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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/NoHousing11 on 2024-09-20 07:19:59+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the 401(k) retirement plan was created as a tax shelter for rich executives. Before its introduction, companies would create deferred savings accounts for executives so to avoid paying taxes, but the government caught on and formalized the rules as the 401k.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Immediate_Revenue_90 on 2024-09-20 07:05:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/The_Sinologist on 2024-09-20 03:46:46+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ubcstaffer123 on 2024-09-20 04:01:57+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Temnodontosaurus on 2024-09-20 03:58:52+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the dark lava cricket of Hawaii lives exclusively on recently cooled lava flows and feeds entirely on windblown debris. It has been seen merely 100 meters from an active volcanic vent, but never within 15 meters of established vegetation.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/khamkino on 2024-09-20 00:06:03+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bros402 on 2024-09-20 01:38:23+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Plus-Staff on 2024-09-19 23:37:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL although Emily Dickinson was not widely recognized during her lifetime, she wrote nearly 1,800 poems. However, only 10 of these were published during her life, without attribution and sometimes without permission.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Dromeoraptor on 2024-09-19 22:39:48+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that over 60% of global iron reserves and most of the iron ore currently mined were created by precambrian bacteria. These cyanobacteria caused the Great Oxygenation Event, where free oxygen became much more common on Earth. Some of this oxygen combined with iron to form banded iron formations.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ChiefStrongbones on 2024-09-19 21:50:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TheHabro on 2024-09-19 19:26:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Xerxes2004 on 2024-09-20 01:14:44+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/manbrasucks on 2024-09-19 22:30:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/xindierockx7114 on 2024-09-19 22:12:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/stefeyboy on 2024-09-19 21:32:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bigbrother2030 on 2024-09-19 21:24:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/theotherbogart on 2024-09-19 20:59:38+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: Debuting in 1989, The Simpsons has aired for 35 seasons making it the longest-running scripted American primetime television series in history. Law & Order SVU is the 2nd longest-running series with 25 seasons.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/iso-joe on 2024-09-19 20:43:23+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, a fisherman who in 1984 survived 6 hours in 5 °C cold water after his ship sank and then trekked barefoot for 3 hours across lava fields before reaching safety. Despite only wearing shirt, sweater and jeans, he showed almost no symptoms of hypothermia or vasodilatation.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/morsodo99 on 2024-09-19 20:06:16+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2024-09-19 20:28:32+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: Contactless payments such as phones, cards, etc have numerous studies that shows users spend more. This is due to the removal of the "psychological pain" of spending. Users will spend twice as much. Coincidentally, the rise of frictionless payment correlates with rising consumer debt worldwide.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Cyrus_114 on 2024-09-19 17:47:21+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fishblaster69 on 2024-09-19 15:14:30+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Plus-Staff on 2024-09-19 17:38:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL there are five main species of Pacific salmon commonly targeted by anglers (Wild-caught): Chinook (King), Coho (Silver), Sockeye (Red), Pink, and Chum. In the Atlantic, the Atlantic salmon is the only species and is typically farmed.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2024-09-19 17:29:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/aditya_rs on 2024-09-19 17:09:29+00:00.