Today I Learned (TIL)

Original Title: TIL that the "dog" in hot-dog originally referred to a dachshund — the short-legged, long-bodied dog breed. German immigrants in the 1800s sold sausages they called “dachshund sausages” because of their shape. One day, a cartoonist who couldn’t spell “dachshund” just called it a hot dog 🐶🌭

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TIL Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank would have been just 96 in 2025. (www.gilderlehrman.org)

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TIL The Good Conduct Medal is a medal given to US military servicemen who have gone three years without any non-judicial punishment, disciplinary infractions, or court martial offenses. (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MajesticBread9147 on 2025-05-28 22:28:16+00:00.

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TIL more than half of the 30 largest hotels are located in Las Vegas, USA (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL that for 38 years beginning in 1912, gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in Olympic art competitions across five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. ... (news.artnet.com)

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Original Title: TIL that for 38 years beginning in 1912, gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in Olympic art competitions across five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. This set of awards was named the “Pentathlon of the Muses,” its winners decided by an international jury

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TIL that Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank would both be 95 years old today if they were still alive. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL The Earth's North and South Poles are long overdue a flip where North Pole and South Pole switch, since the 1990's the North Pole has been drifting by more double the amount previously. (www.sciencefocus.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flubadubadubadub on 2025-05-28 19:09:08+00:00.

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TIL that Jack White from The White Stripes got his last name from his then wife and bandmate, Meg White. They divorced in 2000 and continued touring together for decade, until they disbanded in 20... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL that Jack White from The White Stripes got his last name from his then wife and bandmate, Meg White. They divorced in 2000 and continued touring together for decade, until they disbanded in 2011. Jack, who has re-married 2 times, still uses the "White" lastname to this day

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TIL that doctors warn that sitting on the toilet for more than 10 minutes is bad for you (www.cnn.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RaccoonCityTacos on 2025-05-28 18:47:47+00:00.

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TIL that Louis Joseph Xavier, a French prince, died after developing an injury from a fall that turned fatal. Louis said that he developed his injury after being pushed by a playmate, but he refus... (wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL that Louis Joseph Xavier, a French prince, died after developing an injury from a fall that turned fatal. Louis said that he developed his injury after being pushed by a playmate, but he refused to say who pushed him so they would not be punished. He was only 9 years old.

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TIL that during WWII, the British built a giant rocket-powered explosive wheel, named Panjandrum, intended to breach enemy beach defenses on D-Day. It was wildly uncontrollable and never saw combat. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a d... (blog.esl-languages.com)

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Original Title: TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.

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TIL: When pied babbler birds can't raise their own chicks, they sometimes steal chicks from neighbors to keep their group big enough to survive. (royalsocietypublishing.org)

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TIL That Astronauts cannot burp in space as the lack of gravity prevents foods and gasses separating in the stomach as they do on Earth. (howthingsfly.si.edu)

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TIL that Thomas Jefferson's tombstone was removed at the request of his family and replaced by a larger replica because visitors were chipping off pieces for souvenirs. The original tombstone is a... (www.roamyourhome.com)

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Original Title: TIL that Thomas Jefferson's tombstone was removed at the request of his family and replaced by a larger replica because visitors were chipping off pieces for souvenirs. The original tombstone is at the University of Missouri, in Columbia.

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TIL in the legend of King Arthur, as well as a sword called Excalibur, he also had a spear called "Ron" (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/jacknunn on 2025-05-28 13:45:51+00:00.

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TIL Notel devices are cheap Chinese media players with USB/SD slots, widely used in North Korea since the 2000s to watch banned foreign media like South Korean dramas and Western films. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL Several freight cars of the Disneyland Railroad originally had no seats because Walt Disney wanted guests to feel like cattle being transported on a real cattle train (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL In the 1580s, a Franciscan Friar named Martin Ignacio de Loyola made the first eastward circumnavigation of Earth. He was also the first man to circumnavigate the globe in both directions and ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL In the 1580s, a Franciscan Friar named Martin Ignacio de Loyola made the first eastward circumnavigation of Earth. He was also the first man to circumnavigate the globe in both directions and the first to use overland routes in circumnavigation.