Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/dustofoblivion123 on 2024-01-19 01:10:38+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Alexander Hamilton was the first major American politician publicly involved in a sex scandal. He had an affair with 23-year-old Maria Reynolds, whose husband was aware of the infidelity and likely orchestrated the whole thing to regularly extort blackmail money from Hamilton.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/porcodiobestia on 2024-01-18 23:29:57+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the phrase ""if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it's a duck" originated from a mechanical duck made in the 18th century that would appear to eat, digest and expel food.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/HashBurglar on 2024-01-18 23:29:22+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/fhkbkhgb on 2024-01-18 16:11:46+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Nimja_ on 2024-01-18 13:49:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Mint_Jalopy on 2024-01-18 20:45:56+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AIEnhancedVideos on 2024-01-18 14:34:51+00:00.

Original Title: TIL The inspiration for the creation of YouTube (according to co-founder Jawed Karim, the guy in "Me at the zoo") was that it was difficult to find videos online of the Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime flash.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/-Appleaday- on 2024-01-18 18:33:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/sporh on 2024-01-18 06:36:46+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/coolpapa2282 on 2024-01-18 18:27:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL In many jurisdictions in the US, you cannot finalize a divorce while pregnant, and if you have a baby within 10 months of a divorce, it's assumed by law that your ex-husband is the father of the baby.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrMojoFomo on 2024-01-18 18:00:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ariiza on 2024-01-18 17:20:56+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Bruhtilant on 2024-01-18 17:17:06+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Stalin didn't like constructivist architecture and under his rule cheap mass-produced buildings were de facto banned from being built in large cities, which instead were filled with grandiose buildings with detailed façades and labour intensive masonry.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Username_Is_TakenF on 2024-01-18 16:55:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SAT0725 on 2024-01-18 13:53:52+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AchRae on 2024-01-18 14:57:21+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of the Wicked Bible (circa 1631) - called such because of a typo omitting the word "not" from the commandment "thou shall NOT commit adultery." Also, in Deuteronomy 5:24, “God’s greatness” is typoed with “God’s great arse.”

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/appalachian_hatachi on 2024-01-18 12:51:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: That during the 1936 Olympics, two Japanese pole-vaulters tied for second place. Instead of competing again, they cut the silver and bronze medals in half upon returning home and fused the two different halves together so that each of them had a half-silver and half-bronze medal.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-01-18 12:08:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/appalachian_hatachi on 2024-01-18 12:03:24+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: That Christine McVie wrote the song "Songbird" in just half an hour at around midnight, but didn't have anyone around to record it. To ensure she did not forget the chord structure and melody, McVie remained awake the entire night and played the song for producer Ken Caillat the next morning.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/santropedro on 2024-01-18 11:56:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL for American food labeling, 1 fl oz=30 ml EXACTLY, and the related units cup=240ml, teaspoon=5ml, tablespoon=15ml, are also perfectly round numbers in metric. "Weight" ounces, though, are exactly 28g.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ok-Indication-5121 on 2024-01-18 06:44:00+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/garamond89 on 2024-01-18 05:25:08+00:00.

Original Title: TIL despite committing suicide in 1945, Adolf Hitler was not issued a death certificate until 1956, after a lengthy investigation to collect testimony from 42 witnesses. Hitler's death was entered as an assumption of death based on this testimony.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SappyGilmore on 2024-01-18 08:15:59+00:00.

Original Title: TIL until 2001 workers at Disneyland had to wear "communal underwear" while in character because normal undies would bunch up and become visible. After several outbreaks of pubic lice, the performers got the Teamsters Union involved and Disney finally agreed to employees wearing their own underpants

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Party_Pangolin on 2024-01-18 07:58:49+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SpatulaFlip on 2024-01-18 07:32:26+00:00.