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Today I Learned (TIL)

r/todayilearned

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Posted by11 hours ago

TIL that the once-ubiquitous "Mmm... Toasty!" Quiznos sandwich chain, which had 4700 locations in 2007, closed over 90% of their stores in the space of the following decade. It was the largest and fastest collapse in industry history.

restaurantbusinessonline.com/financ...

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Posted by6 hours ago

TIL about Operation Nemesis, a secret plan executed by Armenia to hunt down and assassinate perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. The assassins successfully killed 11 of the highest ranking officials responsible for orchestrating the genocide across at least 5 different countries.

npr.org/transc...

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Posted by3 hours ago

TIL that during the production of Superman(1978), Gene Hackman was reluctant to shave his moustache, only acquiescing when Richard Donner promised to do the same. After getting it shaved, Hackman went to Donner to fulfil his end of the bargain. Donner responded by tearing off his fake moustache.

hollywoodreporter.com/movies...

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Posted by9 hours ago

TIL that before Jim Henson created The Muppets, he did a series of commercials where a Kermit-like puppet uses extreme violence and straight up murder to promote Wilkins Coffee.

youtu.be/LmhIiz...

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Posted by17 hours ago

TIL about Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors, a manual for contract killing for which Paladin Press was sued several times by victims' relatives after their murderers used this book as a how-to guide

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

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Posted by19 hours ago

TIL According to a study, East Asians are capable of digesting seaweed because their gut bacteria went through repeated “genetic upgrades” that enabled them to digest and absorb seaweed.

english.hani.co.kr/arti/e...

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Posted by3 hours ago

TIL that after the collapse of the Tacoma bridge in 1940, it’s designer Clark Eldridge enlisted in the navy. He was captured and sent to a POW camp by the Japanese for three years. During his imprisonment, a Japanese officer recognized him, walked up to him and said “Tacoma bridge!”.

wsdot.wa.gov/TNBHis...

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