Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ffeinted on 2025-04-26 19:53:05+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that after the Bayer pharmaceutical company found new ways to make diacetylmorphine, they marketed it under the trademarked name 'Heroin' and sold over-the-counter as a less addictive version of morphine.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Wooden-Relative-7245 on 2025-04-26 19:36:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/liarandathief on 2025-04-26 18:40:09+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Chetarawrice on 2025-04-26 18:50:43+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/misopog_on on 2025-04-26 17:58:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/fishoni on 2025-04-26 17:55:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL "artery" means "windpipe" as ancient anatomists found arteries empty in corpses and believed they carried vital spirits or air, with arterial bleeding explained by blood replacing escaping air from nearby vessels.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/boredinthehouse5a5a on 2025-04-26 17:30:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ill_Definition8074 on 2025-04-26 17:20:21+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Before his ascension to the papacy, the future Pope John Paul I published a book of letters written to various historical figures and fictional characters such as Charles Dickens, King David, and Pinocchio.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MarzipanBackground91 on 2025-04-26 15:42:00+00:00.

Original Title: TIL during WWII, the U.S. developed bat bombs, attaching napalm to hibernating Mexican free-tailed bats to ignite Japanese cities. Tested in 1942-43, the project caused accidental fires in US military camps but was canceled in 1944 for the atomic bomb

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/sundler on 2025-04-26 15:26:54+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/n_mcrae_1982 on 2025-04-26 14:39:39+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Wilbur and Orville were not the only Wright Brothers. There were five brothers and two sisters (including a twin boy and girl who died in infancy). Katharine promoted the Wright's work in Europe and marched in a women's suffrage parade with her elderly father and two of her surviving brothers.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/letmewriteyouup on 2025-04-26 14:32:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/zahrul3 on 2025-04-26 14:24:31+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/IlowoIl on 2025-04-26 14:03:07+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that deep inside caves in Romania, there’s an isolated ecosystem that’s been cut off from the outside world for over 5 million years, with unique life forms that rely on chemosynthesis, not photosynthesis.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Remiliera on 2025-04-26 11:15:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MarzipanBackground91 on 2025-04-26 13:25:26+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-04-26 13:14:51+00:00.

Original Title: TIL The Postman (1997) clocks in at 177 minutes, and despite two test screenings that ended in a negative reception, director Kevin Costner refused to trim down its runtime. He also funded most of The Postman's $80 million budget himself. Its box office receipts totaled around $20 million.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 on 2025-04-26 12:37:45+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the endangered stream tree frog (Hyloscirtus princecharlesi) was named after Prince Charles in 2012, recognising the then-Prince's work advocating rainforest conservation. This earned him the nickname "the Frog Prince."

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GuitarHenry on 2025-04-26 11:09:47+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in the original 1977 Star Wars the Death Star countdown for destroying Yavin 4 (the big threat in the trench run scene) was not in the shooting script, but was created during an edit by Marcia Lucas to add more tension. It was achieved using voiceovers, re-purposed shots, and inserts.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/akathescholar on 2025-04-26 09:07:19+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SaltSkin7348 on 2025-04-26 08:08:55+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nuttybudd on 2025-04-26 07:58:21+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2014, the daughter of the chairman of Korean Air flew into a rage when she was served macadamia nuts in a packet instead of a plate while on a Korean Air flight. She forced the flight attendant who served her the nuts to apologise on his knees, ejected him from the flight, and demoted him.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MarzipanBackground91 on 2025-04-26 06:22:35+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 2021, Lady Gaga's dogs were stolen in a violent robbery. Jennifer McBride got the dogs from the thieves and returned them, hoping for Gaga's $500,000 reward. A judge ruled she can't claim it, as handling stolen property is a crime. McBride's role in the crime barred her from profiting.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LEMIROS_PIELAGO on 2025-04-26 06:05:52+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/altrightobserver on 2025-04-26 03:16:32+00:00.