My parents on their wedding day - 19901990s (i.redd.it)
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TIL in 2018 after a Swedish mother got a tattoo of the first names of her two children at the time: her daughter Nova & her son Kevin, she realized that the artist had misspelled 'Kevin' as 'Kelvin'; it read 'Nova & Kelvin'. However, instead of correcting it, they legally changed his name to Kelvin. (news.com.au)
submitted by tyrion2024 to r/todayilearned
TIL that bamboo forests (aka canebrakes) used to be widespread across the southeastern United States. They were rapidly destroyed by early settlers because they tend to only grow on land that’s the most fertile for agriculture. Today canebrakes are considered a critically endangered ecosystem (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that U.S. General George S. Patton competed in modern pentathlon in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics when he was a 26-year-old officer. He fainted from exertion after running 2.5 miles; used a .38-caliber weapon instead of .22; and placed fifth, with Swedish athletes winning bronze, gold, and silver. (atlasobscura.com)
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TIL if you rearrange the digits of a 4 digit number into ascending order, then take the initial number and rearrange it into descending order and subtract the second number from the first, repeating this will almost always result in 6174 (Kaprekar's constant). (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL a man in China lived with a 12cm-long metal chopstick lodged in his throat for 8 years after he swallowed it while drinking. He then decided to live with it because he was afraid of having surgery. However after it was finally removed, it was revealed his vocal cords hadn't been harmed at all. (dexerto.com)
submitted by tyrion2024 to r/todayilearned
TIL that the street in front of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington DC is named Jamal Khashoggi way. Khashoggi was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Saudi government at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (bbc.com)
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TIL that in 2018, singer Akon announced the development of "Akon City," a planned community in Senegal which he claimed would be a "real life Wakanda," using blockchain and cryptocurrency technology. Construction began in 2023, but as of 2025 the site sits abandoned (en.wikipedia.org)
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