Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SuperMcG on 2025-08-08 05:19:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/strangedot13 on 2025-08-09 01:21:53+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/stiucsirt on 2025-08-08 23:52:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/mucubed on 2025-08-08 23:43:34+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/No_Conversation_9325 on 2025-08-08 09:17:36+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/beerbellybegone on 2025-08-08 08:18:59+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/randy88moss on 2025-08-08 06:46:20+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nebmij1 on 2025-08-08 18:45:21+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that a common complaint among test audiences for Good Night and Good Luck was that the actor playing Joseph McCarthy was too over the top, not realizing the film used actual archival footage of McCarthy himself

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/psychosisnaut on 2025-08-08 17:53:31+00:00.

Original Title: TIL "Bushido, the Soul of Japan" by Inazo Nitobé, generally considered the modern incarnation of the Samurai Bushido code, was largely written in Malvern, Pennsylvania and published in Philadelphia in 1899

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-08-08 17:16:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2012 every household in the Spanish town, Sodeto (250 people in 70 households), except one collectively entered the lottery El Gordo & ended up winning $130K each. The only person not included was Costis Mitsotakis cause the local association who sold tickets door-to-door forgot to go to his.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Rhino-Kid22 on 2025-08-08 17:13:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-08-08 04:17:23+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Oseola McCarty, a washerwoman from Hattiesburg, MS, who became one of the University of Southern Mississippi’s most celebrated benefactors. In 1995, she arranged for $150,000 of her savings to fund scholarships for students in financial need, a surprising amount given her modest earnings.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CaptainApathy419 on 2025-08-08 02:32:33+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flubadubadubadub on 2025-08-08 15:37:07+00:00.

Original Title: TIL In 2009 the term 'Ghost City' was coined to describe the large number of cities that had been built in China, but were largely unoccupied. However, it was Chinese policy to move the population from a predominantly rural base (82% in 1978) to urban (64% by 2020), the urban target is 75% by 2035.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bostonstrong781 on 2025-08-08 14:55:23+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that a pioneer of the idea "8 hours labor, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest" was a wealthy 19th century businessman who tested out the idea in his own factory and in a town he founded as part of his embrace of socialism and radically equal society

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/backrowejoe on 2025-08-08 13:25:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/saiyangrrrl on 2025-08-07 22:33:02+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 on 2025-08-07 22:13:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, was hunted to extinction after being blamed for killing livestock - though its jaw was so weak it likely couldn’t kill more than a possum. It had tiger-like stripes and could open its jaws 80°. The last known thylacine died in Hobart Zoo in 1936.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ill_Definition8074 on 2025-08-07 09:56:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about the Akodessawa Fetish Market in Lome, Togo, the world's largest voodoo market ("Fetish" refers to an object believed to possess spiritual or supernatural powers). Fetishes for sale include monkey heads, dead birds, and other dead animal products.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/South_Gas626 on 2025-08-07 17:42:44+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of "The Final Experiment" - a 2024 Antarctica expedition where flat Earth YouTubers saw the 24 hour sun, which could not be explained by non-spherical models. This prompted at least one YouTuber to publicly admit they were wrong, and leave the flat Earth community.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/twilightmoons on 2025-08-07 08:54:19+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nuttybudd on 2025-08-06 23:44:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-08-07 05:49:11+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Fusako Sano is a Japanese woman who was kidnapped at age 9 and held captive for nine years and two months. Rescued at 19, she was frail and mentally affected by isolation, suffering from PTSD and physical weakness. In 2007, her father drowned in a pond while they were spending time together

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Mrk2d on 2025-08-07 08:55:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/UnlikelyOpposite7478 on 2025-08-08 01:21:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL South Korea’s tech boom and rapid economic growth were driven by a super intense education system and a highly motivated population. starting in the 60s they pushed an export-focused strategy that basically turned the country into a global tech powerhouse in a few decades.