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TIL that raccoons are trying to break into Cybertrucks, thinking they're dumpsters.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/08/06/raccoons-mistake-cybertruck-for-dumpster-and-wyoming-auto-experts-agree/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1x3shqi/til_that_raccoons_are_trying_to_break_into/

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TIL there was a vinyl record format that could play video: the Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1x2otnb/til_there_was_a_vinyl_record_format_that_could/

TIL that the legendary 8-bit Zilog Z80 processor, first released back in 1976, remained in production for 48 years and was only discontinued in 2024.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z80
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1x1aaft/til_that_the_legendary_8bit_zilog_z80_processor/

TIL a guy called Frank built a wall along the Alpine Fault in the South Island of New Zealand to test if the earthquakes are small and often or big and rare. It hasn't moved a millimeter in 64 years.

https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-wall-that-frank-built/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1wwhazj/til_a_guy_called_frank_built_a_wall_along_the/

TIL tetraethyllead (TEL) - main component used to make gasoline "leaded" - was selected out of thousands compounds tested mainly for being the cheapest - just 1 part TEL in 1300 parts gasoline was found to be enough to sufficiently reduce "knocking"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1wsqonb/til_tetraethyllead_tel_main_component_used_to/

TIL that for nearly 300 years, every male ruler of Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty was named Ptolemy. Cleopatra VII was the daughter of Ptolemy XII, married Ptolemies XIII and XIV (brothers) and then had a son with Julius Caesar named Ptolemy XV.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/gr/background.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1wqvfgd/til_that_for_nearly_300_years_every_male_ruler_of/

TIL of the Elaine Massacre of 1919 in Arkansas. Over three days black people were hunted and killed by whites until Federal troops arrived. Afterwards 12 black men were sentenced to the electric chair for starting an insurrection, which was completely fabricated to justify the massacre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_massacre
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1wpgv5l/til_of_the_elaine_massacre_of_1919_in_arkansas/

TIL two Bell Labs scientists spent a year trying to get rid of a hiss in their antenna, even evicting nesting pigeons and scrubbing out their droppings. The hiss stayed. It turned out to be cosmic background radiation left over from the Big Bang, and it won them the 1978 Nobel Prize.

https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2002/07/discovery-cosmic-microwave-background
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1weqsdr/til_two_bell_labs_scientists_spent_a_year_trying/

TIL Kris Tompkins, former Patagonia CEO, and Doug Tompkins, founder of The North Face, spent decades buying and restoring wilderness across Chile and Argentina. Kris later donated their land in Argentina on the condition that it remain protected for at least 99 years.

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/kristine-mcdivitt-tompkins-named-un-environment-patron-protected
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1wbycz8/til_kris_tompkins_former_patagonia_ceo_and_doug/

TIL moths have lived for 250 million years and outlasted the dinosaurs 🦕

https://biology.ed.ac.uk/news-events/news-2023/butterfly-and-moth-genomes-mostly-unchanged-despit
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w8jowk/til_moths_have_lived_for_250_million_years_and/

TIL scientists in Siberia found a nematode worm that was frozen in permafrost for 46,000 years. It started eating again and reproduced.

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/30/1190950660/nematode-worm-permafrost-discovery-frozen
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w7cdz8/til_scientists_in_siberia_found_a_nematode_worm/

TIL that Utah is known as the 'fraud capital of the United States.' With 1.35 ponzi schenes per 100,000 people, it dwarfs all other states as the next highest is Florida with .51 per 100,000

https://www.ksl.com/article/news/utah/does-utah-deserve-the-title-fraud-capital-of-the-united-states/46541729
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w6rpt0/til_that_utah_is_known_as_the_fraud_capital_of/

TIL that when David Attenborough turned 100, LEGO changed the age range on one of its classic sets from ‘4–99’ to ‘4–100+’ in his honour

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w1y61z/til_that_when_david_attenborough_turned_100_lego/

TIL Luxembourg offers completely free public transport across its entire country for residents, commuters, and visitors alike.

https://luxembourg.public.lu/en/living/mobility/public-transport.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w1nino/til_luxembourg_offers_completely_free_public/

TIL that during the 1960s runs of the musical “Hair,” producers offered a $1.50-per-night bonus to any actors who were willing to take all their clothes off during the musical’s famous nude scene.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250918-how-shocking-musical-hair-escaped-uk-censorship
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w0vzje/til_that_during_the_1960s_runs_of_the_musical/

TIL the only known collision between a car and a submarine happened in Sweden in 1961.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_between_a_car_and_a_submarine
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w0rhhb/til_the_only_known_collision_between_a_car_and_a/

TIL in 1997, a potbellied pig saved her owner from a heart attack. When the attack started, Lulu the pig ran out of the house and onto the road, which she occupied until a car stopped for her. She then led the driver back to the house, thereby saving her owner.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_intelligence
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w03ps0/til_in_1997_a_potbellied_pig_saved_her_owner_from/

TIL: Lake Ontario is 7,320 sq mi in area, with 3,460 sq mi inside the US, making it a majority Canadian lake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Canada#cite_ref-AOCNRC_9-7
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w01g5l/til_lake_ontario_is_7320_sq_mi_in_area_with_3460/

TIL: The Simpsons is 2 years shy of having aired for half of the lifespan of US Broadcast TV which is considered to have started in 1947 with the first epidsode of Kraft Television Theatre. Having premiered in 1989 The Simpsons has been airing for 37 of those 79 years

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Television
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1vzlycq/til_the_simpsons_is_2_years_shy_of_having_aired/