Today I Learned (TIL)

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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/ahlady on 2024-12-14 05:02:03+00:00.

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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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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/xFxD on 2024-12-14 04:43:21+00:00.

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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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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/yowayb on 2024-12-14 03:37:21+00:00.

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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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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/hiltothedance on 2024-12-13 21:13:06+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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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/UnlikelyAdventurer on 2024-12-13 16:22:38+00:00.

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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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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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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ozem_son_of_Jesse on 2024-12-13 16:06:33+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2024-12-13 13:13:52+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of Phryne(meaning "toad") an ancient greek escort who became obscenely rich. After Alexander the Great destroyed her native Thebes she offered to rebuild the city walls at her own expense under one stipulation: a sign on the wall reading "Destroyed by Alexander-rebuild by Phryne the courtesan"

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ModenaR on 2024-12-13 13:09:47+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that a 2016 Italian film called "Perfect Strangers" holds the world record of being the most remade movie ever, having been remade 24 times in different languages. An English-language version has yet to be released

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Theartofdumbingdown on 2024-12-13 12:56:21+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LividRhapsody on 2024-12-13 12:40:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL That China traditionally named their children 100 days after birth. During that time they had a "Milk Name". It was usually either a diminuative, or something gross to keep evil spirits away from the child. It sometimes sticks around as a nickname. Today they have one month to name the child.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2024-12-13 12:18:32+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/cebula412 on 2024-12-13 12:08:12+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/memoryroadtrip on 2024-12-13 11:35:44+00:00.