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1976
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TIL that in the 1900 Summer Olympics, the Dutch team recruited a young boy from the crowd to be their coxswain. He ran off after the team won and his identity remains unknown. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/notathrowaway1707 on 2025-07-15 19:57:24+00:00.

1977
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TIL why 33⅓ LPs have small center holes and 45s have large ones. It's the result of a format war between Columbia Records and RCA, which gave 45s a larger hole to work better with automated record... (davidsarnoff.tcnj.edu)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PikesPique on 2025-07-15 18:38:16+00:00.

Original Title: TIL why 33⅓ LPs have small center holes and 45s have large ones. It's the result of a format war between Columbia Records and RCA, which gave 45s a larger hole to work better with automated record changers. Spindle adapters were later invented so both formats can play on the same turntable.

1978
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TIL Sarah Childress Polk got married at 21, became First Lady at 41, and after James K Polk died 103 days after leaving office, lived another 42 years, the longest widowhood of any First Lady. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Thin-Rip-3686 on 2025-07-15 18:07:05+00:00.

1979
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TIL that when football player Chase Winovich was traded to the Cleveland Browns in 2022, he held an online poll for fans to pick a new jersey number. Out of 50,000 total votes, 35,000 votes were f... (www.cleveland19.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ill_Definition8074 on 2025-07-15 17:30:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that when football player Chase Winovich was traded to the Cleveland Browns in 2022, he held an online poll for fans to pick a new jersey number. Out of 50,000 total votes, 35,000 votes were for #69. Winovich subsequently adopted the number.

1980
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TIL that Long Island is not legally recognized as an island, but a peninsula (www.mentalfloss.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/catman__321 on 2025-07-15 16:10:43+00:00.

1981
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TIL 11th president James K Polk vetoed the bill that would provide $500k to improve ports. He feared that the bill would encourage legislators to compete for favors for their home district, and do... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BadenBaden1981 on 2025-07-15 16:06:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL 11th president James K Polk vetoed the bill that would provide $500k to improve ports. He feared that the bill would encourage legislators to compete for favors for their home district, and doom the virtue of the republic.

1982
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TIL The Port of Duluth is the world's farthest inland port accessible to oceangoing ships and is the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bacan_ on 2025-07-15 15:43:51+00:00.

1983
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TIL of Marcus Egnatius Rufus, who funded the first public (free of charge) firefighting force in ancient Rome, and was executed for conspiracy, likely because his popularity threatened the emperor... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/brazzy42 on 2025-07-15 15:34:21+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of Marcus Egnatius Rufus, who funded the first public (free of charge) firefighting force in ancient Rome, and was executed for conspiracy, likely because his popularity threatened the emperor Augustus

1984
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TIL that “Shanghaiing” was the practice in the 18th and 19th centuries of kidnapping men to become sailors on board ships, due to laws that imprisoned people for leaving a ship before the voyage w... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/After_Break_5140 on 2025-07-15 14:41:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that “Shanghaiing” was the practice in the 18th and 19th centuries of kidnapping men to become sailors on board ships, due to laws that imprisoned people for leaving a ship before the voyage was done

1985
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TIL Starting in the 60s, scientists began introducing dung beetle species from Africa to Australia to help decompose cattle manure; before then, manure would linger for years (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/NepetaLast on 2025-07-15 14:33:14+00:00.

1986
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TIL 4th Graders (& Their Families) in the U.S. Can Visit National Parks for Free (everykidoutdoors.gov)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TarvekVal on 2025-07-15 14:09:28+00:00.

1987
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TIL as of July 2024, only 4 states (NY, Massachusetts, Maryland, & New Jersey) have more landline phone users than those without landline phones (www.chamberofcommerce.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/randy88moss on 2025-07-15 12:25:40+00:00.

1988
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TIL Pornography is largely illegal in South Korea, with the exception of social media, which is a common source of legal pornography there. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/haddock420 on 2025-07-15 11:57:57+00:00.

1989
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TIL Tetris is used to prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms (www.ox.ac.uk)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Lizm3 on 2025-07-15 11:37:07+00:00.

1990
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TIL that the longest-serving Prime Minister of Canada claimed to have communicated with Leonardo da Vinci, Wilfrid Laurier, his dead mother, his grandfather, and several of his dead dogs, as well ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/clawsoon on 2025-07-15 11:23:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the longest-serving Prime Minister of Canada claimed to have communicated with Leonardo da Vinci, Wilfrid Laurier, his dead mother, his grandfather, and several of his dead dogs, as well as the spirit of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1991
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TIL that William E. Boeing bought the Heath Shipyard in Seattle in 1910 and transformed the boatyard into his first airplane factory. Working from a tent hangar, his first plane - the Boeing Model... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 on 2025-07-15 10:18:50+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that William E. Boeing bought the Heath Shipyard in Seattle in 1910 and transformed the boatyard into his first airplane factory. Working from a tent hangar, his first plane - the Boeing Model 1 - was built from spruce and canvas by former shipwrights and took flight in 1916.

1992
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TIL that men stop buying underwear during tough economic times, making it a nifty leading indicator for recession. (eduvast.com)
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1993
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TIL a form of Hormone Replacement Therapy, Premarin, gets its name from the urine of pregnant mares (PREgnant MAres’ uRINe), from which the preparation is manufactured. (en.wikipedia.org)
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1994
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TIL that unless specifically limited by a contract, record companies may release as many greatest hits albums by their recording artist as they wish without requiring the artist's agreement or per... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Starfire-Galaxy on 2025-07-15 03:58:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that unless specifically limited by a contract, record companies may release as many greatest hits albums by their recording artist as they wish without requiring the artist's agreement or permission.

1995
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Today I learned that your brain is constantly eating itself. This process is called phagocytosis, where cells envelop and consume smaller cells or molecules to remove them from the system. (www.sciencefocus.com)
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1996
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TIL a number of American's developed cancer or died early as a result of the 1945 Trinity test in New Mexico (thebulletin.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bankrobberskid on 2025-07-15 00:56:18+00:00.

1997
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TIL The Saturn V rocket at 363 ft (111m) is taller than the tallest building in 85 countries, 14 US states, and the District of Columbia (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/P4t13nt_z3r0 on 2025-07-15 02:03:23+00:00.

1998
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TIL that Casanova, the famous womanizer, wrote a five-volume story about an underground world inhabited by dwarves (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/honourablefraud on 2025-07-15 01:35:19+00:00.

1999
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TIL there is a Filipino dish called pinapaitan, a kind of goat stew. It is seasoned with the goat’s bile (which makes it bitter) and offal, such as tripe, kidneys, liver, heart, intestines, pancre... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Vegetable-Orange-965 on 2025-07-15 00:44:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL there is a Filipino dish called pinapaitan, a kind of goat stew. It is seasoned with the goat’s bile (which makes it bitter) and offal, such as tripe, kidneys, liver, heart, intestines, pancreas, spleen, hide, or blood. One researcher suggested that men consume the dish as a display of machismo.

2000
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TIL that president Teddy Roosevelt was shot in the chest while giving a speech in 1912,but instead of going to the hospital, he insisted on finishing the speech first. He talked for over 80 minute... (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/No_Specific_9430 on 2025-07-15 00:35:48+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that president Teddy Roosevelt was shot in the chest while giving a speech in 1912,but instead of going to the hospital, he insisted on finishing the speech first. He talked for over 80 minutes with a bullet lodged in his ribs, saying, It takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose. Absolute mad!

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