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TIL boredom causes stress and discomfort for people with ADHD. (www.additudemag.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GuidanceFun9198 on 2025-06-26 05:42:28+00:00.

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TIL: President (James) Garfield’s great-great-grandson, Richard Garfield, invented Magic The Gathering (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/deedsnance on 2025-06-26 05:28:58+00:00.

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Today I learned that the writers of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" had never actually attended a baseball game before writing the song. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/THEREALOFFICALCAFE on 2025-06-26 04:56:52+00:00.

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TIL the largest fish ever caught, according to the International Game Fish Association, is a great white shark weighing 2,664 pounds (1,208 kg). It was caught by Alfred Dean off the coast of Cedun... (www.hmy.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Giff95 on 2025-06-26 02:47:15+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the largest fish ever caught, according to the International Game Fish Association, is a great white shark weighing 2,664 pounds (1,208 kg). It was caught by Alfred Dean off the coast of Ceduna, Australia, in 1959.

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TIL that Ford's Theatre -- site of Abraham Lincoln's assassination -- was afterward converted into an office building. In 1893, three floors collapsed killing 22 clerks and injuring 68 more. It wa... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flurb4 on 2025-06-26 02:49:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Ford's Theatre -- site of Abraham Lincoln's assassination -- was afterward converted into an office building. In 1893, three floors collapsed killing 22 clerks and injuring 68 more. It was restored as a theatre in 1968.

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TIL Alaska and Hawaii are tied for having the lowest record high temp among the 50 US states. They each have a record high of just 100 degrees Fahrenheit (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/dumbfuck on 2025-06-26 02:59:43+00:00.

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TIL Ireland's population peaked in the census of 1841 with over 8 million people. It never recovered from the long lasting effects of the potato famine. Was at 4 million for half a century. Today,... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/lemelisk42 on 2025-06-26 02:21:19+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Ireland's population peaked in the census of 1841 with over 8 million people. It never recovered from the long lasting effects of the potato famine. Was at 4 million for half a century. Today, it's at 7.2 million, having not fully recovered almost 2 centuries post famine

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TIL during World War I, Italian Ildebrando Zacchini proposed used spring-loaded cannons to shoot entire soldiers at the enemy. The soldiers would parachute down after being fired into the air. Aft... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/adiplotti on 2025-06-26 01:44:07+00:00.

Original Title: TIL during World War I, Italian Ildebrando Zacchini proposed used spring-loaded cannons to shoot entire soldiers at the enemy. The soldiers would parachute down after being fired into the air. After the Italian government turned down Zacchini's pitch, he developed it into a human cannonball act.

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TIL that James Garfield once found a new, original proof of the Pythagorean theorm (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Dependent-Loss-4080 on 2025-06-25 22:38:59+00:00.

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TIL that The Office line about "that sportscaster Marv Something, that bit that lady" refers to Marv Albert known as "the voice of basketball". He was fired from NBC in 1997 for pleading guilty to... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sinnafyle on 2025-06-25 23:10:23+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that The Office line about "that sportscaster Marv Something, that bit that lady" refers to Marv Albert known as "the voice of basketball". He was fired from NBC in 1997 for pleading guilty to assaulting and biting more than 1 woman.

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TIL there is an 85 mile stretch of land on the Mississippi River called "Cancer Alley" due to the concentration of petrochemical and refinery plants there. (www.theguardian.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DrCatholicGuilt on 2025-06-25 22:39:23+00:00.

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TIL that of the top 5 Serial killers with the highest known victim count, 3 are Colombian (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Holiday_Document4592 on 2025-06-25 22:36:30+00:00.

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TIL that in 1906, a serial killer in Morocco was sentenced to death by immurement (being walled in). (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/a7xfan01 on 2025-06-25 20:50:22+00:00.

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TIL that there were at least 42 assassination attempts on Hitler uncovered by historians. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/exophades on 2025-06-25 22:17:15+00:00.

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TIL that to join the Civilian Conservation Corps, candidates were required to have at least six teeth. (bigskyjournal.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JiveChicken00 on 2025-06-25 21:30:29+00:00.

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TIL the film "Norbit" was nominated for an Academy Award, while also winning four "Razzie" awards, reserved for the worst films. (filmaffinity.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/karma_trained on 2025-06-25 20:54:53+00:00.

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TIL - In October 1582, ten days were skipped, moving directly from October 4th to October 15th when the Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian calendar. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Lughnasadh32 on 2025-06-25 20:42:47+00:00.

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TIL the process of making meat Kosher involves specifically the removal of the sciatic nerve due to the belief that Jacob had his sciatic nerve injured by an angel. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/FalconPUNNCH on 2025-06-25 19:28:41+00:00.

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TIL During Elvis Presley's funeral, a car crashed into a group of attending fans, killing 2. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/FalconPUNNCH on 2025-06-25 19:21:36+00:00.

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TIL that Iceland has no native mosquitoes. Its cold climate and self-cleansing lava rocks prevent breeding. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SmellyCat0007 on 2025-06-25 19:20:34+00:00.

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TIL a sequel to L.A. Confidential, set in the 1970s, with Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce returning, was being developed by Brian Helgeland and James Ellroy, but they couldn't get any studio interest (deadline.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/321 on 2025-06-25 18:28:19+00:00.

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TIL that George Washington died with a net worth of $594.2 million in today’s money, and drew a presidential salary of $25,000 (~$900k today) which was around 2% of the government’s budget at the ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Nitraus on 2025-06-25 16:58:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that George Washington died with a net worth of $594.2 million in today’s money, and drew a presidential salary of $25,000 (~$900k today) which was around 2% of the government’s budget at the time.

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TIL that the population density of Manhattan is 40% lower now than it was back in 1910, when it reached its peak population of 2.2M, compared to its now-present population of 1.6M. (urbanomnibus.net)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RanchoddasChanchad69 on 2025-06-25 16:55:49+00:00.

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TIL that there is a constructed language called Toki Pona that is by perfectly usable, but it is minimalistic by design and has only 120-140 basic words. (tokipona.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/AlleKeskitason on 2025-06-25 17:39:44+00:00.

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TIL that when Nintendo released the NES in Brazil, they formed Playtronic by contracting a clone manufacturer named Gradiente to manufacture their consoles, as they discovered their clones were bo... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Beginning_Cap_1563 on 2025-06-25 17:32:57+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that when Nintendo released the NES in Brazil, they formed Playtronic by contracting a clone manufacturer named Gradiente to manufacture their consoles, as they discovered their clones were both better built and cheaper to produce than Nintendo's version.

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