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Today I Learned (TIL)

r/todayilearned

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TIL of a man who, after being gifted a flight in a fighter jet by coworkers, accidentally ejected himself from the cockpit. He survived, though he later stated he had never previously expressed any interest in such a flight.

theguardian.com/world/...
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TIL that a former prostitute in Vietnam has adopted over 350 orphans who all use her surname

vietmynewspaper.com/2021/0...
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Posted by11 hours ago

TIL China uses cloud seeding for weather manipulation to create everything from blue skies during the 2008 Olympic games to rain intense during droughts.

edition.cnn.com/2022/0...
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Posted by13 hours ago

TIL that the informal foot paths people create are called "desire paths". In Finland, planners wait until first snowfall and then plan their paved paths around where people's tracks appear.

99percentinvisible.org/articl...
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Posted by13 hours ago

TIL about 2,000 to 3,000 luxury cars are abandoned in Dubai every year

edtimes.in/how-di...
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Posted by14 hours ago

TIL that Marilyn Monroe spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanages until age 16 when, upon being faced with being returned to an orphanage, she chose to get married to her neighbour's 21 year old son, drop out of school, and become a housewife.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...
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