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TIL that in medieval Japan, monks attempting to gain Nirvana would put themselves through 3000 days of eating nothing but tree byproducts, followed by drinking a tea that contains poison ivy, and eventually being buried while posing in a meditative state.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by 006ahmed t3_11q6ef8 on March 13, 2023 at 10:50 AM in todayilearned

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TIL that mature bull elephants play a pivotal role in elephant society. The absence of mature bulls creates juvenile delinquency in younger bulls, who will soon enter musth. When mature bulls were introduced into areas with a high concentration of delinquents, they soon put a stop to this behavior.

africageographic.com

Submitted by TheGuyNoOneSees t3_11pxag3 on March 13, 2023 at 2:16 AM in todayilearned

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TIL- The Apollo 11 astronaut left Lunar Laser Retro-Reflectors on the moon and NASA has been conducting experiments with them for over 50 years thus proving the moon landings happened.

wtop.com

Submitted by Master-Elk159 t3_11pqgan on March 12, 2023 at 9:29 PM in todayilearned

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TIL that most scissors are suited for righties and tend to fold up paper rather than cut it when used by lefties.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by loadedhunter3003 t3_11pga4v on March 12, 2023 at 2:49 PM in todayilearned

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TIL that King Alfonso XIII of Spain,was known as "the Playboy king"and considered the pioneer of pornographic cinema in Spain.He commissioned pornographic films considered immoral and degenerate, including sexual relationships involving Catholic priests, and his passion "women with enormous breasts"

newsrnd.com

Submitted by thirdwheelforever t3_11pbco5 on March 12, 2023 at 10:29 AM in todayilearned

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TIL in 2004, Linda Ronstadt was booted and banned from the Aladdin hotel for dedicating a song to Michael Moore in support of his documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11." Along with this, bedlam began and Ronstadt was immediately booted, not allowed to return to her suite.

theguardian.com

Submitted by WalkingDown46 t3_11oywc3 on March 11, 2023 at 11:38 PM in todayilearned

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TIL the famous Hollywood sign was in a state of disrepair and ultimately torn down for three months in 1978. Playboy’s Hugh Hefner helped rebuild it via a $250K fundraising campaign. He then donated $900K to save it again in 2010.

laist.com

Submitted by Miamime t3_11owlp0 on March 11, 2023 at 10:06 PM in todayilearned

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TIL in 1952, Jimmy Carter led a team of nuclear scientists in disassembling a Canadian nuclear reactor undergoing meltdown. To accomplish this, Carter, alongside other American military personnel, personally lowered himself into the reactor to disassemble it by hand.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by JJKingwolf t3_11oqapv on March 11, 2023 at 5:50 PM in todayilearned

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TIL In 1953, Swanson had 260 tons of frozen turkey leftover after Thanksgiving, so they packaged them into trays with peas and potatoes, and the TV Dinner was born.

smithsonianmag.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11oj1m0 on March 11, 2023 at 12:31 PM in todayilearned

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TIL it is dangerous to blow air into a pregnant women's vagina. The increased air pressure can pass beneath the fetal membranes and into the circulation causing a venous air embolism that can kill within minutes.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Submitted by reddit4485 t3_11oaar2 on March 11, 2023 at 4:08 AM in todayilearned

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TIL that a man blew a hole in his colon by attempting to treat severe constipation with a toilet plunger.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Submitted by Pandalism t3_11o5drd on March 11, 2023 at 12:11 AM in todayilearned

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TIL about precordial catch syndrome. These occur randomly in your rib when trying to breathe. This is a non serious condition and is harmless.

webmd.com

Submitted by RD-archived t3_11o4bg3 on March 10, 2023 at 11:25 PM in todayilearned

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TIL of Movile Cave, which has been completely sealed off from the outside world for 5.5 million years and evolved dozens of animal species found nowhere else, sustained only by toxic chemicals in the air and water, not photosynthesis.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by Cherimoose t3_11o1956 on March 10, 2023 at 9:22 PM in todayilearned

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TIL the word dumpster wasn't added to the Scrabble dictionary until 2022 due to it being a trademark before.

mentalfloss.com

Submitted by denryaku t3_11nmrbh on March 10, 2023 at 11:37 AM in todayilearned

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TIL if you're unmarried when you turn 25 in Denmark, it is customary for your friends and family to cover you in cinnamon

news18.com

Submitted by c_h_a_r_ t3_11n55il on March 9, 2023 at 9:57 PM in todayilearned

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TIL by passing a law requiring pharmacies to be owned by a licensed pharmacist, North Dakota has essentially done away with corporate chain pharmacies. Corporations that own pharmacies must be majority owned by licensed pharmacists.

ilsr.org

Submitted by Cjustinstockton t3_11n3m6m on March 9, 2023 at 8:59 PM in todayilearned

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TIL beneath the Puerto Rico Trench is a mass so dense it has a gravitational pull on the surface of the ocean, causing it to dip somewhat. The Trench is also associated with the most negative gravity anomaly on earth, -380 milliGal, which indicates the presence of an active downward force.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by Muted_Pomegranate738 t3_11mv7iw on March 9, 2023 at 3:33 PM in todayilearned

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TIL there is an official IRS guide for: What to Do When the Taxpayer Threatens Suicide

irs.gov

Submitted by pseudonym-2112 t3_11mh1qw on March 9, 2023 at 3:12 AM in todayilearned

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TIL that the actor who played Darth Vader, David Prowse, was banned from attending official Star Wars events because he leaked too many plot details.

slashfilm.com

Submitted by Someperson404 t3_11mg36r on March 9, 2023 at 2:28 AM in todayilearned

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TIL the Girl Scouts sell 200 million boxes each year, surpassing sales of Oreos, not to mention sales of all Chips Ahoy and Milano cookies combined

tastingtable.com

Submitted by FAmos t3_11meyxv on March 9, 2023 at 1:37 AM in todayilearned

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TIL of castaway huts (or depots) which are deliberately placed on isolated islands by governments. They contain supplies and tools which can help people who become stranded there. Most were built by the New Zealand government in the 19th and 20th centuries.

en.wikipedia.org

Submitted by bermuda__ t3_11mdmt7 on March 9, 2023 at 12:40 AM in todayilearned

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TIL The prototype of the Rolls Royce Ghost was so quiet inside that it made test drivers sick. The engineers had to remove some of the noise-isolating material, and create seats that vibrated at specific frequencies to introduce some noise into the interior.

carbuzz.com

Submitted by Rifletree t3_11m5tai on March 8, 2023 at 7:37 PM in todayilearned

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TIL emergency oxygen masks on airplanes only last for ~10-14min.

hrd-aerosystems.com

Submitted by katalina0azul t3_11m4yni on March 8, 2023 at 7:06 PM in todayilearned

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TIL the Myers-Briggs has no scientific basis whatsoever.

vox.com

Submitted by ThreadbareAdjustment t3_11m4msi on March 8, 2023 at 6:54 PM in todayilearned

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TIL that the Fahrenheit scale was standardized 18 years before Celsius. The world switch due to the British Empire. The United States is actually using the earlier standard.

rd.com

Submitted by nyg3n t3_11lwdqa on March 8, 2023 at 1:26 PM in todayilearned

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