Today I learned
TIL the wife of John Quincy Adams traveled the dangerous trip across war-torn Europe in 1815 to reunite with John in the UK. When she died in 1852, congress adjourned for the funeral, the first time for a woman.
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Adams
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fbpe5t/til_the_wife_of_john_quincy_adams_traveled_the/
Today I learned
TIL Groundhog Day is scripted in advance: members of an "Inner Circle" decide ahead of time whether Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow or not, and they announce this decision at the ceremony without waiting to see if Phil returns to his burrow or not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punxsutawney_Phil
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fbh9q6/til_groundhog_day_is_scripted_in_advance_members/
Today I learned
TIL that Genesis is a fucking Hyundai. Lmao!
https://www.autonews.com/los-angeles-auto-show/hyundai-genesis-bring-range-crossovers-la
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fbgvjl/til_that_genesis_is_a_fucking_hyundai_lmao/
Today I learned
TIL water exists on the sun
https://solar-center.stanford.edu/FAQ/Qwateronsun.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fay35j/til_water_exists_on_the_sun/
Today I learned
TIL that the Hoover Dam contains enough concrete to build a two-lane road from San Francisco to New York.
https://dudestuffmedia.com/p/big-walls-bigger-numbers-hoover-dam-avogadro
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1favnuy/til_that_the_hoover_dam_contains_enough_concrete/
Today I learned
TIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century. Titles such as 'Blake' (1859), 'Iola Leroy' (1892), 'Imperium In Imperio (1899) and 'Of One Blood' (1902) spearheaded the genre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_science_fiction
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fav77u/til_black_americans_were_developing_the/
Today I learned
TIL that between the abdication of Margrethe II of Denmark on 14 January 2024, and the election of Māori Queen, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō on 5 September 2024, there were no female sovereigns in the world. This was the first time this had been the case in over 200 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_regnant
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1faalr1/til_that_between_the_abdication_of_margrethe_ii/
Today I learned
TIL The first digital computer weighed 30 tons & was 30 m long. But when integrated circuits were invented, the same computer would weigh a few grams & measure 7.44 mm by 5.29 mm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f4u38k/til_the_first_digital_computer_weighed_30_tons/
Today I learned
TIL that until earlier this year it was legal for apartments in Austin, Texas to have no windows, and that landlords often didn't disclose this in advertisements
https://theconversation.com/college-students-in-austin-texas-have-dwelled-in-windowless-rooms-for-years-heres-why-the-city-finally-decided-to-ban-them-228349
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f9lhc8/til_that_until_earlier_this_year_it_was_legal_for/
Today I learned
TIL dogs have unique ‘nose prints,’ just like human thumbprints. Each is unique to the dog, not even the breed.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/all-dogs-have-completely-unique-nose-prints-like-fingerprints-and-theres-an-app-to-id-each-pet/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f7llua/til_dogs_have_unique_nose_prints_just_like_human/
Today I learned
TIL that NASA engineers created a set of beauty products because they thought astronauts might want to wear makeup during their space missions
https://www.vogue.com/article/nasa-engineers-space-makeup-kits-female-astronauts-sally-ride
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f7kb7d/til_that_nasa_engineers_created_a_set_of_beauty/
Today I learned
TIL that the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f5wz3k/til_that_the_dunningkruger_effect_is_a_cognitive/
Today I learned
TIL of David Icke, an English foorballer who upon meeting a psychic, proclaimed himself "Son of the Godhead", and began to write an extensive series of conspiracies around interdimensional energy beings, and half human reptilians of the global elite, called "Archons"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f5vlsy/til_of_david_icke_an_english_foorballer_who_upon/
Today I learned
TIL One of the most important soccer clubs in Spain, Athletic Club, only has players trained and born in the Basque Country region, and does not sign players from anywhere else.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletic_Bilbao
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f5u9mj/til_one_of_the_most_important_soccer_clubs_in/
Today I learned
TIL about the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash where a single person out of the 45 onboard survived. He was the plane’s mechanic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokomotiv_Yaroslavl_plane_crash
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f5e5pm/til_about_the_lokomotiv_yaroslavl_plane_crash/
Today I learned
TIL almost every elites in Atlanta boycotted event honoring MLK's Nobel Prize win. When Coca Cola threatened to move HQ away from Atlanta, 1200 people attended the event.
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/04/04/397391510/when-corporations-take-the-lead-on-social-change
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f5dyfw/til_almost_every_elites_in_atlanta_boycotted/
Today I learned
TIL: In the 16th century there was a breed of dog called the "Turnspit" which was bred to run in a wheel that turned a roasting spit in kitchen fireplaces.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/05/13/311127237/turnspit-dogs-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-vernepator-cur
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f5b1v9/til_in_the_16th_century_there_was_a_breed_of_dog/
Today I learned
TIL that George Stanley, the designer of the Canadian flag, received death threats from opponents of his design.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/canadian-flag-george-stanley-nb-1.5463103
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f1vlp6/til_that_george_stanley_the_designer_of_the/
Today I learned
TIL that Michael Jackson organized a supergroup, in a similar fashion to 'We are the World', for the September 11th attacks, that was never released. The reasons "What More Can I Give" was shelved vary as to why, but could have been because of his then-campaign against Sony Music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_More_Can_I_Give#The_All_Stars
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f19fxz/til_that_michael_jackson_organized_a_supergroup/
Today I learned
TIL Adolf Hitler was a cartoonist for the army newspaper during World War I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#World_War_I
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1f18gju/til_adolf_hitler_was_a_cartoonist_for_the_army/
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