TIL The most filmed location in the world is Central Park in New York City

https://www.roughmaps.com/destinations/20-most-filmed-locations-world/2
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lq3ka4/til_the_most_filmed_location_in_the_world_is/

TIL that in 1462, Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) stopped an Ottoman invasion by creating a 3km “forest” of 20,000 impaled corpses, including soldiers, women, children, and even livestock. The stench was so overwhelming, the Ottomans turned back without a fight.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502283/when-vlad-impaler-repelled-invasion-forest-corpses
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lq3jrm/til_that_in_1462_vlad_the_impaler_dracula_stopped/

TIL that US Household debt is significantly lower than the Netherlands, Australia, and Canada, among others.

https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/household-debt.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lq36fv/til_that_us_household_debt_is_significantly_lower/

TIL that lobsters don’t age in a traditional sense and theoretically could live forever if it weren't for diseases, predators, or lack of energy.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/are-lobsters-immortal.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lq2nd1/til_that_lobsters_dont_age_in_a_traditional_sense/

TIL about Qun Hui a traitor who had his rival Yue Fei executed through trickery. He is so hated that statues of him and his wife was made kneeling before the tomb of Yue Fei.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Hui
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lq1z2d/til_about_qun_hui_a_traitor_who_had_his_rival_yue/

TIL that Dr. Sigmund Rascher, who conducted inhuman experiments on concentration camp inmates, was executed at the end of World War II...not for his war crimes, but on the direct orders of Heinrich Himmler, for "financial irregularities" and other actions which embarrassed Himmler.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Rascher
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lq1sy6/til_that_dr_sigmund_rascher_who_conducted_inhuman/

TIL that it is possible for additional roadways to create more traffic rather than alleviate it, known as Braess' Paradox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%27_paradox
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lq1qt6/til_that_it_is_possible_for_additional_roadways/

TIL Steam locomotives could replenish its water supply while in motion using track pans, long troughs filled with water and a retractable water scooper that would be lowered. The speed of the forward motion forces the water up the scoop pipes into the tanks or tender.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_trough
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lq1ql7/til_steam_locomotives_could_replenish_its_water/

TIL that in 897 AD, Pope Stephen VI dug up the corpse of Pope Formosus, dressed him in papal robes, and put him on trial in the Cadaver Synod. He even appointed a deacon to speak on the corpse’s behalf. He found him guilty, cut off his blessing fingers, and threw him in the river.

https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lq0pt7/til_that_in_897_ad_pope_stephen_vi_dug_up_the/

TIL that at its real estate bubble peak Tokyo's total real estate value was priced more than the entire USA landmass

https://hbr.org/1990/05/power-from-the-ground-up-japans-land-bubble
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1lq05t1/til_that_at_its_real_estate_bubble_peak_tokyos/