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Popular Themes in r/todayilearned
#1
News
: "TIL that in 1975, advertising executive Gary Dahl sold ordinary rocks as “pets” in boxes with air holes and care manuals, selling around 1.5 million and becoming a millionaire"
58 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "TIL that the taxonomic or scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is "Gorilla gorilla gorilla""
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/todayilearned
#1
Til
95 posts
#2
Looking
39 posts
#3
Found
39 posts
#4
Lookingfor
39 posts
#5
Worst
7 posts
#6
Struggling
5 posts
#7
History
5 posts
#8
Caddyshack
3 posts
#9
Cookie Monster
: "TIL that before Cookie Monster was Cookie Monster, he was the mascot for Munchos, a Frito Lay chip!"
3 posts
#10
Montgomery Top Hat
: "TIL WWII General Montgomery encountered a soldier, completely naked except for a top hat, he issued the only dress related order of his career: "Top hats will not be worn in the Eighth Army.""
3 posts
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Flair Used in r/todayilearned
#1
Invalid Source
: "TIL that bananas are berries, but strawberries are not."
14 posts
#2
Rule 4
: "TIL the US had no federal income tax for its first 124 years. The government paid for wars, an army, and the Louisiana Purchase almost entirely through port tariffs."
4 posts
#3
Frequent/Recent Repost: Removed
: "TIL the hairs of a polar bear are hollow and transparent. This gives them the possibility to appear white like the ice, but stay warm in cold conditions"
2 posts
#4
(R.1) Not verifiable
: "TIL about Maurizio Zanfanti, the "Romeo of Rimini", a Italian nightclub promoter who claimed to have slept with over 6,000 women during the 1970s and 1980s Adriatic tourism boom."
2 posts
#5
(R.6d) Too General
: "TIL:That In 1944, Picasso joined the French Communist Party and remained a loyal member until his death in 1973"
1 post
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Repost List
: "TIL that the taxonomic or scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is "Gorilla gorilla gorilla""
1 post
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Last updated: August 4, 2026