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Today I Learned (TIL)

r/todayilearned

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Posted by9 hours ago

TIL in 1822 a stork arrived in Germany with an arrow through its neck. The wood was from central Africa, over 3000 miles away. This convinced zoologists that birds migrated in the winter, and disproved other theories such as underwater hibernation, or transformation into other animals (like mice)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...

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TIL that the longest running lab experiment is the Pitch Drop experiment. It demonstrates how tar is the most viscous liquid being 100 billion times more viscous than water. Only 9 drops have fallen in the 95 years since it began in 1927.

smp.uq.edu.au/pitch-...

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TIL Orville Wright lived to see jets and the first supersonic flight

biography.com/invent...

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TIL In the UK, the distinction between an actor and an extra is defined by agreements between the actors trade unions and the various commercial production bodies. These state that once a performer says 13 or more words in any scene, they must become a contracted actor in that production.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...

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Posted by1 hour ago

TIL the band Green Day got its name from the phrase, "green day", which was slang in the Bay Area, where the band originated, for spending a day doing nothing but smoking marijuana. Armstrong once admitted in 2001 that he considered it to be "the worst band name in the world".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...

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Posted by13 hours ago

TIL Estrogen is linked to causing depression and anxiety in women but doctors and scientists are unsure how. The actual measured level of estrogen doesn't predict emotional disturbances.

webmd.com/women/...

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Posted by3 hours ago

TIL the oldest cat ever lived to 38 years and 3 days - 1967 to 2005.

wikipedia.org/wiki/C...

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