Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Cerebro_Matt on 2025-08-06 13:41:53+00:00.

Original Title: TIL The actor who played Fredo in the Godfather, John Cazale, appeared in 5 films over 7 years 1972-78, each nominated for Best Picture: Godfather & Godfather II, The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon & The Deer Hunter. He died in 1978 right after Deer Hunter with Meryl Streep at his side.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/OutrageousTerm7140 on 2025-08-06 00:33:00+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1828, a surgeon who had previously been in Andrew Jackson's militia during the War of 1812 started keeping track of every "violent and abusive quarrel" Jackson had caused or partaken in. The final list accumulated to nearly 100.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flubadubadubadub on 2025-08-06 11:16:48+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Princess Haya bint Hussein won circa £550m in a divorce settlement against Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, during the proceedings the court found he had previously kidnapped two of his daughters, that he installed bugging software on lawyers phones and he was a threat risk to his ex wife.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TrafficIndividual953 on 2025-08-06 10:57:49+00:00.

Original Title: TIL uppercase and lowercase letters are called that because back when people printed using metal letters, ink, and a brush, to keep the letters organized, the big letters were stored in the “upper” compartments and the little ones were in the “lower” compartments

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Johannes_P on 2025-08-06 10:30:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/gb13k on 2025-08-06 09:52:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Neat-Shelter-8612 on 2025-08-05 10:46:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Just-Marzipan1169 on 2025-08-06 09:59:12+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-08-05 20:20:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving was founded in New York in 1912 to oppose pointless Christmas gifts and the custom of employees giving expensive presents to bosses. It reached 6,000 members, with Theodore Roosevelt as its first male member, before fading during WWI.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2025-08-05 19:19:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SaberLover1000 on 2025-08-06 07:28:20+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/South_Gas626 on 2025-08-05 23:55:53+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the longest recorded duel in history began in 1794 and lasted 19 years, featuring many separate battles across Europe between two French officers. Despite their long-lasting rivalry, the two officers eventually reconciled and ended their dueling spree cordially.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/astronautica on 2025-08-05 23:11:10+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Archimedes died during the Siege of Syracuse in 212BC, after he had devised multiple war machines to defend the city walls. Before being killed by a Roman soldier, his reported last words were "Do not disturb my circles!"

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/thewickerstan on 2025-08-05 22:28:47+00:00.

Original Title: TiL when Burt Bacharach and Hal David gave their song "Make it Easy on Yourself" to Jerry Butler instead of Dionne Warwick, she angrily responded "Don't make me over!" The two writers wrote a new song around the phrase, and it became the first top 40 hit single for Bacharach, David, AND Warwick.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/New-Gap2023 on 2025-08-05 21:51:36+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TheGreatJaceyGee on 2025-08-05 21:38:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sharp_Simple_2764 on 2025-08-04 23:04:45+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: About Kazimierz Leski. a Polish intelligence office who during World War II, made at least 25 journeys across German-held Europe, usually in the uniform of a Wehrmacht Major General, to intercept military secrets. He was never caught by the Germans

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-08-04 21:44:57+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that In the 1940s–50s, Canada ran nutrition experiments on over 1,300 Indigenous people, including 1,000 children in residential schools and remote communities, deliberately malnourishing many to study vitamins. Historian Ian Mosby exposed the abuses in 2013.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrMojoFomo on 2025-08-05 20:22:00+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the deadliest fireworks accident in the United States was the Station nightclub fire. In 2003, The Station nightclub (RI) was hosting a Great White concert when pyrotechnics ignited acoustic foam. The resulting fire saw 100 fatalities and 230 injuries

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/XTP666 on 2025-08-05 19:54:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/smrad8 on 2025-08-05 19:16:51+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the most collected person or group on Discogs, a renowned comprehensive music database, is not a performing artist but mastering engineer Bob Ludwig, who has 13 Grammys and nearly 8,000 credits, including work with acts such as Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Elton John, Metallica and Daft Punk.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2025-08-05 18:40:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/KING-of-WSB on 2025-08-05 17:56:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/OutrageousTerm7140 on 2025-08-05 02:27:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Joseph Guillotin, the namesake for the infamous guillotine, actually opposed capital punishment entirely but felt he wouldn't garner enough support to do away with it entirely. He advocated for the guillotine because it was more humane than many alternative execution methods.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/South_Gas626 on 2025-08-05 01:41:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Pierce Brosnan was not allowed to wear a tuxedo in other films while he was under contract for the James Bond franchise. This is partially why he shows up to a black-and-white ball with an unbuttoned dress shirt and untied bow in The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).