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TIL the California Avocado Association renamed the Alligator Pear to Avocado in 1915 to better appeal to consumers

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TIL that Warren Buffett made over 99% of his wealth AFTER the age of 65

CNBC

Most of Warren Buffett’s wealth was accumulated after age 65. Here’s what that can teach individual investors

One of Warren Buffett's biggest investing advantages is time. Here’s what individual investors can learn from his approach.

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TIL that Mongolia has tye highest Testosterone level in the world followed by Ethiopia and Nigeria.

World Population Review

Testosterone Levels by Country 2026

Details on countries with high testosterone, comparisons of testosterone levels in developing and developed countries, and discussion of factors im...

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL A male Wyandotte chicken named Mike lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off, surviving because most of his brain stem remained intact and it did not bleed to death due to a blood clot.

Mike the Headless Chicken - Wikipedia

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TIL that actor Tom Hanks is distantly related to "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" host Fred Rogers. Hanks is sixth cousins with Rogers, and they share the same great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, Johannes Mefford.

Snopes

Is Actor Tom Hanks Related to Fred Rogers?

You may be surprised to find out just how many sixth cousins the average person has.

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TIL human babies float in their own pee in the womb and drink it too. If I had to learn this so do you

Mental Floss

Do Fetuses Go to the Bathroom in the Womb?

A couple of months into their development, fetuses begin peeing freely into the amniotic fluid that surrounds them in the womb.

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TIL About USS The Sullivans - The first ship in the Navy named after more than one person. It was named after 5 brothers who were killed when their ship was torpedoed in WWII, an event that led to the policy portrayed in Saving Private Ryan. USS The Sullivans itself sunk in 2022 as a museum ship.

Buffalo Naval Park

USS The Sullivans DD-537 | Buffalo Naval & Military Park

Tour the decommissioned U.S. Fletcher-class Destroyer that served in World War II, USS The Sullivans. Learn about the history and legacy of our tro...

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TIL that Microsoft skipped version 13 of Microsoft Office due to concerns about triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13).

Microsoft PowerPoint - Wikipedia

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TIL that 17 million telegrams are still sent every year. By comparison, over 200 billion e-mails are sent every day. They are most commonly sent to meet certain legal requirements or to express congratulations or condolences. #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1czowpp/til_that_17_million_telegrams_are_still_sent/

Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that a juvenile orca started a fashion trend of wearing dead salmon as a hat and the whole group started wearing them.

Yahoo News

Killer whales keep ramming and sinking boats. Scientists now may know why, report says.

An international group of orca experts met to determine why orcas are ramming boats. The leading theory: They're bored and playful.

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TIL that Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix to star in Wild, Wild West

EW.com

Will Smith explains why he passed on Keanu Reeves' 'The Matrix' role

"....So i made 'Wild Wild West.' I'm not proud of it."

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TIL: Seiji Yoshida WW2 memoir, "My War Crimes" detailing his many war crimes against comfort women became a hit and even used by George Hicks, the NYT, etc. It even spread across Korea. However, after his death, his son revealed he made up his war crimes for money as he was poor after the war.

Seiji Yoshida - Wikipedia

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TIL the Gestapo compiled a "Black Book" listing prominent residents of Great Britain to be rounded up after a successful invasion. In addition to obvious names like Churchill, the Nazis set their sights on Bertrand Russell and Virginia Woolf.

The Black Book (list) - Wikipedia

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TIL Two Australians invented the electric drill in 1889! Arthur Arnot and William Brain of Melbourne, Australia. Then in 1895 the first portable drill was made by two German brothers.

create digital

The electric drill has its roots in Australia’s mining industry

As a designer of major power plants, drill pioneer Arthur James Arnot knew a thing or two about how electricity

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TIL American Men are getting married more than American Women because American Men are not marrying American Women

Census.gov

All the Single Ladies: Washington, D.C., Has the Highest Ratio of Unmarried Women to Unmarried Men

A new data visualization shows the ratio of unmarried men to unmarried women by state, age, race and ethnicity.

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TIL AI scientists put a 1 in 6 chance that AI advances will lead to human extinction or similarly permanent and severe disempowerment of the human species https://aiimpacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Thousands_of_AI_authors_on_the_future_of_AI.pdf #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1czl0gd/til_ai_scientists_put_a_1_in_6_chance_that_ai/

Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL Big Ben has a Prison Room. Last time it was used as a prison room was in 1880, when a newly elected atheist member of Parliament refused to swear an oath to the Queen.

Big Ben - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL 'Michael' was the most frequently given male name every year between 1954-1998 except for 1960 (David) and it fell out of the top five in 2011 for the first time since 1949.