Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Jaw709 on 2025-04-26 01:12:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GhostMan4301945 on 2025-04-26 01:13:15+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Arthur MacArthur IV, the only child of Douglas MacArthur of WWII fame, has been living a private life since his father’s death in 1964, living under an assumed name and residing in the Mayflower Hotel until 2004.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Majorpain2006 on 2025-04-26 00:06:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Many of Benny Blanco's early tracks are at 120 BPM, the default tempo in Pro Tools, and he didn't realize he could adjust it, so he ended up using that tempo for many of his initial projects. This included hits like Kesha's "Tik Tok," Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream," and Taio Cruz's "Dynamite”

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Feisty_Tour_6934 on 2025-04-25 23:57:21+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/letienphat1 on 2025-04-25 21:56:22+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Keanu990321 on 2025-04-25 21:34:15+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the idea for the original Final Destination (2000) film came after its co-writer, Jeffrey Reddick, read a story about a mother of a passenger who had a premonition for her daughter's flight, convincing her to switch flights and avoid her initial plane, which ended up crashing.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EssexGuyUpNorth on 2025-04-25 21:33:32+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MarzipanBackground91 on 2025-04-25 20:14:12+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Empedocles, the 5th-century BC philosopher, who reportedly jumped into Mount Etna to prove his immortality. However, his plan failed when the volcano spat out one of his bronze sandals, revealing he had perished.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ex1tStrategy on 2025-04-25 19:39:42+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrMiracle27 on 2025-04-25 18:37:57+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/rickyclimbztoomuch on 2025-04-25 18:11:27+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about the Munich Agreement - lead by British PM Neville Chamberlain, France and the UK agreed to the German annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in September 1938 in exchange for assurances against further German aggression. Hitler seized all of Czechoslovakia 6 months later.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/flagrantstats on 2025-04-25 15:39:47+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of the album Dark Night of the Soul by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse. It was unreleased for years due to a label dispute. After it was leaked online, Danger Mouse started selling a blank CD-R with the label "For legal reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will."

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/altacan on 2025-04-25 15:36:45+00:00.

Original Title: TIL - of the Danbury Trashers, a short lived UHL hockey team started by garbage boss and mob associate James Galante who appointed his 17-y/o. son as President and GM. In their 2 seasons they set a UHL record for penalty minutes before Galante was arrested and the team folded.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/yougottamovethatH on 2025-04-25 14:55:12+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tamtamdanseren on 2025-04-25 15:18:46+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Overall-Register9758 on 2025-04-25 15:08:08+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that after defending a priest who was accused of covering up child abuse, Pope Francis commissioned an investigation, realized he was wrong and changed course. He apologized to victims, and made the entire chilean leadership resign.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TheMadhopper on 2025-04-25 14:50:19+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-04-25 14:41:23+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Steven Spielberg offered Tom Sizemore a role in Saving Private Ryan (1998) under the condition that he would be given a drug test at the end of every day of filming, and if he failed even one time, all his scenes would be re-shot with someone else. He stayed clean and completed the movie.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/jacknunn on 2025-04-25 14:39:24+00:00.

Original Title: TIL less humid air increases atmospheric pressure. Air is mostly nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%). Water vapor is less dense than air because hydrogen is lighter, so it displaces heavier gases, reducing air density and lowering pressure when humidity is high

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/JimPalamo on 2025-04-25 10:56:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MarzipanBackground91 on 2025-04-25 12:59:39+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-04-25 12:44:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nuttybudd on 2025-04-25 10:57:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/a_is_for_a on 2025-04-25 10:46:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-04-25 10:29:17+00:00.

Original Title: TIL a father (5 years) & son (4 years) were sentenced to prison after they cashed in 14,000 winning lottery tickets over a 10-year period, laundered more than $20m, & then failed to pay the IRS $6m. They bought the tickets at a discount from people who wanted to avoid being identified by the state.