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r/todayilearned - TIL that the radioactive noble gas, Radon, is present in the soil and in the water. While flowing upward, it accumulates in our homes, since they trap it inside. It is estimated to cause 21000 death annually. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL that Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry has bred nearly 8,000 chicks annually (around 20 a day) as part of a Chicken Hatchery exhibit since 1956. The chicks are kept on exhibit for Museum Visitors to view for a week. Af... www.reddit.com
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TIL that Roman gladiators were overweight (NOT muscle-bound) and ate mostly vegetarian diets www.reddit.com
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Go to todayilearned by TIL the crews of Apollo 11, 12, and 14 had to spend 3 weeks in quarantine after returning to Earth because of the possibility that they might spread contagions from the moon en.wikipedia. #ifttt #reddit #til
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Go to todayilearned by TIL Paul Winchell was a comedian/ventriloquist who invented one of the earliest artificial hearts. Winchell also invented a flameless cigarette lighter, a garter belt without visible lines, and owned over 30 patents. en.wikipedia. #ifttt #reddit #til
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TIL that bioluminescence in fireflies is nearly 100 percent efficient, meaning little energy is wasted to produce their light. www.reddit.com
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TIL about thick water, which is used to help people with difficulties swallowing stay hydrated www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL that the Fair Labor Standards Act -- which prohibits child labor in the United States -- does not apply to agricultural jobs. An estimated 79,000 children produce about 25% of the picking harvest in USA. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL of Mitsutoki Shigeta, the son of a wealthy and powerful Japanese millionaire entrepreneur who ran a baby factory in Thailand; fathering dozens of babies in his personal quest to tilt elections in his favor and breed a family ... www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL that West Virginia ranks worst for mental health in America by far. Of the 50 counties with the poorest mental health, 30 of them are in West Virginia, including the top 10. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL of John Galvan, a wrongfully convicted man was released after 35yrs thanks to Mythbusters. He was forced to sign a confession to lighting a Molotov with a cigarette, killing two men. One day, in his cell, watching a rerun of ... www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL in 1993 Mattel's Barbie division accidentally released a Gay Ken doll. Despite being quickly recalled, it remains the best selling Ken doll of all time www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL "Cute aggression" or the urge to squeeze cute animals or babies is the brain’s coping mechanism to temper the onslaught of positive feelings. Because if you find yourself incapacitated by how cute a baby is—so much so that yo... www.reddit.com
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Go to todayilearned by TIL on 1991, when he surrended, Pablo Escobar was allowed to build his own prison. Called "La Catedral", it was built like a fortress, had a football pitch, giant doll house, bar, jacuzzi and waterfall. The guards were chosen by Escobar en.wikipedia. #ifttt #reddit #til
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TIL victims of the Jonestown massacre did not actually drink Kool-Aid. They drank Flavor Aid which was a competing brand at the time. www.reddit.com
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TIL Circus peanuts led to the creation of Lucky Charms in 1964 when a General Mills employee chopped pieces into a bowl of Cheerios www.reddit.com
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TIL, The Netherlands gives Canada 20,000 tulips every year as a thank you for protecting the Dutch royal family in ww2 www.reddit.com
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Go to todayilearned by TIL Mosquitos are humanity's deadliest predators; they have the highest kill toll on humans each year, and it has been claimed that almost half of the people who have ever lived have died of mosquito-vectored disease en.wikipedia. #ifttt #reddit #til
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r/todayilearned - TiL that the comedian Red Skelton painted in his free time, eventually earning $2.5 million yearly on lithograph sales. At the time of his death, his art dealer said that Skelton had earned more money through his paintings than f... www.reddit.com
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Go to todayilearned by TIL the US Supreme Court ruled in a case brought by Jehovah's Witnesses in 1940 that public schools could compel students to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance regardless of religious objections. The ruling was overturned in 1943. en.wikipedia. #ifttt #reddit #til
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TIL That singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford after graduating summa cum laude from Pomona College www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL Jamie Lee Curtis didn’t wear any prosthetics during the filming of Everything Everywhere All At Once. She specifically decided against it in favor of showing her true body. "I want there to be no concealing of anything. I’ve ... www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL every time a deck of cards is shuffled the probability that sequence of cards has ever existed before is infinitesimally small due to the immensity of 52! www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL in 1974 the US made Daylight Saving Time permanent with 79% public approval. Support dropped to 42% the first winter due to everyone waking up in darkness. It was repealed the next year. www.reddit.com
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r/todayilearned - TIL about long-term nuclear waste warning messages, designed to warn civilizations ~10,000+ years in the future of the dangers of nuclear waste sites. Proposed solutions include an atomic priesthood to perpetuate rituals and myth... www.reddit.com
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