fi cassette player"

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/trubol on 2025-08-02 23:25:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-08-02 22:45:27+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LookAtThatBacon on 2025-08-02 22:14:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Steve Carell told NBC "he was going to sign for another couple of years" to stay on the TV show The Office, but NBC executives simply didn't contact him back, letting the deadline for when they were supposed to give him an offer pass, resulting in his early departure.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-08-02 21:53:03+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Alice Marie Harris (1932–1942), was a child from Pennsylvania raised in isolation. Abused for being illegitimate, she was strapped down in an attic from five months to six years old, malnourished and unable to move or speak. She was rescued in 1938 but died at age ten from jaundice.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-08-02 21:33:44+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the Wendel Family was an eccentric and reclusive New York real estate dynasty in the 19th and early 20th centuries. They wore outdated Victorian clothing and refused to install modern utilities. Ella, the last surviving sibling, was famous for her many poodles, all named Toby.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-08-02 21:04:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DAL59 on 2025-08-02 20:53:35+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-08-02 20:37:11+00:00.

Original Title: TIL each year roughly 0.3% of all college applicants in the US are accepted into at least one Ivy League school, whereas only 0.0004% of college applicants get accepted into all eight Ivy League schools. 19 known students accomplished the latter between 2014-2022.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fighterpilot108 on 2025-08-02 20:23:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SuperMcG on 2025-08-02 19:08:32+00:00.