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TIL Cancer was discovered around 3,000 BC, and a papyrus depicts tumors and describes a surgical procedure for removing them. The disease was first named by the...

cancer.org·33w·r/todayilearned

TIL I learned that there is a town in South Carolina simply called "North." Despite its name, it is in the center of the state.

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TIL The only Giant Panda that is not owned by China lives in Mexico and her name is Xin Xin, she's 35 years old.

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TIL in 2010, the Texas Department of Agriculture said a food policy would be clarified after a third grader was given a week-long lunch detention at school for ...

abajournal.com·33w·r/todayilearned

TIL the kids that voiced Bluey and Bingo aren’t credited on the show as their identities are kept secret to shield them from the public eye.

bountyparents.com.au·33w·r/todayilearned

TIL in 2005, a L.A. Dodgers pitcher offered the Miami Marlins batboy $500 if he could drink a gallon of milk in under an hour without throwing up. The batboy dr...

chron.com·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL that Alaskans were so opposed to establishment of National Monument and National Parks in their state that they refused lodging to park rangers, vandalized ...

npshistory.com·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL ~7000 years ago, the human Y-chromosome experienced a restriction in diversity. During this time, there would have been effectively one man for every sevent...

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TIL In March of 1915 four corporals in the French Army were shot by firing squad as an example to the rest of their companies during WWI. The events of the Soua...

en.wikipedia.org·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL in 2023 a Tennessee man lost 58.5 lbs. after only eating half portions of McDonald's menu items for every meal for 100 days. He didn't exercise at all and n...

people.com·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL during the 2010 Safeway Classic, LPGA golfer Juli Inkster took practice swings with a weighted "donut" on her 9-iron while waiting to tee off at the 10th ho...

oregonlive.com·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL the video for Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" was filmed with no green screen or VFX. They really took her and the piano out for filming. Her piano and...

en.wikipedia.org·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL "Bagdad Bob", Information Minister under Saddam Hussein was known for his greatly inaccurate TV announcements. He reported that American troops and tanks ha...

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TIL Wang is the most common surname in the world

people.howstuffworks.com·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL Abraham Lincoln was involved in a sword duel as a young man, in 1842. To duel legally, he and his opponent had to travel to neighboring Missouri. They were ...

battlefields.org·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL in 2024, a woman gave birth on a bench outside Sainte-Croix Hospital in Quebec after not realizing that the main doors are locked overnight and that patient...

montrealgazette.com·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL Legoland employees are called Model Citizens because lego figures are models

legoland.com·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL a 2009 study found that the character of James Bond had "strong" sexual contact with 46 women and "mild" encounters (such as kissing) with a further 52 duri...

bbc.com·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL In the Pacific Northwest there are sea wolves which are a unique subspecies of grey wolf which have a semi-aquatic lifestyle, including a diet that is almos...

en.wikipedia.org·34w·r/todayilearned

TIL a man in Denmark died by poisoning 26 hours after he drank coconut water (that had been spoiled by a fungus) directly from a coconut using a straw. But inst...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov·34w·r/todayilearned

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