Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/0nlyinVegas on 2024-12-13 00:24:57+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Otritet on 2024-12-12 23:13:59+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JiveChicken00 on 2024-12-12 20:39:32+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/its_over88 on 2024-12-12 19:11:31+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in the late 80s, Phillip Morris international (a large tobacco company) developed cigarettes with nicotine artificially extracted from them in an attempt to market “healthier” cigarettes, which backfired as they were widely criticized by public health groups and did not sell well.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AE86Drifter86 on 2024-12-12 19:10:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/VaporwaveVoyager on 2024-12-12 18:32:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Festina_lente123 on 2024-12-12 17:44:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ColossalBiosciences on 2024-12-12 16:29:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ModenaR on 2024-12-12 16:01:31+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Gladyskravitz99 on 2024-12-12 14:26:21+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that as part of traditional Chinese folk religion, papier-mache versions of luxury goods like electronics, houses, cars, and even servants are burned at funerals so the deceased can enjoy the afterlife, and this Joss papercraft is also sold and used in Western countries

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/jeron_gwendolen on 2024-12-12 14:18:59+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Reacher-Said-N0thing on 2024-12-12 13:58:45+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MajesticBread9147 on 2024-12-12 13:48:28+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of Thomas(ine) Hall; an intersex person for whom a Jamestown Court in 1629 could not determine their sex, and thus ruled they were both and ordered them to dress in men's and women's clothing at all times.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JosiahWillardPibbs on 2024-12-12 11:27:56+00:00.

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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.