Today I learned 9 months ago

TIL Alexander Fleming on discovering penicillin was quoted as saying: “When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionise all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I suppose that was exactly what I did.”

Alexander Fleming - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 9 months ago

TIL that Dexter Holland, lead singer of punk rock band the offspring has a PhD in molecular biology

Dexter Holland - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 9 months ago

TIL about a congential disorder in humans where the walls of the bladder, vagina, and anus fuse together, creating a cloaca

Persistent cloaca - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 9 months ago

TIL that it is possible for additional roadways to create more traffic rather than alleviate it, known as Braess' Paradox

Braess's paradox - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 9 months ago

TIL that, immediately after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, an order came down from the Secretary of the Navy to destroy all personal logs associated with the use of the presidential yacht USS Sequoia during the Kennedy Administration.

USS Sequoia (presidential yacht) - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 9 months ago

TIL Jennifer Aniston had a strained relationship with her mother, who was a former model and very critical of her looks. She recalls not being the 'model child' her mother had wished for.

Best Life

Jennifer Aniston Says Model Mother Was "Very Critical" of Her Looks — Best Life

Jennifer Aniston Says Model Mother Was "Very Critical" of Her Looks

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Today I learned 10 months ago

TIL that France's deadliest day in WWI was August 22, 1914. Following a series of reckless offensive charges, 27,000 French soldiers were killed in less than 24hrs. This figure is more than any other day in French history, and is half as many as all U.S. soldiers killed in the entire Vietnam War https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/a-slaughter-then-oblivion-mark-fr… #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1l0nveh/til_that_frances_deadliest_day_in_wwi_was_august/

Today I learned 10 months ago

TIL that in 1960, three teenagers were brutally murdered while camping at Finland's Lake Bodom, and the case remains one of the country’s most infamous unsolved crimes.

Lake Bodom murders - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 10 months ago

TIL that the Basilica, a cannon used to besiege Constantinople, was so powerful that its recoil killed its own operators

Basilic (cannon) - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 10 months ago

TIL that Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua were briefly united in the 1800s as the Federal Republic of Central America

Federal Republic of Central America - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 10 months ago

TIL That Astronauts cannot burp in space as the lack of gravity prevents foods and gasses separating in the stomach as they do on Earth. https://howthingsfly.si.edu/ask-an-explainer/i-heard-astronauts-cannot-burp-space-it-true #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1kxj2kr/til_that_astronauts_cannot_burp_in_space_as_the/

Today I learned 10 months ago

TIL the King of England once offered to convert England to Islam.

Muhammad al-Nasir - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL that Alan Moore, the creator of 'Watchmen', considers modern superhero movies a "blight" to cinema and "also to culture to a degree", and that the popularization of the genre on the part of adults is an "infantilization"

Alan Moore - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 11 months ago

Today I learned that you can eat packing peanuts. (And I did)

Biodegradable Packing Peanuts: Eco-Friendly Facts and Things to Know | U-Haul

Biodegradable packing peanuts aren’t just a useful tool for shipping or moving. Learn more about the benefits of using biodegradable packing...

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Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL goldfish memories last months, not seconds – they can learn tricks and navigate mazes. Experiments show goldfish remember training for up to 5 months, recognize owners, and even associate sounds with feeding times. The "3-second memory" myth comes from their quick movement. https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/young-naturalist-awards/goldfish-as-a-mo… #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1kiycnd/til_goldfish_memories_last_months_not_seconds/

Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL that men and women have similar rates of loneliness, with women generally reporting slightly higher rates than men, despite high media coverage of "male loneliness epidemic".

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Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL nobody really knows where the $ came from https://www.southernliving.com/news/history-of-the-dollar-sign #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1kb1z9v/til_nobody_really_knows_where_the_came_from/

Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL that the gulf war inadvertently saved 200000 people in Bangladesh after US navy and Marine assets present around iraq were quickly sent to Bangladesh to conduct relief operations following a cyclone.

DVIDS

Government of Bangladesh, US commemorate operation

Members of the Government of Bangladesh, the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka and Marines with the III Marine Expeditionary Force, participated in the 20th an...

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Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL that every year an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide, making them the most littered item on the planet.

The Hub

No ifs, ands, or butts

Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet. Two new studies from the Institute for Global Tobacco Control point to possible solutions.

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Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL planned obsolescence is illegal in France; it is a crime to intentionally shorten the lifespan of a product with the aim of making customers replace it. In early 2018, French authorities used this law to investigate reports that Apple deliberately slowed down older iPhones via software updates.

Apple investigated by France for 'planned obsolescence'

Prosecutors will look into claims of "planned obsolescence" in iPhones, which is illegal in France.

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