Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Spiritual-Permit-307 on 2025-07-31 14:15:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fifth_Down on 2025-07-31 14:11:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Global_Simple_5796 on 2025-07-31 13:49:22+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Worldlyoox on 2025-07-31 12:44:19+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/cs005483 on 2025-07-31 12:50:23+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that astronaut Owen Garriott pulled off an epic prank during Skylab 3. He smuggled a tape recording of his wife’s voice onboard and later played it to Mission Control, making them think she had somehow visited the space station to deliver home-cooked food.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/HazedFlare on 2025-07-31 12:10:03+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that after starring as an unemployed man in the 1948 neorealist film Bicycle Thieves, factory worker Lamberto Maggiorani was fired from his real job - his employer assumed the film made him rich, but he was only paid $1,000 and struggled to find work again, mirroring his on-screen character.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Koiboi26 on 2025-07-31 12:01:22+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1960 when the book Lady Chatterley's Lover was on trial for obscenity, the prosecutor Mervyn Griffith-Jones asked the jury “Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or servants to read?” In response, members of the jury broke out in laughter.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/KibbyJimenez on 2025-07-31 08:29:20+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sabre-toothed on 2025-07-31 06:42:09+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Raifurain on 2025-07-31 04:13:39+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/appalachian_hatachi on 2025-07-31 04:28:53+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: That Quentin Tarantino kept the only copy of the third act of the script to 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' in a safe to prevent it from being prematurely released. Brad Pitt later revealed that the only other copy of the script was burned by Tarantino.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/frackingfaxer on 2025-07-31 03:30:26+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/doopdapdeedap on 2025-07-31 03:29:36+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sea_Lingonberry_4720 on 2025-07-31 00:52:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SappyGilmore on 2025-07-31 01:48:01+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-07-31 00:58:08+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that from 1867 to 1974, various US cities had ugly laws targeting disabled or visibly poor people. San Francisco’s 1867 law made it illegal for anyone diseased, maimed, mutilated, or deformed to appear in public unless for demonstrations showing their need for reformation.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-07-31 00:32:46+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of Sada Abe (1905–after 1971), a geisha and prostitute who, in 1936, strangled her lover and cut off his genitals, which she carried in her kimono. The case became a national obsession in Japan and inspired many works of art. She served 5 years and later wrote an autobiography.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/IFuckinHateCommunism on 2025-07-31 00:20:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the original Eeny, meeny, miny, moe was about slaves and included a racial slur and was used like it is today, the exact origin is debated. Overtime the slur was replaced with tiger to make it more acceptable.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Comprehensive_Boot_2 on 2025-07-30 22:41:12+00:00.

Original Title: TIL In Iceland, family names are not commonly used, instead the use of patronymics (or matronymics in recent years) are favored by law. A patronymic (or patronym) is based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (an avonymic), or earlier male ancestor.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/johnsmithoncemore on 2025-07-30 23:01:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TheHabro on 2025-07-30 20:50:44+00:00.

Original Title: Til about Ancient Roman festival Lupercalia. During festivities young men would run through the city naked and strike passers-by with strips made of goat's skin. Some women would purposely get in the way, believing it would bless them with fertility.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/lxlviperlxl on 2025-07-30 21:17:22+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DriveRVA on 2025-07-30 21:00:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/johnsmithoncemore on 2025-07-30 21:13:07+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about the artist Lee Lozano, who as a work of art titled: "Decide to Boycott Women", refused to speak or interact with other woman. It lasted the last 27 years of her life. She cut off all ties with female friends, family, fellow artists, and long-time supporters of her art.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/NateNate60 on 2025-07-30 21:07:40+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1975, Stephen Hawking wagered to cosmologist Kip Thorne a subscription to Penthouse (an adult magazine) that Cygnus X-1 would not turn out to be a black hole. Hawking lost the bet but was okay with it because if he had won, much of his research would've been proven wrong.