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TIL when generating wind power, cold winds produce more electricity than hot winds at the same wind speed. (suomenuusiutuvat.fi)
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Today I learned country music legend John Prine was 'discovered' by movie critic Roger Ebert, who wrote him a glowing review in the Chicago Tribune after wandering into a bar where he was playing.... (www.chicagomag.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/saintsimon101 on 2025-08-01 03:48:26+00:00.

Original Title: Today I learned country music legend John Prine was 'discovered' by movie critic Roger Ebert, who wrote him a glowing review in the Chicago Tribune after wandering into a bar where he was playing. At the time, Prine was a working mailman.

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TIL that the state of California has a specific protocol for missing Native Americans called a Feather Alert (amberadvocate.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/altrightobserver on 2025-08-01 01:48:13+00:00.

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TIL there’s a village in Nigeria where men and women speak different words for the same things (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/jaytee319 on 2025-08-01 01:16:18+00:00.

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TIL Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is 27 and married with a 32 year age gap (people.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CivilReaction on 2025-08-01 01:00:04+00:00.

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TIL some native Japanese have facial features linked to Jomon ancestry that are visually similar to those of Caucasians (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RadishRocket on 2025-07-31 23:36:05+00:00.

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TIL in 1860 that a French man by the name of Antoine de Tounens went to the Araucanía region, proclaimed the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia, and became its first and only king. The country onl... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Physical_Hamster_118 on 2025-07-31 22:56:12+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1860 that a French man by the name of Antoine de Tounens went to the Araucanía region, proclaimed the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia, and became its first and only king. The country only lasted 2 years as the Chilean authorities occupied the country and arrested him.

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TIL Boston experienced a bomb scare in 2007 triggered by LED ads featuring cartoon characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The devices were mistaken for bombs & the response cost an estimated ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/weeef on 2025-08-01 00:05:41+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Boston experienced a bomb scare in 2007 triggered by LED ads featuring cartoon characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The devices were mistaken for bombs & the response cost an estimated $2M.

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TIL when staying as a guest in Charles Dickens' house, Hans Christian Andersen requested that one of Dickens' sons give him a daily shave (he said that was customary when hosting male guests in De... (lithub.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/biebrforro on 2025-07-31 23:11:48+00:00.

Original Title: TIL when staying as a guest in Charles Dickens' house, Hans Christian Andersen requested that one of Dickens' sons give him a daily shave (he said that was customary when hosting male guests in Denmark). Dickens was weirded out and instead gave him a daily appointment at a nearby barbershop.

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TIL in the 1980s, doughnut shops in Southern California started using pink-colored boxes because they were cheaper than plain white boxes due to there being a large amount leftover of pink-dyed ca... (10best.usatoday.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LookAtThatBacon on 2025-07-31 21:21:01+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in the 1980s, doughnut shops in Southern California started using pink-colored boxes because they were cheaper than plain white boxes due to there being a large amount leftover of pink-dyed cardboard stock just sitting around, taking up warehouse space at restaurant supply company Westco.

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TIL the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, Walt Disney’s famous backyard railroad, was operational for only 3 years. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/the_dj_zig on 2025-07-31 21:04:14+00:00.

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TIL the "Mona Lisa" wasn't widely considered a masterpiece until after it was stolen by three handymen; the theft wasn't even noticed for over 24 hours (www.npr.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/slhamlet on 2025-07-31 21:28:32+00:00.

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TIL Krystyna Chiger survived the Holocaust by hiding in Lviv’s sewers with her family. While there, her grandmother knit her a green woolen sweater to keep her warm, now displayed at the U.S. Holo... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-07-31 18:07:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Krystyna Chiger survived the Holocaust by hiding in Lviv’s sewers with her family. While there, her grandmother knit her a green woolen sweater to keep her warm, now displayed at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. They were helped by Leopold Socha, a Polish Catholic sewer worker.

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TIL in 1954 the real-life inspiration for Godzilla came from a U.S. thermonuclear test that was so powerful it irradiated a Japanese fishing boat 80 miles away, killing a crew member and triggerin... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GeoColo on 2025-07-31 18:37:57+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1954 the real-life inspiration for Godzilla came from a U.S. thermonuclear test that was so powerful it irradiated a Japanese fishing boat 80 miles away, killing a crew member and triggering global outrage.

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TIL about the War of the Bucket (1325) — a bizarre conflict between the Italian city-states of Modena and Bologna that supposedly started over a stolen wooden bucket. (historyfacts.com)
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TIL that six revolutionary war vets lived to witness the civil war and that only three of them lived to see its end. Lemuel Cook was the oldest dying at 106 in 1866. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Jonathan Swift authored the work The Benefit of Farting Explained, published under the pseudonym Don Fartinando Puff-Indorst, Professor of Bumbast in the University of Crackow (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL a man in Philadelphia scaled 15 floors of a burning building with his bare hands after firefighters stopped him from entering just to check on his bedridden mother. After confirming she was sa... (edition.cnn.com)
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Original Title: TIL a man in Philadelphia scaled 15 floors of a burning building with his bare hands after firefighters stopped him from entering just to check on his bedridden mother. After confirming she was safe He climbed back down and wasn’t charged..

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TIL of Malört, a liqueur almost exclusive to Chicago, described as "like swallowing a burnt condom filled with gasoline." Drinking a shot is considered a Windy City rite of passage. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that in 1892, Mercy Brown was exhumed in Rhode Island because villagers believed she was a vampire. Her heart was burned, and the ashes were mixed into a drink as a supposed cure for her sick ... (newengland.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/primal_cortex on 2025-07-31 16:35:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1892, Mercy Brown was exhumed in Rhode Island because villagers believed she was a vampire. Her heart was burned, and the ashes were mixed into a drink as a supposed cure for her sick brother.

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TIL that the Colossus of Constantine, a 12-meter (40-foot) ancient statue of the Roman emperor, had two right hands (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/spikebrennan on 2025-07-31 16:19:28+00:00.

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TIL Nevada is the state with the highest percentage of Vegans (kcr.sdsu.edu)
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TIL that the driving force to build public drinking fountains in the western world was driven by the temperance movement (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL a vampire story older than Dracula , Leptirica (1973) adapts Milovan Glišić’s 1880 novella Posle devedeset godina (After Ninety Years), a tale about the vampire Sava Savanović published 17 yea... (en.wikipedia.org)
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Original Title: TIL a vampire story older than Dracula , Leptirica (1973) adapts Milovan Glišić’s 1880 novella Posle devedeset godina (After Ninety Years), a tale about the vampire Sava Savanović published 17 years before Bram Stoker penned Dracula.

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TIL the iPad was in development long before the iPhone, despite officially releasing 3 years after the iPhone. (www.npr.org)
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