Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/XyleneCobalt on 2024-12-18 18:41:28+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of the Acali expedition, a social experiment that aimed to investigate interpersonal relationships in an isolated environment. Nicknamed the "Sex Raft," its participants remained peaceful throughout, even when the researcher tried to incite conflict.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AssumeTheRisk on 2024-12-18 17:01:01+00:00.

Original Title: TIL there is an agency in the Federal Government of the United States called the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. They investigate manufacturing accidents that result in the release of hazardous materials and then make detailed animations about the accidents as learning tools.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/dumbfuck on 2024-12-17 13:31:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/johncoktosin on 2024-12-17 12:51:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL UFO sightings date back to ancient Rome: in 218 BCE, during the Punic Wars, ‘phantom ships’ were reportedly seen in the sky near Rome; in 76 BCE, Pliny the Elder recorded a story of a ‘spark’ that fell from the sky, increased in size, and then returned to the heavens

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-12-17 11:25:50+00:00.

Original Title: TIL an off-duty nurse saved a boy's life by giving him CPR when his heart stopped after he was hit in the chest with a baseball bat during a Little League game. Seven years later that same boy saved the nurse's life by giving her the Heimlich maneuver after she started choking in a restaurant.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ObjectiveAd6551 on 2024-12-17 21:28:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the phrase “growing the beard” describes when a show improves in quality. It comes from Star Trek: The Next Generation, where Season 2’s stronger storytelling coincided with Riker growing a beard, a look Gene Roddenberry approved and fans embraced as a sign the series had matured.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TheAfternoonStandard on 2024-12-17 04:15:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Nietzsche-F on 2024-12-17 18:39:38+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/zahrul3 on 2024-12-17 15:23:45+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of the 2013 Cannes heist, in which a solo thief managed to break into a poorly guarded room and snatched a suitcase containing 72 pieces of jewellry worth $136 million from a billionaire about to do a private exhibition of his jewel collection.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bawledannephat on 2024-12-18 03:16:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/johncoktosin on 2024-12-18 18:48:58+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in addition to the Medal of Honor that Audie Murphy was awarded for his conduct in combat on January 26, 1945, he received 2 Bronze Stars, 2 Silver Stars, and a Distinguished Service Cross for five other heroic acts while in combat dating back to March 1944.

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

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TimelyConcern on 2024-12-18 18:15:37+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the music for the Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" was taken from a cantata that was originally written by Felix Mendelssohn to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg's printing press

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/sheepish132 on 2024-12-18 02:39:16+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/cheezburglar on 2024-12-18 00:10:39+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Hamsternoir on 2024-12-17 14:56:53+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CommentFamous503 on 2024-12-17 13:23:41+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the largest city in the ancient mediterranean was a Greek colony called Sybaris which held up to 300,000 inhabitants, the city was destroyed in 510 BC and was lost to history until its ruins were rediscovered in 1932.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EpicAura99 on 2024-12-18 14:26:28+00:00.

Original Title: TIL after Georgia was re-admitted to the Union in 1868 following Reconstruction, pro-Confederate unrest prompted them to be expelled again in Dec. 1869 until Jan. 1870. This gives GA 3 admittance dates, the most of any state.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TheSteelSword on 2024-12-18 13:58:53+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2024-12-18 13:53:25+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that American founding father Aaron Burr was an early supporter of giving women education and the right to vote. He was also a notorious womanizer who frequented sex workers and fathered multiple children with many different mothers, including an Indian servant who worked in his house.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/charliewaffles2412 on 2024-12-18 13:00:39+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/richaver345 on 2024-12-17 11:54:35+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that In 1971, the crew of Apollo 15 left a tiny statue on the moon called Fallen Astronaut, alongside a plaque listing the names of 14 astronauts and cosmonauts who had died. It remains the only memorial to lost space explorers on the moon, silently honoring their sacrifice.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2024-12-17 02:03:59+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/thefuzzybunny1 on 2024-12-18 02:03:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the lyrics to the song "Winter Wonderland" were written by Richard Bernhard Smith while he was hospitalized for tuberculosis treatment. He would die of the disease a year after the song was first recorded.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2024-12-18 01:01:59+00:00.

Original Title: TIL After the battle of Sedan, over 100,000 French soldiers were captured, including Emperor Napoleon III himself, but he headed to a "comfortable captivity" while his soldiers were left starving in makeshift POW camps. On hearing the news, Napoleon's wife asked "why didn't he kill himself?"