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TIL that Hungarians originally wrote their language using a system of runes appearing similar to runes once used in Germanic languages. The runes fell out of use after the Christianization of Hung... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/edgeofdawn32 on 2025-06-22 20:54:43+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Hungarians originally wrote their language using a system of runes appearing similar to runes once used in Germanic languages. The runes fell out of use after the Christianization of Hungary under Stephen I but have seen some revival in modern times.

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TIL, NBA player Kevin Love is the nephew of Beach Boys founding member Mike Love (www.espn.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/J0hnEddy on 2025-06-22 22:56:40+00:00.

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TIL that the demand for Ozempic is so great that it has boosted Denmark's entire economy (www.bbc.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SocraticTiger on 2025-06-22 19:48:16+00:00.

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TIL of Hanns Scharff, a WWII German interrogator who never used torture, later moved to the US and designed the mosaic inside Cinderella’s Castle at Disney World. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fitz_cuniculus on 2025-06-22 20:47:51+00:00.

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TIL the German “ß” has no historical connection with the Greek “β” or the Gothic “𐌱”, but the Germans tried to abolish it too (thelanguagecloset.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/teamstep on 2025-06-22 20:03:40+00:00.

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TIL there was a literary subgenre in the 1850s dubbed "Anti-Tom literature" created in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The books would attempt to justify ... (utc.iath.virginia.edu)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DCFVBTEG on 2025-06-22 22:18:17+00:00.

Original Title: TIL there was a literary subgenre in the 1850s dubbed "Anti-Tom literature" created in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The books would attempt to justify slavery and paint blacks as being content in servitude.

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TIL "Barney & Friends" creator Sheryl Leach's son, Patrick, who inspired her to create Barney, is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for shooting his neighbor. (people.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Giff95 on 2025-06-22 14:18:10+00:00.

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TIL a New York man was arrested for keeping seven live sharks in a pool in his basement. (www.stuff.co.nz)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Temnodontosaurus on 2025-06-22 21:56:17+00:00.

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TIL that actor Michael Rapaport publicly feuded with NBA player Kevin Durant on Twitter, leading to a series of heated exchanges and eventually Rapaport exposing private DMs he received from Duran... (www.bbc.co.uk)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Regular_Eggplant_248 on 2025-06-22 21:37:58+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that actor Michael Rapaport publicly feuded with NBA player Kevin Durant on Twitter, leading to a series of heated exchanges and eventually Rapaport exposing private DMs he received from Durant containing threats and homophobic and misogynistic slurs.

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TIL over 99% of Warren Buffett’s net worth was accumulated after he was 65 years old (www.cnbc.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fenceypents on 2025-06-22 14:42:43+00:00.

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TIL One cause of the 1988 crash of Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 was the captain's recent use of cocaine. The crash killed both pilots and 7 of the plane's 15 passengers. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ill_Definition8074 on 2025-06-22 16:21:13+00:00.

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TIL Mayor LaGuardia was a socialist, and is remembered as one of the best big-city mayors in American history (www.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/skateboardjim on 2025-06-22 19:54:36+00:00.

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TIL The original Jungle Gym was originally designed to help children comprehend the 4th dimension as a tesseract by an eccentric British mathematician. (www.npr.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Murderhands on 2025-06-22 19:19:06+00:00.

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TIL that before ever getting involved with politics, Abraham Lincoln had worked as a farmhand, ferryboat operator, store clerk, and surveyor (apps.legislature.ky.gov)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/IDoLikeMyShishkebabs on 2025-06-22 19:09:56+00:00.

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TIL that three cast members of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood also appear in small roles in The Silence of the Lambs (www.neighborhoodarchive.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/centaurquestions on 2025-06-22 18:35:54+00:00.

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TIL That in 2009 the BBC introduced a nominally children's TV show call Horrible Histories based on the popular book of the same name. It told irreverent stories from Western History back to the S... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flubadubadubadub on 2025-06-22 18:28:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL That in 2009 the BBC introduced a nominally children's TV show call Horrible Histories based on the popular book of the same name. It told irreverent stories from Western History back to the Stone Age. It became a sleeper adult hit and ran for over 70 episodes.

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TIL the FBI has undercover Cessna that have tech to mimic a nearby cell tower and force everyone’s phone in the area to connect to it, allowing them to listen to calls, see texts and all data . (www.statesmanjournal.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sound_Aware on 2025-06-22 14:43:47+00:00.

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TIL the nose of Japan’s bullet train was redesigned after a kingfisher’s beak to stop tunnel sonic booms (www.youtube.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/pichipichipoco on 2025-06-22 16:36:13+00:00.

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TIL The Cone Snail, fairly common, is among the most venomous creatures on earth (people.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/southofakronoh on 2025-06-22 15:19:19+00:00.

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TIL of David Kelly, a British weapons expert. Two days after being publicly named as the source behind a BBC report questioning the UK government's claim about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ijustwannanap on 2025-06-22 13:05:39+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of David Kelly, a British weapons expert. Two days after being publicly named as the source behind a BBC report questioning the UK government's claim about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, Kelly committed suicide a short walk from his home.

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TIL about Cooper's Law. The law states that the maximum number of voice conversations or equivalent data transactions that can be conducted in all of the useful radio spectrum over a given area do... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EconomyPrompt2004 on 2025-06-22 14:01:05+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Cooper's Law. The law states that the maximum number of voice conversations or equivalent data transactions that can be conducted in all of the useful radio spectrum over a given area doubles every 30 months.

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TIL That supermodels Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell met Cuban president Fidel Castro in 1998, after Moss sent him a letter (remezcla.com)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/haloarh on 2025-06-22 12:48:21+00:00.

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TIL United States, under President Eisenhower, initiated Iran's nuclear program through the Atoms for Peace program. In 1957, the U.S. provided Iran with its first nuclear reactor and nuclear fuel... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Soorena on 2025-06-22 02:46:04+00:00.

Original Title: TIL United States, under President Eisenhower, initiated Iran's nuclear program through the Atoms for Peace program. In 1957, the U.S. provided Iran with its first nuclear reactor and nuclear fuel. Later, after 1967, the U.S. also supplied Iran with weapons-grade enriched uranium.

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TIL studies of the archives of the "office of the night", a government office tasked with prosecuting homosexuality in Renaissance Florence, reveals that in a city of 40,000 inhabitants a whopping... (www.rictornorton.co.uk)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-06-22 09:53:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL studies of the archives of the "office of the night", a government office tasked with prosecuting homosexuality in Renaissance Florence, reveals that in a city of 40,000 inhabitants a whopping 16,000 men were implicated in sodomy accusations, although only around 3k cases ended up in convictions

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TIL an endocrinologist irradiated the testicles of Oregon and Washington prisoners. He gave them $5/mo, and $100 when they had to receive a vasectomy upon conclusion of the trial. The surgeon said... (en.wikipedia.org)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/HOLUPREDICTIONS on 2025-06-22 09:17:10+00:00.

Original Title: TIL an endocrinologist irradiated the testicles of Oregon and Washington prisoners. He gave them $5/mo, and $100 when they had to receive a vasectomy upon conclusion of the trial. The surgeon said it was necessary to "keep from contaminating the general population with radiation-induced mutants"

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