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#1
News
: "TIL German American gymnast George Eyser won six Olympic medals in one day at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. Until 2008 he was the only person to compete in an Olympic Games with an artificial leg. His six medals in one day remains a record."
2 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "TIL around 58 billion meals worth of food goes uneaten every year in the US."
1 post
#3
Advice Requests
: "TIL there is a library in Denmark called the Human Library where you can borrow a person instead of a book and listen to them talk."
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "TIL that credit card rewards are not free money. Credit card companies charge a merchant fee which is passed on to consumers resulting in higher prices in exchange for accepting your rewards credit cards."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/todayilearned
#1
Til
: "Til that Steven Seagal claimed that, due to his aikido training, he was "immune" to being choked unconscious. With Seagal's permission, his stuntman proceeded to choke him unconscious, with Seagal losing control of his bowels."
287 posts
#2
Hard
22 posts
#3
History
: "TIL ancient Roman tourists would visit Egyptian tombs and write negative reviews in graffiti, like not enjoying anything but the sarcophagus and being unhappy they couldn't read the hieroglyphs. These would ironically end up becoming valuable historical records themselves."
21 posts
#4
Hate
7 posts
#5
Technology
: "TIL when the PlayStation 2 was launched, the U.S. Department of Defense considered it to be so advanced that it might enable hostile militaries, typically restricted from accessing such Technology, to benefit from its capabilities."
7 posts
#6
Music
: "TIL the London Symphony Orchestra became the only classical group ever to have a Music video debut on MTV’s Total Request Live with the premiere of John Williams’ “Duel of the Fates.” It lasted on the countdown for 11 days."
5 posts
#7
Science
: "TIL about immune amnesia: One of the most unique—and most dangerous—features of measles pathogenesis is its ability to reset the immune systems of infected patients."
5 posts
#8
Weird
: "TIL a 2014 study found that males represented 88.7% of all Darwin Award winners selected between 1995-2014. "Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby improving our species' chances of long-term survival.""
5 posts
#9
Movies
: "TIL The Popeyes restaurant chain claims it is actually named after Gene Hackman’s character, Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, in the film “The French Connection,” which was released the year before the chain opened in 1972. The chain did later license the characters from Popeye the Sailor comics in the 2000s."
5 posts
#10
Vlog
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