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Popular Themes in r/todayilearned
#1
News
: "TIL after doctors removed a mass from a 47-yr-old man's lung that they believed was a malignant tumor, they discovered it was a Playmobil toy traffic cone that he had swallowed on his 7th birthday in 1974. His airway was able to adapt, which is most likely why he didn't show symptoms until he was 40"
39 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "TIL Kayden Kross ,the porn actress, started her career because she wanted to save a pony from being slaughtered, she needed to get enough funds to buy the pony which made her start stripping"
1 post
#3
Ideas
: "TIL - Water can exist in solid , liquid and gaseous state all at once and it’s called Triple Point of Water."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/todayilearned
#1
Til
: "Til Robert Kehoe discovered reports that the chemical benzidine caused bladder cancer. His client, DuPont, made benzidine. Instead of alerting the American public, Kehoe stuffed the report in a box. The moldy records were unearthed decades later when DuPont’s employees, stricken with cancer, sued."
248 posts
#2
Today
: "TIL that three Leicester City players including the son of its former manager created a scandal that involved taping an orgy in Bangkok with local prostitutes before the seasons' start. The replacement manager then went on to win the Premier League as extreme underdogs at 5000/1 odds."
51 posts
#3
Learned
: "TIL about a 747 hijacking where the jet had to land in Algeria to refuel. The lead flight attendant actually had to buy 6,000 gallons of jet fuel on her personal credit card because the Algerians insisted on payment first"
51 posts
#4
Asmr
17 posts
#5
History
: "TIL rats passed plague to fleas, who unleashed death across History. The Yersinia pestis bacteria clogged the fleas guts, making them ravenous but unable to swallow. Desperate, they bit wildly, vomiting infection into each victim. This unstoppable cycle of horror wiped out millions over centuries!"
12 posts
#6
Wwii
: "TIL: During Wwii, the British used a dead body with fake documents to trick the Nazis into defending the wrong location, leading to the successful invasion of Sicily."
6 posts
#7
Study
6 posts
#8
China
: "TIL about Sir Robert Hart, the most important and influential Westerner in Qing dynasty China. He was China's Inspector General of Maritime Customs for nearly half a century and also laid the foundations for China's national postal service, railway, meteorological and navigation systems."
5 posts
#9
Military
: "TIL that the film Top Gun: Maverick was actively supported and influenced by the United States Department of Defense and the United States Navy to present the U.S. Military in a positive light and aid in recruitment and retention."
4 posts
#10
Julia
4 posts
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