Notices tagged with til, page 5

TIL that liver donors can give away parts of their liver and the donor’s liver regenerates to almost its original size within months

https://www.uofmhealth.org/our-care/specialties-services/living-donor-liver-transplant
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1px85ek/til_that_liver_donors_can_give_away_parts_of/

TIL that the World's tallest waterfall is located in Venezuela

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Falls
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pwmtfq/til_that_the_worlds_tallest_waterfall_is_located/

TIL 200 people were poisoned in Bradford, England after a batch of sweets from a confectionery shop was contaminated with arsenic. This was because the confectioner's supplier accidentally sent him arsenic trioxide when he had ordered powdered plaster, and the confectioner mixed it into the sweets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1858_Bradford_sweets_poisoning
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pws1hg/til_200_people_were_poisoned_in_bradford_england/

TIL a chicken named Mike lived for 18 months after being beheaded in 1945 because the axe missed his jugular vein and most of his brain stem. He was fed with an eyedropper, toured as a sideshow attraction earning $4,500/month, and was featured in Time and Life magazines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pvt65u/til_a_chicken_named_mike_lived_for_18_months/

TIL of Lt. Col. William Rankin, a pilot who ejected from his jet at 47,000 feet directly into a violent thunderstorm. The storm's updrafts were so strong they kept him trapped in the air for 40 minutes, subjecting him to frostbite, decompression, and near-drowning in the rain before he survived.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/incredible-story-marine-rode-lightning/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pvr66a/til_of_lt_col_william_rankin_a_pilot_who_ejected/

TIL Church's Chicken, which changed their name to Texas Chicken in Malaysia and other Muslim-majority countries, isn't named after a Christian house of worship, it's after founder George W. Church.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/despite-international-confusion-churchs-chicken-is-not-a-church/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pvsron/til_churchs_chicken_which_changed_their_name_to/

TIL in 2022 archaeologists in Egypt found 18,000 inscribed shards of pottery, known as ostraca, which date to around 2,000 years ago. Hundreds of these tablets had lines of the same character or two being repeated (usually on both front & back) that were written by "naughty pupils" as punishment.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60360466
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pu025y/til_in_2022_archaeologists_in_egypt_found_18000/

TIL that cha caan teng (English: tea restaurant) in Hong Kong was created by locals when Western cuisine was out of reach for them due to cost. The average wage for a local in 1850 was $15-50 a month while dining at a western restaurant costed $10.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha_chaan_teng
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ptn7yd/til_that_cha_caan_teng_english_tea_restaurant_in/

TIL the original Roman calendar started in March and ended in December. What would later become January and February was just an unorganised mass of days between years because winter was agriculturally irrelevant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_calendar?wprov=sfla1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pt59vp/til_the_original_roman_calendar_started_in_march/

TIL Quentin Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, is the only WW1 casualty in the Normandy American cemetery. He is buried next to his brother who died of a heart attack a month after Dday where his actions earned him the Medal of Honor. Quentin is the only child of a president to die in combat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Roosevelt
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pstekd/til_quentin_roosevelt_son_of_theodore_roosevelt/

TIL pet microchip service Save This Life closed. Pets who were registered with the provider no longer have their owners’ information attached to the chip’s identifier number. The company was also removed from AAHA’s popular Microchip Registry Lookup tool.

https://www.aaha.org/trends-magazine/publications/microchip-company-closes-unexpectedly-what-it-means-for-pet-owners-…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pssgix/til_pet_microchip_service_save_this_life_closed/

TIL that Christmas was banned by the English Parliment in 1644 because many of the Puritans believed it was "too closely associated with Catholicism" and it had simply become too drunken and debauched.

https://www.cromwellmuseum.org/cromwell/did-oliver-cromwell-ban-christmas
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1psa8w3/til_that_christmas_was_banned_by_the_english/

TIL that German & British soldiers paused fighting on Christmas Day in 1914 during World War 1 to sing, drink, and play football together

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1psieqx/til_that_german_british_soldiers_paused_fighting/

TIL Walt Disney's office suite is still the same as the day he died

https://mickeyvisit.com/inside-walt-disneys-private-office/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1prum10/til_walt_disneys_office_suite_is_still_the_same/

TIL the devil‑costume cameo by John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles wasn’t in the script, it was improvised on set. One day, Paramount execs showed up unexpectedly, and Candy, dressed as the devil and poking people, made them laugh. Director John Hughes immediately decided to keep the shot.

https://people.com/the-story-behind-the-devil-scene-in-planes-trains-and-automo…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1prqjor/til_the_devilcostume_cameo_by_john_candy_in/

TIL;
You can use `systemd-creds` to store wireguard private keys in `systemd.netdev` files.

#systemd #wireguard #security #til

TIL that the most holy shrine in the Shinto religion is torn down and rebuilt every 20 years. This has been done for over a millennium

https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/japans-most-sacred-shinto-shrine-has-been-rebuilt-every-20-years-for-more-than-a-millennium/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pqrnov/til_that_the_most_holy_shrine_in_the_shinto/

TIL the consumption of red meat is linked to risk of death from heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and is probably a cause of colorectal cancer

https://www.wcrf.org/research-policy/evidence-for-our-recommendations/limit-red-processed-meat/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pps0wd/til_the_consumption_of_red_meat_is_linked_to_risk/

TIL animals in cold climate have hollow hair and trap air for insulation...

https://explorersweb.com/hollow-animal-hair-becomes-warmer-in-winter/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pqef5g/til_animals_in_cold_climate_have_hollow_hair_and/

TIL that despite being a Muslim theocracy, Iran is the country with the second-most sexual reassignment surgeries every year, with only Thailand ahead of it. This is due to the government’s position that transitioning can “correct” homosexuality by making one partner the opposite gender.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Iran?wprov=sfti1#Gender_identity_and…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pqdkb0/til_that_despite_being_a_muslim_theocracy_iran_is/