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TIL The screenwriter's plan in "Die Hard with a Vengeance", to break into the Federal Reserve and escape with the gold was so plausible he was questioned by the FBI. The FBI were said to have changed their security to account for it.

uproxx.com

Submitted by Black_Magic_M-66 t3_11ghl9y on March 2, 2023 at 10:36 PM in todayilearned

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TIL Crypto.com mistakenly sent a customer $10.5 million instead of an $100 refund by typing the account number as the refund amount. It took Crypto.com 7 months to notice the mistake, they are now suing the customer

decrypt.co

Submitted by must_go t3_11g1z4d on March 2, 2023 at 12:49 PM in todayilearned

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TIL about the Birthday Paradox which says that in a group of 23 people there is a 50% chance that at least two of them will share a birthday. It is considered an example of a veridical paradox which seems wrong at first but is actually true.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by Ted_Normal t3_11fw3dx on March 2, 2023 at 7:10 AM in todayilearned

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TIL the Japanese turned the third of their superbattleships (after Yamato and Musashi) into the largest aircraft carrier ever built at the time. After four years of construction and enormous cost, she left the shipyard and was immediately sunk by a submarine.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by AirborneRodent t3_11fs8kt on March 2, 2023 at 3:59 AM in todayilearned

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TIL: Napoleon Bonaparte refused to open his mail for three weeks. By that time, most of the issues raised in the letters had resolved themselves and no longer required his attention.

emersoncentral.com

Submitted by theotherbogart t3_11fphcy on March 2, 2023 at 1:59 AM in todayilearned

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TIL about the Thalidomide scandal in the 1950s and 1960s, which resulted in thousands of children being born with severe birth defects after their mothers took the drug during pregnancy, leading to increased regulation of pharmaceuticals worldwide.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by Lylah_Love t3_11fpdrx on March 2, 2023 at 1:55 AM in todayilearned

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TIL of George Spencer Millet, who died running away from 6 girls who were trying to give him kisses on his 15th birthday. He tripped and fell on an ink eraser in his front pocket that stabbed his heart.

gothamist.com

Submitted by HanakoOF t3_11fo7pl on March 2, 2023 at 1:06 AM in todayilearned

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TIL of Unjust Demands Made by France on Haiti After Winning Independence: Forced to pay 150 million francs, the "Independence Debt" hindered Haiti's economy & development, stifling growth and contributing to ongoing challenges the nation faces today.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by Kooky-Home9823 t3_11fn5st on March 2, 2023 at 12:22 AM in todayilearned

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TIL that the Pentagon spent $170,000 to find out why one spills coffee while walking.

military.com

Submitted by AKDKDontAskDontTell t3_11flhpr on March 1, 2023 at 11:15 PM in todayilearned

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TIL that Bill Gates was so addicted to Minesweeper, he used to sneak into then-Microsoft President Michael Hallman's office after work to play it, as he had uninstalled the game from his computer

finance.yahoo.com

Submitted by JohnCena__ t3_11f3iho on March 1, 2023 at 1:15 PM in todayilearned

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TIL the Dumb Ways to Die song was a public campaign by an Australian rail network to promote railway safety awareness. It is credited with a 30% drop in rail accidents.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by Fallenangel152 t3_11f0ugo on March 1, 2023 at 10:59 AM in todayilearned

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TIL gravity is not 9.8 m/s2 around the world. That is just the global average.

van.physics.illinois.edu

Submitted by kaushikz t3_11f03js on March 1, 2023 at 10:12 AM in todayilearned

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TIL that in 2018 a framed painting by Banksy was sold at auction for over a million pounds. As the gavel fell an alarm sounded and a shredder concealed in the picture frame turned on and began to shred the painting. The buyer went through with the purchase.

wikipedia.org

Submitted by D3vilUkn0w t3_11eqyr3 on March 1, 2023 at 1:57 AM in todayilearned

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TIL Sharks don’t have bones.

fisheries.noaa.gov

Submitted by akunis t3_120iqzc on March 24, 2023 at 12:28 PM in todayilearned

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TIL The oldest musical instrument in the world, a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal flute, is made from the left thighbone of a young cave bear.

nms.si

Submitted by gonejahman t3_125aras on March 29, 2023 at 2:41 AM in todayilearned

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TIL the United States also gifted France with their own Statue of Liberty

atlasobscura.com

Submitted by Bigdstars187 t3_11waz22 on March 20, 2023 at 6:36 AM in todayilearned

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TIL the Domino's logo has 3 dots to represent the original 3 locations in Michigan.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by eelikay t3_122djgy on March 26, 2023 at 6:38 AM in todayilearned

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TIL: The British Ministry of Pensions distributed Invacars free to disabled people from 1948 until the 1970s. The Invacar was that vehicle.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by buzz_uk t3_11vv2cn on March 19, 2023 at 7:31 PM in todayilearned

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TIL the current record for the loudest NFL stadium is 142 decibels. Over 30 decibels greater than a sonic boom produced by a military fighter jet breaking the speed of sound

chiefs.com

Submitted by Noahb26 t3_11sl5a5 on March 16, 2023 at 5:25 AM in todayilearned

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TIL: Staufen, Germany, a picturesque town with buildings dating to the 16th century, is literally being destroyed by a failed attempt to harness geothermal energy.

atlasobscura.com

Submitted by AUWarEagle82 t3_11u3mgj on March 17, 2023 at 9:00 PM in todayilearned

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TIL that it is a common misconception that the reflection of the sky is the sole reason bodies of water appear blue. It is primarily because water absorbs colours in the red part of the light spectrum.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by monkey-tennis t3_11vs1l2 on March 19, 2023 at 5:52 PM in todayilearned

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TIL the best selling book of 1981 was a guide on how to solve the Rubik's cube, selling over 6 million copies.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by lightsdevil t3_11o9jud on March 11, 2023 at 3:29 AM in todayilearned

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TIL Australian band, Men At Work were sued over their song "Down Under" for similarities to an Australian nursery rhyme "Kookaburra".

theguardian.com

Submitted by El-Hairy t3_1231ufh on March 26, 2023 at 10:20 PM in todayilearned

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TIL: A family of 12 performers, 7 of whom were dwarves, all survived Auschwitz after being separated by Mengele. Several prisoners who survived claimed they believed they were hallucinating when they saw seven well-dressed dwarves passing by.

theguardian.com

Submitted by 0verlyAnxious t3_123url8 on March 27, 2023 at 5:55 PM in todayilearned

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TIL that the USA in 1856 enacted a law that allowed any USA citizen to take over an island if the island was full of bird shit....and unoccupied.

ushistoryscene.com

Submitted by LMonteSlim t3_11ymm68 on March 22, 2023 at 3:32 PM in todayilearned

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