Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Idk_Very_Much on 2024-12-14 15:45:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-12-14 12:54:35+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2007 Trey Parker & Matt Stone, creators of South Park, negotiated an ad-sharing deal with Comedy Central that gave the creators a 50-50 split on all digital revenue. Those digital rights helped them reportedly sign a $935 million, six-year deal in 2021; one of the biggest deals in TV history.

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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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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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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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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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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EssexGuyUpNorth on 2024-12-13 23:06:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MaroonTrucker28 on 2024-12-13 20:47:56+00:00.

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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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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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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