Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Prior-Student4664 on 2025-07-04 05:55:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL The survival rate in serious aviation accidents is about as high as 95%. Serious accidents are events where the aircraft suffers significant damage, or where people on board are severely injured or killed

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bryson1995 on 2025-07-04 05:16:01+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/lilbluemage on 2025-07-04 01:53:00+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AdMaximum7545 on 2025-07-04 03:47:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Sisyphus, doomed to roll a boulder forever, wasn’t a victim - he was an evil manipulative king who killed guests and unhonourably cheated Death. His punishment was for his calculated cruelty, a way of saying, there you go, you beat death, enjoy your eternity.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/aaron_lim018 on 2025-07-04 03:15:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nightspy1309 on 2025-07-04 03:10:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/supansa_chaiyaphan on 2025-07-04 02:38:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Vegetable-Orange-965 on 2025-07-04 00:55:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL there was an early Christian sect called the Severian Encratites who taught that the Devil created women and “the lower half” of men. They believed vines came from the Devil as well, because of their snake-like tendrils, whereas the Devil himself was created by the Gnostic power, Ialdaboth.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Koiboi26 on 2025-07-04 00:39:31+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Hootspa1959 on 2025-07-04 00:33:36+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Malthesse on 2025-07-03 23:12:59+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Bluest_waters on 2025-07-03 21:57:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL After The Who's legendary drummer Keith Moon died in '78 they began a search for a new drummer. Phil Collins was between bands at the time and was excited to ask the band to be Moon's replacement. However, Pete Townsend had just offered the job to Kenney Jones and so turned down Collins

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bryson1995 on 2025-07-03 21:55:56+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Blackberry-777 on 2025-07-03 20:26:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ClownfishSoup on 2025-07-03 20:23:18+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Gail Halvorsen, known as the "Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" who began dropping candy on little handkerchief parachutes to kids in West Berlin during the Soviet Blockade (1948-1949). His impromptu "Operation Little Vittles" eventually dropped 23 tons of candy.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DeScepter on 2025-07-03 20:04:01+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Acrobatic_Quarter334 on 2025-07-03 20:02:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that childhood adversity including parental neglect, domestic instability, and maltreatment is strongly associated with increased neuroticism along with reduced agreeableness, conscientiousness, and extraversion in adulthood. predictors of chronic cynicism and impaired social functioning

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/chillmanstr8 on 2025-07-03 18:14:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Giff95 on 2025-07-03 17:39:28+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Hulk's comic book alter ego, Dr. Bruce Banner, was changed to Dr. David Banner for “The Incredible Hulk” television series. This change was made because writer and producer Kenneth Johnson did not want the series to be perceived as a comic book series.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Capital_Tailor_7348 on 2025-07-03 16:40:19+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Elizabeth I inadvertently ruined the marriage of two of her nobles, George Talbot and Bess of Hardwick, by making them host the deposed Mary, Queen of Scots. The financial burden from hosting Mary and rumors of an affair between George and Mary eventually led to the couple’s estrangement

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/747WakeTurbulance on 2025-07-03 15:51:02+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: The largest reciprocating engine in the world is the RT-flex96C, a turbocharged diesel engine designed by the Finnish manufacturer Wärtsilä. It is designed for large container ships. Its 14-cylinder version is 44 ft high, 87.2 ft long, weighs over 2,300 t, and produces 107,390 hp

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/alottanamesweretaken on 2025-07-03 15:37:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/hybridaaroncarroll on 2025-07-03 15:15:37+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Jayne Mansfield's father died of a heart attack while she was in the car with him. She was 3 years old. Her daughter, Mariska Hargitay, was in the car accident that killed Mansfield. Mariska was also 3 years old at the time.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/explaingo on 2025-07-03 13:31:38+00:00.

Original Title: TIL People with depression use language differently. They use significantly more first person singular pronouns – such as “me”, “myself” and “I”. Researchers have reported that pronouns are actually more reliable in identifying depression than negative emotion words.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/NerdMachine on 2025-07-03 12:09:28+00:00.