Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/waitingforthesun92 on 2025-07-29 17:45:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL when Depeche Mode’s frontman Dave Gahan was 6 months old, his Malaysian father, Len, abandoned his family. 9 years later, Len returned home and would often visit the Gahan family home for a year before suddenly abandoning his family once again - this time, forever.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/haddock420 on 2025-07-29 17:25:12+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/primal_cortex on 2025-07-29 16:48:05+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1941, a 73 year old Nepali activist named Yogmaya Neupane led 67 of her followers—including women and children—in a mass suicide by jumping into a river to protest Nepal’s brutal dictatorship. None of their bodies were ever found.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/whitecerealbox on 2025-07-29 15:23:42+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PowershellAddict on 2025-07-29 15:47:47+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Anthony Borges, the Parkland shooting hero who shielded his classmates with his body, legally owns the rights to the shooter's name preventing the shooter from granting interviews or make any agreements with film producers or authors without Borges' permission.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrMojoFomo on 2025-07-29 14:53:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/lostshelby on 2025-07-29 14:39:21+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/leonklap1 on 2025-07-29 13:06:03+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the country of Surinam isn't connected by roads with its neighboring countries (Guyana, French Guyana, and Brazil). If you travel by car, you can only enter the country by ferry from Guyana or French Guyana

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/originalchaosinabox on 2025-07-29 12:26:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL when Target Department Stores expanded into Canada in 2013, they used the theme song to Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood for their ad campaign. It was the first time the producers of Mr. Rogers let the song be used in a commercial.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sansabina on 2025-07-29 12:01:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Evel Knievel was fired from his mining job after high school for attempting a motorcycle-type wheelie in a large earthmover but accidentally hit the main power line, knocking out power for Butte, Montana

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Project_Pems on 2025-07-29 02:53:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2022, the Italian government ministry responsible for regulating and promoting Italian products and exports was given the partially English name "Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy", or the "Ministry for Business and Made in Italy".

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/pengweather on 2025-07-29 03:26:54+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LeastPervertedFemboy on 2025-07-29 01:05:56+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LookAtThatBacon on 2025-07-29 01:01:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1992, Jack Palance did one-arm pushups on the floor during his Best Supporting Actor Oscar acceptance speech to demonstrate his physical strength and counteract the view of some media executives who had not wanted to risk hiring elderly actors for fear they may die during filming.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/sippin11 on 2025-07-29 00:07:49+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/New2NewJ on 2025-07-28 23:44:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Sylvestor Stallone, alongside Expendables 1 to 4, had also planned a spin-off with Sigourney Weaver leading highly-trained female mercenaries (including Milla Jovovich, and Cameron Diaz) to topple an evil dictator bent on world domination. It was titled, quite appropriately, 'The Expendabelles'

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/UselessGuy23 on 2025-07-28 21:56:16+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/letoatreides_ on 2025-07-28 23:23:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the Arabian desert was also once a lush, green savannah that supported large lakes and abundant wildlife. While it's well known that the Sahara desert would go through wet and dry periods, there's now strong evidence that this was also happening on the Arabian Peninsula.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/00eg0 on 2025-07-28 20:32:41+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Italian Fashion House Fendi is Headquartered in a 1938 Building That Has 6 Rows of Vertical Arches for Each Letter of "Benito" and 9 Columns of Arches for Each Letter of "Mussolini" Because it was Designed During Fascist Italy

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flashy_Present_8488 on 2025-07-28 22:43:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the Animal Planet reality series ‘River Monsters’ ended because star Jeremy Wade was able to catch essentially every exceptionally large freshwater fish species on earth, leaving no remaining content for the show

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/NateNate60 on 2025-07-28 21:58:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that French chef Bernard Loiseau shot himself in 2003 when his Michelin 3-star restaurant, Le Relais Bernard Loiseau, received a bad review from food critic François Simon. After his death, the Michelin Guide took away one of the restaurant's stars.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Loki-L on 2025-07-28 21:16:45+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/mrinternetman24 on 2025-07-28 20:40:25+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Broad-Year-7205 on 2025-07-28 20:39:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that 17th‑century Persia built huge “pigeon towers” in order to generate a huge amount of fertiliser. Around the city of Isfahan, landlords constructed thousands of cylindrical mud‑brick towers whose only purpose was to attract wild pigeons. These cylindrical structures were purely for pigeons

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Alaska_Jack on 2025-07-28 19:26:06+00:00.