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TIL that the only sound recordings in existence of someone born in the 18th century speaking, are of Helmuth Von Moltke the German field commander.

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Submitted by VengefulMight t3_11qb3sh on March 13, 2023 at 2:23 PM in todayilearned

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TIL that in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s, the Imperial German government made plans to invade the United States. These plans were first made public in 1970.

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Submitted by VengefulMight t3_11iab97 on March 4, 2023 at 7:12 PM in todayilearned

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TIL that at the Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809, one of the French Generals was decapitated, while he was talking to a friend.

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Submitted by VengefulMight t3_11zw3fe on March 23, 2023 at 8:22 PM in todayilearned

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TIL that Al Pacino boycotted the 45th academy awards in 1973, because despite having more screen time than Marlon Brando, he was nominated for best supporting actor and not best actor.

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Submitted by VengefulMight t3_11ya100 on March 22, 2023 at 6:51 AM in todayilearned

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TIL that the library career of the creator of the Dewey Decimal system, Melvil Dewey ended in disgrace, because of his groping of female librarians. Dewey also insisted on seeing photographs of the women before he would hire them, to determine if they were attractive or not.

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Submitted by VengefulMight t3_11dmsuc on February 27, 2023 at 9:03 PM in todayilearned

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TIL about the Monument to the War of 1812 in Toronto, it features a silver US toy soldier laying fallen at the feet of a golden Canadian toy soldier.

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Submitted by VengefulMight t3_119voh1 on February 23, 2023 at 11:41 AM in todayilearned

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TIL that after the American Revolution, British Sir Guy Carleton argued with George Washington who wanted Carleton to return American slaves that Carleton felt obliged to free. Carleton freed the slaves and promised that Britain would compensate the slave owners, but Britain never did.

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Submitted by VengefulMight t3_1182vsm on February 21, 2023 at 1:00 PM in todayilearned

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TIL of the less well known and earlier War in Vietnam (1945-1946), which was a military success.

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Submitted by VengefulMight t3_11bpx1q on February 25, 2023 at 5:06 PM in todayilearned

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TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old.

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Submitted by VengefulMight t3_11adkco on February 24, 2023 at 12:28 AM in todayilearned

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TIL that in 1919, spontaneous combustion caused a fire at a chocolate factory in New York. The chocolate mixture that leaked out, was large enough for rowboats to pass through and children formed a crowd to try and taste it.

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Submitted by VengefulMight t3_118ji1i on February 22, 2023 at 12:09 AM in todayilearned

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TIL that Sugar Ray Robinson had won all but one of his previous 132 fights, when he was defeated by unknown British boxer Randolph Turpin in 1951. Turpin became the first Brit to hold the middleweight championship since 1891

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Submitted by VengefulMight t3_111lirh on February 13, 2023 at 10:07 PM in todayilearned

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What urban legends do you find most interesting in literature and books?

Submitted by VengefulMight t3_11bh4kp on February 25, 2023 at 9:41 AM in books

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