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TIL that Richard Mulcaster (1531-1611) established both our core modern English spelling rules, and core football rules like positions and coaches. (historyofenglishpodcast.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/STGGrant on 2024-01-19 03:50:33+00:00.

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TIL about Gilbert Motier, a French military officer who commanded Continental Army troops in the American Revolutionary War and later played a key role in the French Revolution. His ancestor, also... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/dustofoblivion123 on 2024-01-19 03:32:26+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Gilbert Motier, a French military officer who commanded Continental Army troops in the American Revolutionary War and later played a key role in the French Revolution. His ancestor, also named Gilbert Motier, also fought England alongside Joan of Arc in 1429.

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TIL that Lebron James has a considerable effect on the economy of whatever city he is playing for. (finance.yahoo.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Slow_Rooster_6766 on 2024-01-19 03:11:00+00:00.

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TIL of Shahjahan Bhuiyan, An inmate in Bangladesh who sparked controversy in his own country after being released four years earlier for executing dozens of fellow prisoners by hanging during his ... (www.scmp.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/delano1998 on 2024-01-19 02:01:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of Shahjahan Bhuiyan, An inmate in Bangladesh who sparked controversy in his own country after being released four years earlier for executing dozens of fellow prisoners by hanging during his stint.

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TIL LabCorp owns a fleet of planes and has the call sign SKYLAB (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/excelsioribus on 2024-01-19 01:23:51+00:00.

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TIL that L. Ron Hubbard, creator of Scientology, made anti-Psychiatry one of its main tenets after a psychiatrist told Hubbard's wife that he had Paranoid Schizophrenia (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CableBoyJerry on 2024-01-19 01:14:48+00:00.

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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 l... (en.wikipedia.org)
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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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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 an... (en.wikipedia.org)
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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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TIL Scientists are growing mini brains from human stem cells and are now in the process of integrating with AI (www.frontiersin.org)
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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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TIL that before WW1, Japan was seriously considering adopting Islam as its national religion until the West gained power and Japan dumped the idea (en.wikipedia.org)
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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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TIL Thomas Thwaites converted himself into a goat for three days, getting the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize of Biology (www.youtube.com)
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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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TIL for 2022, the NY Philharmonic's revenue from performing accounted for just 9% of their total revenue, with 66% coming from donations and 25% from investment income. (nyphil.org)
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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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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 ha... (en.wikipedia.org)
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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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TIL that in addition to being a famous singer, songwriter and musician, Johnny Cash appeared in more than three dozen movies and tv shows. He also hosted Saturday Night Live in 1982. (en.wikipedia.org)
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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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TIL the name of Nottingham is Anglo-Saxon in origin. A Saxon chieftain named Snot ruled an area known as Snotingaham in Old English (en.wikipedia.org)
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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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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 t... (www.edwardspetersen.com)
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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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TIL that several Congressional investigations have found no evidence to believe that any American prisoners were held in southeast Asia after the end of the Vietnam war (en.wikipedia.org)
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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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TIL that like most British colonies, Canada used to drive on the left side of the road. They abondonded this in the 1920s to facilitate traffic to and from the United States (www.history.com)
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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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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 grand... (en.wikipedia.org)
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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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TIL that Wimbledon umpires learn a vast array of swear words in many different languages in order to flag ,and subsequently fine, any athlete to break the no swearing rule. (www.grunge.com)
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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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TIL Black History Month is thought to be celebrated in February because Abraham Lincoln's birthday was Feb. 12 and Frederick Douglass celebrated his birthday on Feb. 14 (www.npr.org)
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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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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 ... (www.ripleys.com)
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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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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 tw... (en.wikipedia.org)
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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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TIL the world record for most parachute jumps in a 24-hour period is 640 set by Jay Stokes in 2006. (www.guinnessworldrecords.com)
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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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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... (en.wikipedia.org)
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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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