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Original Title: TIL the scene in This is Spinal Tap (1984) where the band becomes lost backstage was inspired by a video of Tom Petty walking through a series of doors trying to find the stage at a venue in Germany, but ending up on an indoor tennis court.

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TIL: In 1987, two Chicago TV stations were hijacked by an unknown person in a Max Headroom mask, interrupting broadcasts with bizarre and still-unsolved pirate transmissions. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GDW312 on 2024-10-20 06:53:42+00:00.

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TIL that in 2006, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of North Korean web portal Naenara, around 300 users gathered to organize a flash mob. The gathering was dispersed immediately, and all online c... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/another_meme_account on 2024-10-20 06:54:12+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 2006, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of North Korean web portal Naenara, around 300 users gathered to organize a flash mob. The gathering was dispersed immediately, and all online chatrooms in North Korea were banned as a result.

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TIL former Disney head Jeffrey Katzenberg attempted to dissuade Robin Williams from playing Batty Koda in the film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, as Katzenberg only wanted Williams to voice the G... (www.cinemablend.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DaveOJ12 on 2024-10-20 03:25:53+00:00.

Original Title: TIL former Disney head Jeffrey Katzenberg attempted to dissuade Robin Williams from playing Batty Koda in the film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, as Katzenberg only wanted Williams to voice the Genie in the movie Aladdin

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TIL: Ted Danson's second wife, producer Cassandra "Casey" Coates, suffered a stroke while giving birth to their first daughter, Kate. Ted spent several years caring for her and helping her recuper... (wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LadyWarrior73 on 2024-10-20 03:06:52+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: Ted Danson's second wife, producer Cassandra "Casey" Coates, suffered a stroke while giving birth to their first daughter, Kate. Ted spent several years caring for her and helping her recuperate. They later adopted a second daughter, Alexis.

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TIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plants (asm.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2024-10-20 00:32:18+00:00.

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TIL that after hurricane Katrina, due to miscalculation, FEMA had 85M pounds of ice at storage facilites around the U.S and melted it two years later after 12.5 million dollars in storage fees. (abcnews.go.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/WhileSea2827 on 2024-10-20 01:23:14+00:00.

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TIL The first air raid in WWII on the German capital was carried out on the night of June 7, 1940, by a lone French Farman F.223.4 long-range bomber nicknamed "Jules Verne". The crew manually drop... (www.historynet.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DieZlurad on 2024-10-19 23:09:09+00:00.

Original Title: TIL The first air raid in WWII on the German capital was carried out on the night of June 7, 1940, by a lone French Farman F.223.4 long-range bomber nicknamed "Jules Verne". The crew manually dropped bombs, primarily targeting the Siemens factory, and successfully returned to their base in France.

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TIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EssexGuyUpNorth on 2024-10-19 22:18:30+00:00.

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TIL that the United States government once filed a lawsuit against a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster, because they did not believe that it had the right to be a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JollyRabbit on 2024-10-19 17:16:11+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the United States government once filed a lawsuit against a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster, because they did not believe that it had the right to be a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster. The Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster won the case!

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TIL that the #1 indicator of a mass casualty offender (planned or executed event) is having a U.S. military background (www.militarytimes.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sweaty-Willingness27 on 2024-10-19 22:58:39+00:00.

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TIL the 300 Club at the South Pole involves a tradition where participants go from a +200°F sauna to the -100°F outside, often running a lap around the South Pole marker while wearing only boots (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Keegipeeter on 2024-10-19 21:25:12+00:00.

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TIL: Leonard Nimoy, known for playing Spock in Star Trek, refused to participate in the animated series until Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were included. He believed their presence was essent... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/efequalma on 2024-10-19 21:35:31+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: Leonard Nimoy, known for playing Spock in Star Trek, refused to participate in the animated series until Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were included. He believed their presence was essential to the show's commitment to diversity.

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TIL: In 1932, Brazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to the Los Angeles Olympics, so they put them on a ship filled with coffee. The athletes sold the coffee along the way to fund their trip. (www.tastingtable.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/efequalma on 2024-10-19 21:15:38+00:00.

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TIL only one genuine 1983 model year Corvette exists in the world. Every other Corvette from that year was crushed. (www.history.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/gixk on 2024-10-19 20:19:15+00:00.

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TIL that the world's oldest company was a Japanese construction firm called Kongō Gumi, which operated continuously from 578 AD until 2006—over 1,400 years. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SudoMason on 2024-10-19 20:21:24+00:00.

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TIL: The inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, Dr. Henry Heimlich, didn’t actually use it to save someone’s life until he was 96 years old—four decades after inventing it. (www.bbc.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/efequalma on 2024-10-19 19:58:34+00:00.

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TIL That Adam Jasinski, winner of Big Brother (US) 9, was later convicted of setting up an oxycodone dealing ring which he financed using his winnings from the show (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GentPc on 2024-10-19 19:15:15+00:00.

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TIL that 0.8% of the population is unable to form visual mental images, per a 2022 study. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SuperMcG on 2024-10-19 18:27:21+00:00.

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TIL about the Pit of Despair, an apparatus used in widely-condemned experiments that isolated young monkeys in a dark, smooth tank with sloped sides and a curved base. The monkeys were left isolat... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL about the Pit of Despair, an apparatus used in widely-condemned experiments that isolated young monkeys in a dark, smooth tank with sloped sides and a curved base. The monkeys were left isolated and hopeless in the dark for months, supposedly to induce and study depression.

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TIL that the background check for positions in the White House asks if you have ever been "suspected" of breaking the law (omb.report)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/A_Mirabeau_702 on 2024-10-19 17:09:33+00:00.

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TIL during height of Dotcom bubble, Cisco was the most valuable company in the world. Then stock price fell by 88% in 2 years, and never reached record price again. (www.hardingloevner.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BadenBaden1981 on 2024-10-19 17:06:35+00:00.

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TIL Monasteries used to distill a compound called "uisge beatha" (pronounced uska beg) which means "water of life" in Gaelic. After it got popularized, people started calling it solely "uska", whi... (www.theoxfordartisandistillery.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sarpthedestroyer on 2024-10-19 17:04:14+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Monasteries used to distill a compound called "uisge beatha" (pronounced uska beg) which means "water of life" in Gaelic. After it got popularized, people started calling it solely "uska", which led to its final form in present, whiskey.