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TIL although Mongols form less than 0.45% of China's population, it's still ~6.3 million people. Mongolia itself has a total population of ~3.5 million people with ~96% of them being Mongols. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2024-12-14 09:43:09+00:00.

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TIL that neutron star mergers can produce anywhere between 3 and 13 Earth masses of gold (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Conspark on 2024-12-14 08:28:37+00:00.

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TIL that the person who co-wrote the Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy also co-wrote Call of Duty Black Ops I and II (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Danielnrg on 2024-12-14 07:49:34+00:00.

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TIL the typical Japanese dish "tempura" comes from Portugal. The name comes from Latin "tempora", meaning "times" or "time period", referring to fasting times when Cathloics avoided eating meat an... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2024-12-14 07:30:50+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the typical Japanese dish "tempura" comes from Portugal. The name comes from Latin "tempora", meaning "times" or "time period", referring to fasting times when Cathloics avoided eating meat and ate fish or vegetables instead

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TIL Swiss German has no standard spelling. People write phonetically based on their dialect, so texts vary widely. Speakers can often tell someone's village by their accent or word choice. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BezugssystemCH1903 on 2024-12-14 07:07:26+00:00.

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TIL that we humans are closer related to fungi than to plants (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Vivaldi786561 on 2024-12-14 06:04:29+00:00.

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TIL of the Harry Potter prequel manuscript which was auctioned in 2008 and stolen in 2017. It remains missing. (wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/HallowedAndHarrowed on 2024-12-14 05:25:09+00:00.

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TIL When Kim Wilde's '81 smash hit "Kids in America" was climbing the charts, Kim had never actually been to the US. The lyrics were written by her father who based them on a TV show he saw about ... (www.wilde-life.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Bluest_waters on 2024-12-14 05:54:49+00:00.

Original Title: TIL When Kim Wilde's '81 smash hit "Kids in America" was climbing the charts, Kim had never actually been to the US. The lyrics were written by her father who based them on a TV show he saw about hardened, rebellious teens in America. The music was written by her brother.

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TIL that there’s a protein named Sonic Hedgehog (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ahlady on 2024-12-14 05:02:03+00:00.

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TIL Caribou are the only deer species that that male and female grow antlers. (canadiangeographic.ca)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LowerGround318 on 2024-12-14 04:52:58+00:00.

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TIL that the platypus is not the only egg-laying mammal. Echnidas share that unique trait. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/xFxD on 2024-12-14 04:43:21+00:00.

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TIL of the Mani pulite, a 1990s Italian corruption scandal that implicated over half the parliament and members of over 400 city and town councils. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Idk_Very_Much on 2024-12-14 04:00:13+00:00.

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TIL the Hoover Dam was completed 2 years ahead of schedule (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/yowayb on 2024-12-14 03:37:21+00:00.

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TIL of the theory of nominative determinism in that people tend to gravitate towards careers that fit their names (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Blackdomino on 2024-12-14 03:14:18+00:00.

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TIL that Nickelodeon almost cancelled Hey Arnold’s Christmas episode because they thought kids wouldn't care about its portrayal of the Vietnam War. An executive revoked the decision when her nine... (www.slashfilm.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Toipu on 2024-12-14 01:03:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Nickelodeon almost cancelled Hey Arnold’s Christmas episode because they thought kids wouldn't care about its portrayal of the Vietnam War. An executive revoked the decision when her nine-year-old son saw a rough cut of the episode and asked 'Mom, is that what Vietnam was all about?'.

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TIL: Two healthy teenagers injected elemental mercury hoping to turn their bones to metal after seeing X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Fortunately none had any serious repercussion aside of lengthy reco... (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/pantrokator-bezsens on 2024-12-14 00:26:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: Two healthy teenagers injected elemental mercury hoping to turn their bones to metal after seeing X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Fortunately none had any serious repercussion aside of lengthy recovery.

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TIL that in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the sound effect of the opening of the ark was created by dragging a toilet lid over some paving. (insidethemagic.net)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EssexGuyUpNorth on 2024-12-13 23:06:06+00:00.

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TIL in ancient Roman times a pound of lavender flowers was worth the same amount as 50 haircuts from your local barber. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/hiltothedance on 2024-12-13 21:13:06+00:00.

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TIL in 1979, the descendants of the famous feuding Hatfield and McCoy families appeared on a special week-long taping of Family Feud. A pig was kept on stage during the games. The McCoys won 3-2, ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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Original Title: TIL in 1979, the descendants of the famous feuding Hatfield and McCoy families appeared on a special week-long taping of Family Feud. A pig was kept on stage during the games. The McCoys won 3-2, but the Hatfields won more money total

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TIL: In 2016, a man stole $5 million from his workplace as an accounting department manager over the course of 7 years and spent $1 million of it on a single mobile video game, Game of War. Outsid... (www.ign.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2024-12-13 20:22:33+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: In 2016, a man stole $5 million from his workplace as an accounting department manager over the course of 7 years and spent $1 million of it on a single mobile video game, Game of War. Outside of that, he spent it on cars, furniture, and sports tickets.

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TIL when Guinness World Records stopped monitoring the record for the longest time to stay awake in 1997, the record holder at the time was Robert McDonald who went 453 hours 40 minutes (18 days 2... (www.guinnessworldrecords.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-12-13 16:44:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL when Guinness World Records stopped monitoring the record for the longest time to stay awake in 1997, the record holder at the time was Robert McDonald who went 453 hours 40 minutes (18 days 21 hours 40 minutes) without sleeping in 1986.

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TIL that one reason UnitedHealth has so many members despite having the worst claims payment rate and the highest profit rate is... an exclusive deal with the "friend" of retirees, AARP (www.unitedhealthgroup.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/UnlikelyAdventurer on 2024-12-13 16:22:38+00:00.

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TIL that in 1927 heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney received a check for $1,000,000 for his second fight vs. Jack Dempsey, making him the first athlete in history to be paid $1,000,000 in a s... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/johncoktosin on 2024-12-13 16:14:17+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1927 heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney received a check for $1,000,000 for his second fight vs. Jack Dempsey, making him the first athlete in history to be paid $1,000,000 in a single year, or for a single sporting event.

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TIL in 2019 an intern unearthed a 2,000-yr-old silver Roman dagger (still in its sheath) in the grave of a soldier at an archaeological site in Germany. It was nearly unrecognizable due to centuri... (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-12-13 16:13:32+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2019 an intern unearthed a 2,000-yr-old silver Roman dagger (still in its sheath) in the grave of a soldier at an archaeological site in Germany. It was nearly unrecognizable due to centuries of corrosion, but a 9-month restoration revealed a "spectacularly ornamented" 13-inch blade & sheath.

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TIL that many women from the victorian era made jewelry from insects (daily.jstor.org)
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