Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/gixk on 2025-07-22 17:11:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the documentary "I Want It All Now!" (1978) covered the hedonistic and narcissistic lifestyle ostensibly characteristic of Marin County, California and is known for creating the stereotypical association of Marin County with hot tubs and peacock feathers.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/penkster on 2025-07-22 16:16:36+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/mg10pp on 2025-07-22 16:11:19+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/OneVeryCoolFact on 2025-07-22 15:44:52+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Zimmonda on 2025-07-22 15:38:23+00:00.

Original Title: TIL The sinking of the USS Panay and 3 Standard Oil tankers carrying 600 fleeing Chinese civilians ships during the battle of Nanking in 1937. 3 americans and an unknown number of Chinese civilians would die. FDR would order footage of the sinking edited to lower Japanese culpability and avoid war.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Caraway_Lad on 2025-07-22 14:29:53+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the wild ancestor of the apple (Malus sieversii in Central Asia) has red fall color, and this trait was lost during domestication. An easy way to distinguish between the wild and domesticated species is to see the red or yellow fall color, respectively.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/flamingoooz on 2025-07-22 13:59:33+00:00.

Original Title: TIL In social psychology, the boomerang effect refers to the unintended consequences of an attempt to persuade resulting in the adoption of an opposing position instead. Typically, the more aggressively a position is presented to someone, the more likely they are to adopt an opposing view.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SaltyPeter3434 on 2025-07-22 13:42:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Careon_carry on 2025-07-22 12:46:39+00:00.

Original Title: TIL The FBI has offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Ruja Ignatova, a billionaire criminal, one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and the founder of the fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme OneCoin, which The Times described as 'one of the biggest scams in history.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/FearMyCock on 2025-07-22 10:31:15+00:00.

Original Title: TIL That Cop killer Donald Eugene Webb was on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list for longer than anyone else at the time, and never captured. Turns out the reason for that is his wife was secretly hiding him at her own house and after he died she buried him on her property.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/wetrot222 on 2025-07-22 09:54:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that many WW2 aircraft used a radio system so secret that it was supplied with a self-destruct button to prevent it falling into enemy hands. It was so badly designed that pilots and radio operators often blew up their equipment when trying to turn it on.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 on 2025-07-22 09:50:26+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the world’s first motor race was held on 22 July 1894, organised by Le Petit Journal. 21 steam and petrol cars drove 126 km from Paris to Rouen. The fastest car (steam) finished in 6h48m at 19 km/h, but the prize went to a Peugeot petrol vehicle judged best on safety, economy, and ease of use.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/appalachian_hatachi on 2025-07-22 09:14:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: In 1944, Polish POWs were granted permission by their German captors to stage an unofficial POW Olympics in the Oflag II-C camp. An Olympic Flag was raised, made with a bed sheet and pieces of colored scarves. The event has been considered to be a demonstration of Olympic spirit during wartime.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/todayok on 2025-07-22 08:28:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that similar to NYC taxi medallions (licences to operate) Newfoundland has a limited number of lobster and fish licences and they constantly sell and resell privately or through brokers for quite a lot, up to $700k.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flubadubadubadub on 2025-07-22 07:13:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL There is a classification of lifeform called Endolith that can live inside rocks and have a life cycle of thousands of years, it is also speculated they may exist in interplanetary objects such as comets and meteors thus supporting the Panspermia theory.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Brospeh-Stalin on 2025-07-22 06:38:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/yungmarvelouss on 2025-07-22 05:59:23+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Spiritual-Nature-728 on 2025-07-22 04:14:28+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that snakes were used to make 'Snake Wine'. Produced by leaving a snake in wine for an extended peroid of time. The flavour is described to be vodka-like, sharp, with earthy or fishy/gamey overtones.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/FearMyCock on 2025-07-22 03:52:53+00:00.

Original Title: TIL there's a condition called "auto-brewery syndrome" where your body literally turns carbs into alcohol, and you can get drunk just by eating bread or pasta. Some people have been arrested for DUI without touching a drop of alcohol.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Algrinder on 2025-07-22 03:52:19+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Roman Emperor Diocletian was the first to voluntarily retire in 305 AD to grow cabbages. When begged to return to power, he declined, saying "If you could see the vegetables I grow with my own hands, you wouldn’t talk to me about empire." He lived out his days gardening by the Dalmatian coast

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JustinR8 on 2025-07-22 02:35:39+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Successful_Wafer3099 on 2025-07-22 02:26:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/clee214 on 2025-07-22 01:35:58+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LookAtThatBacon on 2025-07-21 23:17:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the value of a taxi medallion (permit allowing a taxicab to operate) in New York City peaked in 2013 at over $1 million. By 2019, medallions were being sold for as low as $136,000. Since many cab drivers took out loans to buy when values were high, many have been forced to declare bankruptcy.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/dogstarchampion on 2025-07-21 20:53:00+00:00.