Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Tall_Ant9568 on 2025-05-23 19:58:08+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that although snakes can ingest their own venom injected into prey with little to no side effects due to a strong digestive system, they are not necessarily immune to being injected with their own venom and some will die if they accidentally bite themselves

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/dbxp on 2025-05-23 19:07:13+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Solabound-the-2nd on 2025-05-23 18:15:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/suvlub on 2025-05-23 17:51:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Extra_Place_1955 on 2025-05-23 18:23:49+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/appalachian_hatachi on 2025-05-23 17:42:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL: That due to Michael Jackson's insistence on pet chimpanzee Bubbles being in the studio, Freddie Mercury grew so frustrated whilst recording a song with MJ that he eventually refused to record the song at all. "I'm not performing with a f**king chimp sitting next to me each night", said Mercury.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/uninteresting_reveal on 2025-05-23 14:13:09+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that before every official sumo tournament in Japan, a ceremony is held where officials bury dried squid, chestnuts, and sake in the center of the ring to purify it and pray for the safety of the wrestlers.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DoubleSkew on 2025-05-23 17:50:35+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Wealthy individuals can use artwork to obtain a loan. Modern lenders offer loan sizes up to $250,000,000 USD solely backed by artworks. While often allowing the collector to keep it in their possession.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/1baby2cats on 2025-05-23 17:15:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Overall-Register9758 on 2025-05-23 14:43:22+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 2009, a suicidal man survived going over Niagara Falls. A local helicopter tour pilot attempted to rescue the man by lowering his helicopter enough that the man could grasp the skids, but the man refused. Eventually, the pilot used the rotor wash to push the man to shore.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/weakgutteddog27 on 2025-05-23 14:19:27+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Lil_Lyko on 2025-05-23 13:49:00+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/movie_streaming_king on 2025-05-23 13:04:47+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Rockstar hired a PR firm to stir outrage when launching GTA in the '90s, targeting right-wing newspapers to ensure moral backlash. The negative press made the game controversial and therefore popular, driving it to early success.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PossibilityPowerful on 2025-05-23 10:14:32+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/charmer143 on 2025-05-23 11:40:48+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Cobbled courtyards were covered with straw after Queen Charlotte passed away so that King George III, who was gravely ill, could not hear the funeral procession of his beloved wife. He was likely unaware of his wife's passing.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Smaptimania on 2025-05-23 11:01:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in the 3rd century the Roman Empire had a pandemic of an Ebola-like disease that killed 5,000 people per day in Rome alone and the ensuing social unrest contributed to the rise of Christianity

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EditorRedditer on 2025-05-23 10:01:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/inn3rs3lf on 2025-05-23 06:55:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flubadubadubadub on 2025-05-23 05:08:32+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Mrk2d on 2025-05-23 06:30:17+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1929, in the United States, Kodak founder George Eastman pushed for a 13-month calendar with equal 28-day months and a new month called “Sol” between June and July. It was used at Kodak but never caught on nationwide.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nepios83 on 2025-05-23 04:37:26+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Christian Holmes IV, one of the vice-presidents of Enron, was coincidentally the father of Elizabeth Holmes (CEO of Theranos), who was convicted in 2022 over a massive case of fraud within Silicon Valley.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/FinnyFox on 2025-05-23 01:54:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/CaravelClerihew on 2025-05-23 03:08:37+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the United States bombed Laos with the equivalent of a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24 hours a day, for 9 years. That adds up to 270 million bombs total, or about 100 bombs per Laotian at the time.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/cemeteryhipster on 2025-05-23 02:35:42+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/freudian_nipps on 2025-05-23 02:28:55+00:00.