Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Paulfradk on 2025-07-26 23:14:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-07-26 23:16:40+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1981 Tom Petty voiced his objections when he found out that MCA was going to list his album 'Hard Promises' at $9.98 instead of the usual list price of $8.98. After Petty threatened to name the album 'Eight Ninety Eight' or to even withhold it entirely, MCA decided against raising the price.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Tootsie_r0lla on 2025-07-26 23:10:03+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Anendophasia refers to the absence of an internal monologu or inner voice. While not a clinical diagnosis, it's a concept that describes a specific way of thinking where some individuals don't experience the constant stream of self-talk that many people take for granted.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/quiplaam on 2025-07-26 20:52:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sanguinusshiboleth on 2025-07-26 19:54:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that William Brown, the Irish admiral who is called "father of the Argentine Navy", once spared Giuseppe Garibaldi, the future unifier of Italy, from execution as Brown saw the battle as dishonourable due his marines in acting on personal vendettas on some of the enemy troops.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-07-26 20:13:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2011 a woman in France sued her ex-husband for compensation over his refusal to have sex with her during their 21-year marriage & won, with a judge ordering her ex-husband to pay her roughly $15,000. Her ex claimed he stopped having sex with her because he was too tired & had health problems.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/error_ofsignificance on 2025-07-26 17:32:31+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-07-26 14:39:02+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2010 a teenager, who began by bartering an old cell phone on Craigslist with the goal of scoring a dirt bike, ended up continuing to trade up in a series of 14 swaps over 2 years. It eventually ended with him trading a 1975 Ford Bronco (considered a collectible) for a 2000 Porsche Boxster S.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Picatrixter on 2025-07-26 13:53:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/xanniballl on 2025-07-26 13:58:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Ulysses S. Grant would include two groomsmen in his wedding: James Longstreet and Cadmus Wilcox. Seventeen years later, General Longstreet and General Wilcox would surrender to General Grant at Appomattox, ending the American Civil War.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-07-26 13:58:33+00:00.

Original Title: TIL After his fall from power, Cesare Borgia died while besieging a small castle in Navarre: He was chasing a party of knights in the early morning under heavy rain and fell into an ambush. He was stabbed 25 times, indicating that he attempted to take on the ambushers on his own

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TJ_Fox on 2025-07-26 13:17:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the world's oldest and most prestigious nanny school, Norland College in England, trains nannies in self defense and evasive driving as well as more traditional childcare skills. Jokingly described as "Mary Poppins meets James Bond", some graduates go on to earn six figures.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DeScepter on 2025-07-26 13:01:38+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Regular_Eggplant_248 on 2025-07-26 12:39:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Miller v Jackson (1977), where a cricket club was sued by a couple over balls landing in their garden. While the court ruled for the couple, Lord Denning's famous dissent argued that the public interest in cricket should prevail over the private interest of the homeowners.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Picatrixter on 2025-07-26 12:33:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1393, a masquerade ball ended in disaster when the drunk brother of King Charles VI, Louis, entered the hall with a torch and ignited the costumes of four nobles, killing them. The ball was meant to cheer up King Charles, who had recently suffered a severe episode of madness.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ShabtaiBenOron on 2025-07-26 11:56:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TransitionMany1810 on 2025-07-26 10:37:31+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Frederick Taylor is the father The Open Plan Office Layout. Inspired by factory floor designs, this layout involved crowding workers together in a large, open space, with managers often observing from private offices to improve efficiency.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Haunting_Tap_1541 on 2025-07-26 10:02:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SteO153 on 2025-07-26 06:27:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Mongolian race horses are ridden by kids aged 7 to 13, traditionally without saddles and child riders do not wear heavy clothing to be as light as possible. New rules require the jokey must wear protective gear, use racing saddles for increased safety, and be protected by accident insurance

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Pezhistory on 2025-07-26 05:02:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SoupDeliveryBot on 2025-07-26 04:55:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nostalgic_angel on 2025-07-26 04:07:19+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the city of Harran, the city Dying Light set in, was a real city founded by Sumerians and their worship of Sumerian Moon God Sin survived til 11th century despite being the capital of several Islamic kingdoms. The city is largely abandoned after mongol conquest until 20th century.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TheCommonWren on 2025-07-26 03:16:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the poem Catullus 16 was considered so obscene that it's English translation was not fully published until the 20th century, nearly 2000 years after it's creation. The poem starts out saying "Pēdīcābō ego vōs et irrumābō" or in English, "I will sodomize you and face-fuck you"

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JaguarMajor7840 on 2025-07-26 02:19:29+00:00.

Original Title: TIL roly pollies (aka pill bugs or woodlouses) aren't insects but are instead crustaceans. They're closely related to lobsters and crabs, so they have gills that have adapted to extract oxygen from air instead of water.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PrimaryInjurious on 2025-07-26 02:20:23+00:00.