TIL: in the early 1950s, Macy's flagship store in New York employed Doberman Pinschers as night watchdogs

https://nationalpurebreddogday.com/doberman-pinschers-shop-macys/
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TIL that the skin on the outside of your elbow is called the "weenus".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenis
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyuwfg/til_that_the_skin_on_the_outside_of_your_elbow_is/

TIL Sean Astin's first acting role was in a 1981 television film titled “Please Don't Hit Me, Mom”, in which he played an eight-year-old child with an abusive mother (portrayed by his real-life mother Patty Duke).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Astin
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyuhpy/til_sean_astins_first_acting_role_was_in_a_1981/

TIL that "black boxes" on airplanes are legally required to be orange.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_recorder
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyu67x/til_that_black_boxes_on_airplanes_are_legally/

TIL that Germany’s final reparation from post-WW1 sanctions was paid in October 2010, 92 years after the war ended

https://peacepalacelibrary.nl/blog/2011/german-war-reparations-ww-i-financially-ended
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyu1aq/til_that_germanys_final_reparation_from_postww1/

TIL There was an old west outlaw named Chris Evans (1847-1917). The leader of of the Evans–Sontag Gang he organized multiple train robberies in California between 1889 and 1892, hid out in the mountains for 10 months, and was captured after a gun battle that cost him his right eye and left arm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Evans_(outlaw)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qytsfu/til_there_was_an_old_west_outlaw_named_chris/

TIL Joram van Klaveren is a Dutch politician who was previously known for his anti-Muslim views. In 2018, while writing a book critical of Islam, he reconsidered his perspective and converted to Islam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joram_van_Klaveren
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qytaf7/til_joram_van_klaveren_is_a_dutch_politician_who/

Today i learned John Witherspoon had a cooking channel on youtube. John Witherspoons Cooking for Poor People

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64zRbUrwKXY&list=PLZrrBdL4JWepNktWV1mVBcskh_5QZ0RO3
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyruxg/today_i_learned_john_witherspoon_had_a_cooking/

TIL Johnny Carson joked about an alleged shortage of toilet paper. Viewers believed the story and panic buying and hoarding ensued across the United States as consumers emptied stores, causing a real shortage that lasted for weeks. Stores and toilet paper manufacturers had to ration supplies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Carson#Controversies_and_feuds
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyrtck/til_johnny_carson_joked_about_an_alleged_shortage/

TIL a Byzantine-era lead curse tablet discovered in ancient Antioch (modern Turkey) contains a spell meant to magically bind a person’s anger and speech — and the tablet is preserved today in the Princeton University Art Museum collection.

https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/62918?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyrfr6/til_a_byzantineera_lead_curse_tablet_discovered/

Til that former actor Ricardo Medina Jr, known for his role as the red ranger in Power Rangers Wild Force, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter of his roommate and sentenced to 6 years in prison.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Medina_Jr
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyqo7s/til_that_former_actor_ricardo_medina_jr_known_for/

TIL that India's Madhya Pradesh state is home to several schools that specialize in teaching underprivileged rural kids' thievery. The student's families have to pay big sums of money for the tuition and in time are given a cut of the profits from the criminal gangs that recruit these students.

https://www.dialoguepakistan.com/en/bizarre/paid-indian--thieves--schools--teach-children-to-pick-pockets
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyqc5r/til_that_indias_madhya_pradesh_state_is_home_to/

TIL that in Egypt, home internet is not unlimited. Users are sold a "Gigabyte Quota," and once it runs out, the internet effectively cuts off or slows to 2000s-era speeds unless you purchase "Add-on Gigs" to survive until the end of the month.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-want-unlimited-internet-government-say-no
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyq1b1/til_that_in_egypt_home_internet_is_not_unlimited/

TIL the Co-Author of the Sovereign Individual (The book that inspired crypto), William Rees-Mogg, was a devout Roman Catholic all his life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rees-Mogg
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyop6e/til_the_coauthor_of_the_sovereign_individual_the/

TIL in China an Emperor arrested a victorious General Zhang Yanze for War Crimes. Survivors of the pillaged City beat him up, uncuffed him by cutting off his hands, beheading him, cutting out his heart to sacrifice to his Victims. The common folk rushed in to break open his skull and eat his flesh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Yanze
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyoc9b/til_in_china_an_emperor_arrested_a_victorious/

TIL that Barry Fisk (Original Possessed vocalist) and Ritchie Valens were the same age when each of them died

https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Barry_Fisk/54398
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qyoagt/til_that_barry_fisk_original_possessed_vocalist/

TIL "Want to come up and see my etchings?" was a popular euphemism for an invitation to sex in the early 20th century

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etching#%22Etchings%22_euphemism
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qynvim/til_want_to_come_up_and_see_my_etchings_was_a/

TIL During a 1963 UK tour, a heavily inebriated John Lennon poured a beer over American singer Chris Montez’s head while he was sleeping on their tour bus. An enraged Montez, a former boxer, fought back, resulting in a physical altercation that was broken up by Tommy Roe

https://pleasekillme.com/brawl-between-john-lennon-chris-montez-1963-exclusive/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qynuwr/til_during_a_1963_uk_tour_a_heavily_inebriated/

TIL 7-year-old Bonnie Lohman went to the store with her stepdad & saw her own face on a milk carton. She asked to keep the image & was allowed to on the condition she kept it a secret. However after her neighbors saw the image & reported it, she learned that her mom had kidnapped her when she was 3.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/what-happened-to-milk-carton-kids/news-story/0503a2a5b24c7c00bdc6f317e6cd14ce#:~:text=Pictures/Getty%20Images.-,BONNIE%20LOHMAN,-Bonnie%20Lohman%20was
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qynt4p/til_7yearold_bonnie_lohman_went_to_the_store_with/

TIL Manilius, a roman senator next in line to be consul was expelled from the senate by Cato the elder for kissing his own wife in public, in the presence of their daughter. Cato would joke that thunderstorms made him very happy, because that's the only time he'd allow himself to hug his wife

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Plutarch%27s_Lives_(Clough)/Life_of_Cato_the_Elder
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qynhq3/til_manilius_a_roman_senator_next_in_line_to_be/