Today I Learned (TIL)

Original Title: TIL actor Johnny Lewis killed his 81 year old landlady and her cat, attacked neighbors, then died from a fall. No drugs or alcohol were found in his system. His death was ruled accidental, and some believe untreated head trauma led to his violent behavior.

2029

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TIL Citibank accidentally paid $893 million to Revlon's lenders in 2020, instead of $7.8 million that they meant to, mostly due to bad U.I. (arstechnica.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/rattynewbie on 2025-07-14 11:14:12+00:00.

2030

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TIL That Vanilla beans are the product of the world's only fruit-producing orchid, the Vanilla planifolia (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GTO-unizoka on 2025-07-14 10:53:20+00:00.

2031

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TIL Prince Charles & Princess Diana only met in person 13x before getting engaged and when they were asked if they were in love, Charles said "whatever in love means". Then on the night before... (people.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-07-14 10:40:14+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Prince Charles & Princess Diana only met in person 13x before getting engaged and when they were asked if they were in love, Charles said "whatever in love means". Then on the night before their wedding, he reportedly told her that he didn't love her in order to get everything out in the open.

2032

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TIL that the countries on the Indian subcontinent have won less gold medals at the Olympics (14 golds in total) than the Baltic countries (25), despite having more than 300x the population (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JoeFalchetto on 2025-07-14 09:32:47+00:00.

2033

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TIL a hurricane was renamed bawbag by the Scottish (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Hamsternoir on 2025-07-14 09:24:22+00:00.

2034

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TIL that Cary Grant’s public praise of LSD therapy in the late 1950s helped pave the way for psychedelics to gain mainstream attention, contributing to their cultural explosion in the 1960s (lareviewofbooks.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/iseeaseaanemone on 2025-07-14 07:18:35+00:00.

2035

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TIL the name of the Australian outback town Coober Pedy, where almost everyone lives underground, translates to whitefellas hole in Aboriginal (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BumJiggerJigger on 2025-07-14 07:00:49+00:00.

2036

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TIL: Fourteen children have suffocated to death inside cedar chests between 1977 and 2015. In 1996, The Lane Company recalled 12 million cedar chests with latches that automatically locked the lid... (www.cpsc.gov)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/So_Do_So_Pa on 2025-07-14 06:20:45+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: Fourteen children have suffocated to death inside cedar chests between 1977 and 2015. In 1996, The Lane Company recalled 12 million cedar chests with latches that automatically locked the lid when it was closed.

2037

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TIL about the Mirror Test, a method for determining whether a non-human animal has the ability of self-recognition when looking into a mirror. Elephants, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, dolphin... (www.animalcognition.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/snivelinglittieturd on 2025-07-14 06:14:49+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about the Mirror Test, a method for determining whether a non-human animal has the ability of self-recognition when looking into a mirror. Elephants, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, dolphins and manta rays have successfully passed the test.

2038

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TIL Rick Rescorla, a Vietnam vet and 9/11 hero, evacuated 2,700 Morgan Stanley employees from the WTC after predicting such an attack years earlier. He saved nearly all of them, then went back to ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Tim22Mt on 2025-07-14 05:12:44+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Rick Rescorla, a Vietnam vet and 9/11 hero, evacuated 2,700 Morgan Stanley employees from the WTC after predicting such an attack years earlier. He saved nearly all of them, then went back to help more and died when the tower collapsed.

2039

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TIL the term "gaslighting" comes from a 1938 play where a man dims the gas lights in his home and convinces his wife she's imagining it, to make her think she's going insane. (woventraumatherapy.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AlwaysBeary on 2025-07-14 04:59:03+00:00.

2040

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TIL that Cat Stevens released an “electro”-style instrumental in 1977 called “Was Dog a Doughnut”. The track sounded very different from his earlier work, and was widely sampled in the early hip-h... (faroutmagazine.co.uk)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Vegetable-Orange-965 on 2025-07-14 01:22:18+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Cat Stevens released an “electro”-style instrumental in 1977 called “Was Dog a Doughnut”. The track sounded very different from his earlier work, and was widely sampled in the early hip-hop scene. The title parodies an article published around that time, titled “Was God an Astronaut?”

2041

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TIL that when the Crown Prince of Albania, Leka returned to Albania in 2022, he brought with him 11 cases of automatic weapons, grenades, and hunting arms. The authorities seized them but gave the... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Old_General_6741 on 2025-07-14 01:04:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that when the Crown Prince of Albania, Leka returned to Albania in 2022, he brought with him 11 cases of automatic weapons, grenades, and hunting arms. The authorities seized them but gave them back after being deemed items of cultural heritage.

2042

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TIL diamond has exceptional heat conductivity (better than copper) (www.coherent.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PKSpecialist on 2025-07-14 00:50:01+00:00.

2043

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TIL Roseanne Barr was hit by a car, and the car's hood ornament impaled her skull; the incident left her with a traumatic brain injury. Her behavior changed so radically that she was institutional... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Inflamed-Intestines on 2025-07-14 00:15:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Roseanne Barr was hit by a car, and the car's hood ornament impaled her skull; the incident left her with a traumatic brain injury. Her behavior changed so radically that she was institutionalized for eight months at Utah State Hospital.

2044

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TIL nobody is entirely sure why the beverage 7UP was named 7UP (www.soda-fountain.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/backrowejoe on 2025-07-13 23:33:07+00:00.

2045

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TIL the tradition of white wedding dresses were started by Queen Victoria. in 1840 Before then brides used their best dress of any color, even black ones. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AlabamaHotcakes on 2025-07-13 21:53:10+00:00.

2046

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TIL 5 Kyoto temples have bloodstained ceilings taken from Fushimi Castle floorboards, site of a siege & mass suicide that delayed Ishida Mitsunari’s forces. This allowed Tokugawa leyasu to pre... (burialsandbeyond.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AlabamaHotcakes on 2025-07-13 20:51:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL 5 Kyoto temples have bloodstained ceilings taken from Fushimi Castle floorboards, site of a siege & mass suicide that delayed Ishida Mitsunari’s forces. This allowed Tokugawa leyasu to prepare for the battle of Sekigahara, unifying Japan. The ceilings honor the fallen samurai of Fushumi Castle.

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TIL that Tesla once worked for Edison, who promised him a large sum to improve his DC system. But when Tesla succeeded, Edison retracted the offer, claiming that he “didn't understand American hum... (www.biography.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/yooolka on 2025-07-13 20:26:58+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Tesla once worked for Edison, who promised him a large sum to improve his DC system. But when Tesla succeeded, Edison retracted the offer, claiming that he “didn't understand American humor.” Feeling betrayed, Tesla quit and set out on his own.

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TIL that Benjamin Franklin left about 1,000 pounds sterling in a trust for Boston and Philadelphia in his will. The money couldn’t be touched for 200 years. When it matured in the 1990s, Boston ha... (www.edweek.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Some-Culture-2513 on 2025-07-13 20:10:11+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Benjamin Franklin left about 1,000 pounds sterling in a trust for Boston and Philadelphia in his will. The money couldn’t be touched for 200 years. When it matured in the 1990s, Boston had over $5 million, which was used to fund scholarships and public works.

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TIL that your taste buds have a lifespan or around 10 to 14 days & your body is constantly replacing them (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/brattyleaa on 2025-07-13 18:58:57+00:00.

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TIL that Benjamin Franklin left about 1,000 pounds sterling in a trust for Boston and Philadelphia in his will. The money couldn’t be touched for 200 years. When it matured in the 1990s, Boston ha... (www.atlasobscura.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Some-Culture-2513 on 2025-07-13 17:54:22+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Benjamin Franklin left about 1,000 pounds sterling in a trust for Boston and Philadelphia in his will. The money couldn’t be touched for 200 years. When it matured in the 1990s, Boston had over $5 million, which was used to fund scholarships and public works.