Today I Learned (TIL)

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TIL that all AI-generated images, videos, recordings or texts have no copyright. (copyrightlately.com)

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TIL that over a thousand pages of information was made possible by this woman & many others that allowed N.A.S.A. get to the moon. (youtu.be)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/peterfancisgeraci on 2024-01-23 10:34:19+00:00.

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TIL that "first world" & "third world" was used as to label geopolitical blocs (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Limp-Cantaloupe-404 on 2024-01-23 09:56:18+00:00.

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TIL that before he played Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi played a W.H.O. Doctor (World War Z, 2013) (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/VMey on 2024-01-23 06:50:46+00:00.

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TIL that 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Planet of the Apes were released on the exact same day in 1968 (www.remindmagazine.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Salem1690s on 2024-01-23 09:00:25+00:00.

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TIL Alan Turing, way back in 1951, predicted AIs will one day overthrow humanity: “Once machine thinking started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers. They would be able to conver... (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PsychoComet on 2024-01-23 08:52:39+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Alan Turing, way back in 1951, predicted AIs will one day overthrow humanity: “Once machine thinking started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers. They would be able to converse with each other to sharpen their wits ... therefore, we should expect the machines to take control."

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TIL that Mae West did a cover of the Beatles song 'Day Tripper' (youtu.be)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AFetaWorseThanDeath on 2024-01-23 08:49:06+00:00.

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TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/VVynn on 2024-01-23 05:21:53+00:00.

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TIL that delilah and the singer from plain white T's never actually dated (www.teenvogue.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/uncontrolledswine97 on 2024-01-23 04:37:30+00:00.

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TIL a black slave soldier that fought in the revolutionary War lived to see the abolition of slavery, about 80 years after the war ended (www.nps.gov)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/zTRU5T on 2024-01-23 03:55:40+00:00.

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TIL the last Confederate general to surrender in the US Civil War was a Native American named Stand Watie (www.history.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PixelPervert on 2024-01-23 03:51:46+00:00.

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TIL Americans have a distinctive lean and it’s one of the first things the CIA trains operatives to fix. (www.cpr.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/magnumapplepi on 2024-01-23 03:26:43+00:00.

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TIL, from March to July in 2018, an arctic fox was tracked walking 4,350 km across the sea ice from Norway to Greenway to Canada averaging 47 km per day, eventually settling on Ellesmere Island. I... (www.space.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PianoCharged on 2024-01-23 02:35:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL, from March to July in 2018, an arctic fox was tracked walking 4,350 km across the sea ice from Norway to Greenway to Canada averaging 47 km per day, eventually settling on Ellesmere Island. It provided evidence on how arctic species remain connected even when scattered across islands.

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TIL Earths magnetic North Pole is actually in the geographical south, and vice versa. The North side of a compass points north because opposites attract. (courses.lumenlearning.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Kiterman on 2024-01-23 03:50:50+00:00.

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TIL Scott Kelly was the first person in space to wear a Gorilla costume. (www.bbc.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/itspassing on 2024-01-23 03:42:12+00:00.

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TIL In ancient Mesopotamia, there was considered to be nothing wrong with homosexual love between men. The Almanac of Incantations contained prayers giving equal standing to the love of a man for ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Embarrassed_Impress8 on 2024-01-23 01:05:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL In ancient Mesopotamia, there was considered to be nothing wrong with homosexual love between men. The Almanac of Incantations contained prayers giving equal standing to the love of a man for both a woman and a man.

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TIL higher-ups at McDonald's once created a 'McResource' page for their minimum-wage employees. The page included advice on how much they should be tipping their personal trainers, massage therapi... (www.eater.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/sanandrios on 2024-01-23 00:16:05+00:00.

Original Title: TIL higher-ups at McDonald's once created a 'McResource' page for their minimum-wage employees. The page included advice on how much they should be tipping their personal trainers, massage therapists, and pool cleaners.

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TIL that the Danish word for "Pimp" is "Alfons," after the protagonist in the play Monsieur Alphonse by Alexandre Dumas, fils. As a result, although "Alfons" is the name of a popular children's bo... (www-dr-dk.translate.goog)

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Original Title: TIL that the Danish word for "Pimp" is "Alfons," after the protagonist in the play Monsieur Alphonse by Alexandre Dumas, fils. As a result, although "Alfons" is the name of a popular children's book character, the name remains very rare. As of 2016, only 8 people were named "Alfons" in Denmark.

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TIL Humans domesticated Cannabis 12,000 years ago. More than 3,000 years before we domesticated Maize (Corn) (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Lord_of_Apocrypha on 2024-01-22 23:56:23+00:00.

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TIL about Big Rachel, a 6’4”, 220lb woman who served as a laborer and police constable (www.glasgowworld.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BostonChowder23 on 2024-01-22 23:03:51+00:00.

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TIL that ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti was the first person to ever wear a Star Trek uniform while in outer space. In 2015, she tweeted a pic of herself on the ISS wearing Captain Janeway’s... (www.space.com)

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Original Title: TIL that ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti was the first person to ever wear a Star Trek uniform while in outer space. In 2015, she tweeted a pic of herself on the ISS wearing Captain Janeway’s uniform from Star Trek Voyager.

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TIL North American porcupines love salt and are known to eat backpackers’ road salt-covered boots left outside tents. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/callitredfrisbee on 2024-01-22 21:14:42+00:00.

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TIL -- In 2005, Jack Wiegand used over a million frequent flyer miles for the world’s longest taxi ride. Starting in London, ending in Sydney, and spanning 21,000 miles across 19 countries, his ex... (www.guinnessworldrecords.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SarahGanzenmuller on 2024-01-22 20:22:47+00:00.

Original Title: TIL -- In 2005, Jack Wiegand used over a million frequent flyer miles for the world’s longest taxi ride. Starting in London, ending in Sydney, and spanning 21,000 miles across 19 countries, his extraordinary journey lasted three months and set a record for the longest taxi journey.

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TIL the first email was sent in 1971, almost two decades before the World Wide Web existed (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/IndubitablePrognosis on 2024-01-22 18:32:48+00:00.

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TIL that Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal, the life story of a 12th century knight named William Marshal, is the only known written biography of a nonroyal to survive the Middle Ages. (www.historic-uk.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-01-22 17:21:23+00:00.