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Original Title: TIL in the Brothers Grimm's original 1812 fairy tale, the Evil Queen planned to eat Snow White's organs to obtain immortality and ordered the Huntsman to assassinate her. Instead, the Huntsman assists Snow White in her escape and deceives the Evil Queen with a pig's organ.

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TIL that the Arctic tern migrates up to 71,000 km (44,000 miles) per year, traveling from the Arctic to Antarctica and back experiencing nearly 24 hours of daylight for most of its life (www.carstenegevang.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/13Vicious01 on 2025-03-26 16:04:26+00:00.

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TIL that Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi book, Dune, was largely inspired by his research on how ecologists intervened to protect homes and automobiles from the blowing sands of the sand dunes in Oregon. (www.bbc.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AffectionatePace1410 on 2025-03-26 15:25:54+00:00.

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TIL that a 2006 study showed those who knew they were being prayed for and shared the religious belief of those praying were less likely to recover than those not receiving prayers after heart sur... (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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Original Title: TIL that a 2006 study showed those who knew they were being prayed for and shared the religious belief of those praying were less likely to recover than those not receiving prayers after heart surgery.

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TIL that the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl, is a U.S. military cemetery uniquely located inside the crater of an extinct volcano in Honolulu, Hawaii. (www.cem.va.gov)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RearEngineer on 2025-03-26 13:26:45+00:00.

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TIL The Weber Grill, a kettle grill design popularized in the 1950s, was first designed by a salesman at a metal works company. Looking for a way to protect food he was grilling from wind, he repu... (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Original Title: TIL The Weber Grill, a kettle grill design popularized in the 1950s, was first designed by a salesman at a metal works company. Looking for a way to protect food he was grilling from wind, he repurposed metal buoys his company was making to make a covered grill.

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TIL that a performance artist named Lucky Diamond Rich has held the Guinness World Record for “most tattooed person” since 2006. His body is completely covered in tattoos, including the insides of... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL that a performance artist named Lucky Diamond Rich has held the Guinness World Record for “most tattooed person” since 2006. His body is completely covered in tattoos, including the insides of his eyelids, mouth, ears and foreskin.

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TIL that sharks, whose oldest known fossils are from ~450 mya, are much older than Polaris, the youngest, largest, and brightest star in the Polaris system being only 70 myo. (www.snopes.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SoleilDJade on 2025-03-26 11:09:21+00:00.

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TIL When the fork was first introduced as an eating implement it was normal for people to have their own knife and fork made which would be kept in a special box called a cadena. Whenever someone ... (www.rmg.co.uk)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/UndyingCorn on 2025-03-26 12:10:58+00:00.

Original Title: TIL When the fork was first introduced as an eating implement it was normal for people to have their own knife and fork made which would be kept in a special box called a cadena. Whenever someone threw a dinner party or a feast all the guests would bring their own cadenas to eat with.

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TIL that Pule cheese is the most expensive cheese in the world, made from donkey milk and valued at around $600 per pound. (www.allrecipes.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bradstave on 2025-03-26 05:43:06+00:00.

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TIL that after Germany beat Brazil 7-1 at the 2014 World Cup, Pornhub had to issue a plea to stop uploading highlights of the match to the site (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ModenaR on 2025-03-26 07:58:05+00:00.

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TIL about YInMn Blue, a near perfect blue colour, which was discovered accidentally in an Oregon State University lab and is noteworthy for its vibrance and unusually high near infrared reflectance (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/NotPlato on 2025-03-26 03:01:34+00:00.

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TIL that Steven Seagal claimed that, due to his aikido training, he was "immune" to being choked unconscious. With Seagal's permission, his stuntman proceeded to choke him unconscious, with Seagal... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/WouldbeWanderer on 2025-03-26 02:02:44+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Steven Seagal claimed that, due to his aikido training, he was "immune" to being choked unconscious. With Seagal's permission, his stuntman proceeded to choke him unconscious, with Seagal losing control of his bowels.

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TIL author R.L. Stine is 81 years old and still writing Goosebumps books, with the latest set to release in August 2025 (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL Albert Henry Woolson outlived over two million Civil War Union Army comrades when he died on August 2, 1956, at the age of 106. At his death, he was recognized as the last surviving Union Army... (www.minnpost.com)

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Original Title: TIL Albert Henry Woolson outlived over two million Civil War Union Army comrades when he died on August 2, 1956, at the age of 106. At his death, he was recognized as the last surviving Union Army veteran.

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TIL the number of millionaires in the US is 22 million, or 8.5% of adult population (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/fap_fap_fap_fapper on 2025-03-26 02:45:13+00:00.

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TIL that in 2000, scientists revived a bacteria believed to be 250 million years old found buried 1,850 feet underground in New Mexico (www.cbsnews.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Adodie on 2025-03-26 02:12:24+00:00.

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TIL that excepting cats, insects and songbirds, no females of any species are allowed in Agio Oros - male monastery situated on Mount Athos in northeastern Greece (www.secularism.org.uk)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/NapalmBurns on 2025-03-26 01:31:10+00:00.

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TIL that Superman's lesser known powers include amnesia kisses, shapeshifting face (later dropped because that's something a bad guy would do), and 'wall rebuilding' vision (www.dc.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Owlmoose on 2025-03-25 21:14:53+00:00.

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TIL that during their 32 to 34-day incubation period, Adélie penguin parents take turns incubating their eggs, with shifts up to 12 days. The incubating parent remains on the nest, refraining from... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL that during their 32 to 34-day incubation period, Adélie penguin parents take turns incubating their eggs, with shifts up to 12 days. The incubating parent remains on the nest, refraining from feeding or leaving, and even projects feces away from the nest to maintain cleanliness.

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TIL that Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/consulent-finanziar on 2025-03-25 10:18:29+00:00.

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TIL in 1992, the Grateful Dead helped sponsor Lithuania’s national basketball team. The band also had their designer send a box of tie-dyed T-shirts in red, yellow and green- Lithuania’s national ... (www.olympics.com)

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Original Title: TIL in 1992, the Grateful Dead helped sponsor Lithuania’s national basketball team. The band also had their designer send a box of tie-dyed T-shirts in red, yellow and green- Lithuania’s national colors. On the shirts was an image of a skeleton dunking a basketball.

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TIL about Ukyo Katayama, a Japanese former F1 driver. In 1994, he had been diagnosed with cancer in his back, but kept it a secret from his team, not wanting anyone's sympathy to make excuses for ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ModenaR on 2025-03-25 20:31:33+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Ukyo Katayama, a Japanese former F1 driver. In 1994, he had been diagnosed with cancer in his back, but kept it a secret from his team, not wanting anyone's sympathy to make excuses for him. He raced for 4 years with the tumor and announced his illness only after he retired from F1