Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sandstorm400 on 2023-08-12 01:26:11.

Original Title: TIL about the Vectrex, a video game console released in November 1982 in North America that came with its own 9 inch monochrome CRT monitor, detachable wired controller, had vector-based graphics, and games for it came with translucent colorful overlays for the screen. The initial price was $199.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Dot-Murky on 2023-08-12 01:29:02.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Odd_Wrangler_7432 on 2023-08-12 01:14:18.

Original Title: TIL from WTC debris, the structural steel was bought by scrap metal industry and sold to Chinese and Indian second hand metal markets. Several buildings were built with Twin Tower steel across Indian cities, including a college and a trade centre.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sanguinusshiboleth on 2023-08-12 00:51:41.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Black_Magic_M-66 on 2023-08-11 18:04:13.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tellmeastorybitch on 2023-08-11 22:19:36.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/parkesc on 2023-08-11 22:16:24.

Original Title: TIL Timothy Dalton was offered the role of James Bond several times. The first was for Live And Let Die, which he turned down because he believed he was too young (24). He also turned down For Your Eyes Only, and he came very close to being passed over for The Living Daylights.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/mueckenmoerder on 2023-08-11 22:02:24.

Original Title: TIL that in Wuppertal, Germany in 1950, the circus elephant Tuffi broke through a window of a moving overhead railway and fell 12 metres down in a river, while on promotion tour for a circus. Luckily she survived with minor injuries.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Exact-Analyst91 on 2023-08-11 21:47:46.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/brewing_chai on 2023-08-11 21:15:53.

Original Title: TIL about William Rankin, a pilot who in 1959 parachuted into and survived passing through a cumulonimbus thunderstorm cloud while it was fully developed, an experience so traumatic that he dubbed it "being in a huge, uncontrollable laundry machine."

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/SamtheCossack on 2023-08-11 21:12:19.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/KenAdamsMD on 2023-08-11 19:59:44.

Original Title: TIL Nathaniel Alexander, an African American living in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1911, patented the folding chair. His design included a book rest that was usable for the person sitting in the seat behind and was ideal for church or choir use.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/spyzoom on 2023-08-11 19:19:19.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/OnAFalseErrand on 2023-08-11 19:06:39.

Original Title: TIL that Richard The Lionheart was so feared by his Muslim enemies by the time of the Battle of Jaffa, that they literally refused to attack him. This caused his opponent Saladin to leave the battlefield in anger.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Freezair on 2023-08-11 19:56:04.

Original Title: TIL the origin of the famous "Take my wife--please!" joke. Comedian Henny Youngman went with his wife to a radio show and asked a stagehand to "take my wife, please" (i.e. escort her to a seat). The stagehand thought it was a joke and laughed, so Henry made it part of his standup routine.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/godfatheroffilth on 2023-08-11 18:40:35.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DontMakeMeCount on 2023-08-11 19:11:13.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PrecSci on 2023-08-11 18:54:47.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/TrinitiLabs on 2023-08-11 18:38:30.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/jbeldham on 2023-08-11 18:35:55.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/firstpc13 on 2023-08-11 18:12:34.

Original Title: TIL Abraham Lincoln was kicked in the head by a horse at age 9, almost severed a thumb with an axe, got frostbite on his feet, clubbed on the head during a robbery, had malaria and smallpox, and experienced the death of his mother, sister, and 2 sons. He suffered from melancholy(clinical depression)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Fitz_cuniculus on 2023-08-11 17:51:41.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EssexGuyUpNorth on 2023-08-11 17:32:33.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Far_Dress_8759 on 2023-08-11 17:41:15.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sandstorm400 on 2023-08-11 17:19:34.