Today I learned 10 months ago

TIL that Aruna Shanbaug, an Indian nurse spent 42 years in a vegetative state after a brutal assault in 1973. Shanbaug died of pneumonia on 18 May 2015, after being in a persistent vegetative state for nearly 42 years.

Aruna Shanbaug case - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL about "Better than sex cake", a type of cake originating from the United States and is known by similar names such as "better than Robert Redford cake" and "next best thing to Robert Redford".

Better than sex cake - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL that in 1878, US Supreme Court Justice Ward Hunt suffered a stroke which thereafter left him unable to either attend court sessions or to render opinions. Yet he refused to resign for another 4 years, his sole reason being to stay long enough to claim his pension.

Ward Hunt - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL that Toyota made a Hummer inspired SUV for both military and civilian markets. While popular with Police forces, Japanese tax and safety regulations doomed it from the start.

MotorTrend

Toyota Mega Cruiser SUV: History of Japan’s Hummer

It’s hard to say if the Mega Cruiser’s resemblance to a certain High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle is coincidence or copy.

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Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL that Euler was functionally blind. In 1738, he became nearly blind in his right eye, earning the nickname "Cyclops" from Frederick II; by 1766, he lost vision in his left eye as well. Despite this, his productivity actually surged: in 1775, he wrote on average one mathematical paper per week

Leonhard Euler - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL that whales used to walk on land, and dogs can smell time #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ju2dvd/til_that_whales_used_to_walk_on_land_and_dogs_can/

Today I learned 11 months ago

TIL that with approximately 38 trillion microbial cells compared to 30 trillion human cells, our bodies are more microbial than human.

The Hindu

Hidden dangers of irrational use of antibiotics on microbiome

Antibiotics are miracle drugs, but overuse disrupts the microbiome, leading to severe health consequences and antimicrobial resistance.

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL a 2012 study compared a nation's chocolate consumption to the number of Nobel prize laureates per capita that it had and found an incredibly close correlation between the two. Countries with the most Nobel prize laureates per capita consumed the most chocolate. Switzerland finished first in both

BBC News

Does chocolate make you clever?

A study appears to suggest eating chocolate improves a nation's chances of winning Nobel Prizes. But does cocoa really hold the key to genius?

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL Ralph Fiennes name is pronounced Rayf Fines https://people.com/ralph-fiennes-clears-up-how-to-pronounce-his-name-8788360 #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j61euj/til_ralph_fiennes_name_is_pronounced_rayf_fines/

Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL about Ann Hodges the only known person to have been struck by a meteorite and survived

Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL Meryl Streep graduated cum laude from Vassar with a Bachelor of Arts in drama and then earned a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from Yale.

Meryl Streep - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that the rapture, the evangelical belief that Christians will physically ascend to meet Jesus in the sky, is an idea that only dates to the 1830s.

Rapture - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL In 2022, a Leica film camera from the mid-1920s sold for $15 million, nearly five times the highest estimate. It was one of the 23 Leica 0-Series Prototypes

PetaPixel

Oskar Barnack's Leica Sells for $15M, is Now World's Priciest Camera

Easily the most expensive camera ever sold.

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that squirt consists almost entirely of urine, yes actually scientific papers have proven this

PubMed

PubMed

PubMed® comprises more than 40 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may in...

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL the bite of the Brazilian Wandering Spider causes a penile erection that can last for several hours

Phoneutria nigriventer - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that the clitoris is like an iceberg in that only 10 percent of it is visible, the other 90 percent is internal.

Whole Person Integration

The Clitoris: Much More Than the Tip of the Iceberg — Whole Person Integration

This lack of focus and knowledge can create a lot of issues for those with clitorises.  Psychologically, there is a message put forth that the...

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL people can get stones in your scrotum, just like they can get bladder and kidney stones. They are called "scrotal pearls" or "scrotoliths" and are benign calfications within the scrotal sac.

Radiopaedia

Scrotolith | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org

Scrotoliths, also known as scrotal pearls, are benign incidental extratesticular macrocalcifications within the scrotum. They frequently occupy the...

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL On March 3, 1876, residents of Olympian Springs, Kentucky, experienced a strange event known as the "Kentucky Meat Shower," where pieces of raw meat fell from the sky over an area of about 100 by 50 yards for a few minutes.

Real Appalachia

The Kentucky Meat Shower: A Bizarre Mystery in Appalachian History - Real Appalachia

The Kentucky Meat Shower: A Bizarre Mystery in Appalachian History On March 3, 1876, a truly strange and still-unexplained event took place in Bath...

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that Tooth Fairy payments to children tripled on a per tooth basis between 2011 and 2021.

the original poll

The Tooth Fairy Index continues to track with market trends.

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that Malaysia's prime minister participated in the largest embezzling scheme in history, sending billions of the country's sovereign wealth fund to him and his chronies. Among them was his son in law, Rita Aziz, who used the money to produce "The Wolf of Wallstreet" and "Dumb and Dumber"

1MDB scandal - Wikipedia

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