Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/senkora on 2024-12-12 09:33:43+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Copacetic4 on 2024-12-12 09:18:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that orphaned Northern resident orca Springer(official designation: A73), the only wild orca to be rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to the wild successfully, now is a mother of two, Spirit(A104) and Storm(A116)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2024-12-12 08:52:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL at the 1952 Olympics Emil Zátopek won three gold medals - in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, and at the last minute he decided to compete in the first marathon of his life - which he also won, making him the only runner ever to have won all these events in the same Olympics.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2024-12-12 06:58:16+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nowlan101 on 2024-12-12 05:34:24+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Harry Truman seriously considered running for a third consecutive presidential term in 1952. He was exempt from the 22nd amendment limiting every president to two terms because of a grandfather clause. However, a dismal loss in the New Hampshire primary convinced him not to.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/delano1998 on 2024-12-12 04:46:00+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/astarisaslave on 2024-12-12 02:49:49+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that actor Robert Reed hated playing Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch as he saw it as beneath his Shakespearean training. He often clashed with producers over the script. Despite this he got along very well with the rest of the cast and appeared in the show's spinoffs and sequels.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ObjectiveAd6551 on 2024-12-12 02:19:07+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Formula 1 cars generate enough downforce at high speeds to theoretically drive upside down. At full speed, they create 2.5x their weight in downforce and pull 3.5g in corners, making drivers feel nearly 45 lbs of force on their heads and struggle to breathe, requiring extreme fitness to endure.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ozem_son_of_Jesse on 2024-12-12 00:56:11+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/simulatislacrimis on 2024-12-12 00:30:44+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/fuckaduckmagoo on 2024-12-12 00:48:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/theotherbogart on 2024-12-12 00:45:54+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/charliewaffles2412 on 2024-12-11 23:38:21+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2024-12-11 23:28:58+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that during James Cook’s first Pacific voyage, the crew brought a Polynesian navigator on board. He produced a chart of 130 islands he knew across a 2,000 mile radius, including 74 of their names and many of their distances, sizes, chiefs, and foods they produced.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyty5869 on 2024-12-11 22:38:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/VanGrants on 2024-12-11 22:50:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/itwas20yearsago2day on 2024-12-11 21:51:38+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Paul McCartney’s voice was supposed to appear on Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon” but Roger Waters cut them after he realized McCartney “thought it was necessary to perform” and wasn’t giving him his genuine thoughts.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TrollingForFunsies on 2024-12-11 18:46:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Patriarch99 on 2024-12-11 19:47:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Texas_Rockets on 2024-12-11 19:16:09+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ObjectiveAd6551 on 2024-12-11 18:11:03+00:00.

Original Title: TIL psychiatrists often overlook a patient’s caffeine intake habits during evaluations, despite its overuse being linked to worsening anxiety, disrupting sleep, and mimicking many common symptoms of psychosis.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Kintpuash-of-Kush on 2024-12-11 17:20:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of 'rubber soldiers' - Brazilians conscripted by their government during World War II to harvest rubber in the Amazon for the war effort. Approximately 30,000 died from rough conditions and disease - more than the total number of solders Brazil sent to fight overseas during the war.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JackABoioi on 2024-12-11 16:59:08+00:00.

Original Title: TIL - Henry Tandey was the second most highly decorated British private of the First World War and is most commonly remembered as the soldier who allegedly spared Adolf Hitler's life during the first world war.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Naive-Button3320 on 2024-12-11 16:23:13+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Nomfbes2 on 2024-12-11 16:24:37+00:00.