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Agar is still the standard in labs worldwide, and she never got credit for the idea.", "score": 22861, "comments": 203, "created_utc": 1794235829.716, "snippet": "", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xrtm2x/til_that_in_1881_fanny_hesse_suggested_growing/" }, { "title": "TIL: The S&P 500 has fallen more than 20% in a single trading day, but only once in modern market history. 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Rather than rebuild the sets, NBC dropped the project.", "score": 12331, "comments": 286, "created_utc": 1793897321.59, "snippet": "", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xonm3v/til_after_being_cancelled_by_abc_the_1960s/" }, { "title": "TIL about Selective mutism, an anxiety disorder in which people who are otherwise fully able to speak become overwhelmed and lose that ability when exposed to certain situations or triggers.", "score": 12094, "comments": 888, "created_utc": 1793864656.568, "snippet": "", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xoctcc/til_about_selective_mutism_an_anxiety_disorder_in/" }, { "title": "TIL spiders have existed for at least 380 million years, making them more than 100 million years older than the first dinosaurs.", "score": 11578, "comments": 720, "created_utc": 1794404062.317, "snippet": "", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xthvfp/til_spiders_have_existed_for_at_least_380_million/" }, { "title": "TIL caffeine separated when making decaf coffee is a primary source of natural caffeine, which is repurposed for use as an additive in soft drinks or pharmaceuticals.", "score": 11535, "comments": 334, "created_utc": 1793847724.448, "snippet": "", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xo7vc6/til_caffeine_separated_when_making_decaf_coffee/" }, { "title": "TIL that Malaysia has nine royal families and elects its king from among their hereditary rulers every five years. This makes Malaysia one of the few countries in the world with a rotating monarchy.", "score": 11333, "comments": 248, "created_utc": 1793842270.896, "snippet": "", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xo60sy/til_that_malaysia_has_nine_royal_families_and/" } ], "newest_posts": [ { "title": "TIL That a town in California called Calexico sits right across the Mexico/US border from the capital city of Baja California; Mexicali", "score": 1, "comments": 0, "created_utc": 1794445440.135, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xtz8ar/til_that_a_town_in_california_called_calexico/" }, { "title": "TIL The Humbolt Squid reaches lengths of up to six feet and can weigh nearly one hundred pounds. 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Bruce, a man born into slavery who served from 1875 to 1881. That was 145 years ago, in a state that has the highest proportion of Black residents in the U.S., at 37%.", "score": 1, "comments": 0, "created_utc": 1794439912.163, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xtx6sj/til_that_before_scott_colom_won_his_us_senate/" }, { "title": "TIL that former Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and the current Dalai Lama are the only two people still living who were heads of state during World War II", "score": 1, "comments": 0, "created_utc": 1794439482.309, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xtx0yl/til_that_former_tsar_simeon_ii_of_bulgaria_and/" }, { "title": "TIL about the USS Tang, the submarine that sank more enemy ships (33) than any other American sub in World War II. Launched in 1943, she was sunk by her own torpedo in October 1944, killing most of her crew.", "score": 1, "comments": 0, "created_utc": 1794438828.074, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1xtws16/til_about_the_uss_tang_the_submarine_that_sank/" }, { "title": "TIL that Araucaria is a genus of tree that has existed since the mid-Jurassic. 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