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{"posts":[{"content":"TIL of Gan Ying, a Chinese envoy who in 97 AD was sent on a diplomatic mission to Rome. He would turn around in Mesopotamia, discouraged by sailors who gave him a lengthy estimate on a sea voyage. Unknown to him Parthia shared a land border with Rome, which was only a months travel away from him.","created_at":1613415623.0,"id":"lkbfmo","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":1.0,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lkbfmo/til_of_gan_ying_a_chinese_envoy_who_in_97_ad_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3,"user_id":"verostein"},{"content":"TIL DMSO, an organic solvent, has the unusual property that you can \"Taste\" it by touching it - actually, it directly triggers the nerves that normally react to taste.","created_at":1613415220.0,"id":"lkbc94","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":1.0,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lkbc94/til_dmso_an_organic_solvent_has_the_unusual/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":5,"user_id":"Xenton"},{"content":"TIL that \"Endianness\", a term used in computer science, comes from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, where two rival parties of Lilliputians had a disagreement on how to break the shell of a boiled egg. From the little end or the big end.","created_at":1613412124.0,"id":"lkaluo","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":1.0,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lkaluo/til_that_endianness_a_term_used_in_computer/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":11,"user_id":"mshthn"},{"content":"TIL before his murder, James Fannin made three requests: he asked for his personal possessions to be sent to his family, to be shot in his heart and not his face, and to be given a Christian burial. The Mexican soldiers took his belongings, shot him in the face, and burned Fannin's body.","created_at":1613411894.0,"id":"lkajtx","n_comments":32,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lkajtx/til_before_his_murder_james_fannin_made_three/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":60,"user_id":"MetalGearFoRM"},{"content":"TIL of the Khoisan languages of Africa, which use 'click' sounds as consonants. Clicks are quite versatile as consonants, so consequently the languages with the greatest numbers of consonants in the world are Khoisan.","created_at":1613407381.0,"id":"lk9iu5","n_comments":21,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk9iu5/til_of_the_khoisan_languages_of_africa_which_use/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":34,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL of the New Cult Awareness Network, which provides information on cults, is owned and operated by associates of The Church Of Scientology","created_at":1613407168.0,"id":"lk9h6x","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.99,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk9h6x/til_of_the_new_cult_awareness_network_which/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":135,"user_id":"FilthierCasual"},{"content":"TIL Tokutaro Yanagisawa's repair shop founded in 1894 was the first to build woodwind instruments in Japan. After its first saxophone was built in 1951, the Yanagisawa soprano saxophone designs became influential throughout rest of the industry, comparable to Selmer (Paris) and Yamaha","created_at":1613404720.0,"id":"lk8wr1","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk8wr1/til_tokutaro_yanagisawas_repair_shop_founded_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":27,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"TIL about the Great Dismal Swamp 'Maroons', escaped slaves who between 1700 & 1860s created & lived in settlements in the harsh conditions of the marshland of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia & North Carolina.","created_at":1613397172.0,"id":"lk715e","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk715e/til_about_the_great_dismal_swamp_maroons_escaped/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":85,"user_id":"batsofburden"},{"content":"TIL that the typical home in Japan actually depreciates over time, instead of gaining in value","created_at":1613398304.0,"id":"lk7c4o","n_comments":65,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk7c4o/til_that_the_typical_home_in_japan_actually/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":276,"user_id":"Platforumer"},{"content":"TIL Radio City Music Hall was Insulated with Eelgrass, A Type of Seagrass","created_at":1613395886.0,"id":"lk6osu","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk6osu/til_radio_city_music_hall_was_insulated_with/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":15,"user_id":"aacook"},{"content":"TIL that a short stretch of highway in Arizona counts off exit numbers, road signs and markers in kilometers due to a push in the 80's to convert the country's measurement system to metric.","created_at":1613394920.0,"id":"lk6fhr","n_comments":42,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk6fhr/til_that_a_short_stretch_of_highway_in_arizona/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":214,"user_id":"Beraa"},{"content":"TIL the first evidence of dreadlocks is in India's Vedic scriptures, which show the deity Shiva wearing the style. \"The word used in the Vedic scriptures is \u201cjaTaa\u201d which means twisted lock of hair","created_at":1613393830.0,"id":"lk64qr","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk64qr/til_the_first_evidence_of_dreadlocks_is_in_indias/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":59,"user_id":"what_is_the_deal_"},{"content":"TIL that pillow fights were banned at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 2015 after 30 people were injured.","created_at":1613392865.0,"id":"lk5vcj","n_comments":28,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk5vcj/til_that_pillow_fights_were_banned_at_the_us/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":229,"user_id":"JangoBeastwood"},{"content":"TIL in 2008 after the NY Giants beat the NE Patriots in Super Bowl XLII Sean Murphy and an accomplice broke into a Rhode Island jewelry store that made the championship rings and stole 27 players rings claiming \u201cThey don\u2019t deserve them.\u201d","created_at":1613390801.0,"id":"lk5afe","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk5afe/til_in_2008_after_the_ny_giants_beat_the_ne/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53,"user_id":"rura_penthe924"},{"content":"TIL in WWII, the Royal Navy defeated a French fleet in the Attack on Mers-el-K\u00e9bir","created_at":1613390112.0,"id":"lk5349","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk5349/til_in_wwii_the_royal_navy_defeated_a_french/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":38,"user_id":"HereforacoupleofQs"},{"content":"TIL it is illegal to try to convert people to any religion in Nepal","created_at":1613389970.0,"id":"lk51ov","n_comments":572,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk51ov/til_it_is_illegal_to_try_to_convert_people_to_any/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":12385,"user_id":"shinyleafblowers"},{"content":"TIL a Mellified man is a person mummified in honey. They would often eat honey till they died, buried in honey, dug up a century later to be eaten for medicinal purposes","created_at":1613389063.0,"id":"lk4s6o","n_comments":28,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk4s6o/til_a_mellified_man_is_a_person_mummified_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":139,"user_id":"o3dipusr3x"},{"content":"TIL: In 1807, the American Robert Fulton built the world's first commercially successful steamboat, simply known as the North River Steamboat, and powered by a Watt engine.","created_at":1613388377.0,"id":"lk4kym","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk4kym/til_in_1807_the_american_robert_fulton_built_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":93,"user_id":"merchantmariner01"},{"content":"TIL that Keith Relf (lead singer of the Yardbirds), died in 1976 due to electrocution while playing an ungrounded guitar in his basement","created_at":1613387835.0,"id":"lk4f9h","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk4f9h/til_that_keith_relf_lead_singer_of_the_yardbirds/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":68,"user_id":"Diamond_Fury"},{"content":"TIL Russell Crowe, a New Zealand actor and film producer, is the only non-Australian to be featured on an Australian stamp other than Queen Elizabeth II of England, and was featured twice. He has also been rejected in his bid to become an Australian citizen twice.","created_at":1613387014.0,"id":"lk46an","n_comments":67,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk46an/til_russell_crowe_a_new_zealand_actor_and_film/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":274,"user_id":"HollowKnightRaymond"},{"content":"TiL Thomas Edison launched a smear campaign in the early 1900s to discredit Alternating Current as it opposed Direct Current which he developed. He even went as far as electrocuting animals and a human, through the first ever electric chair.","created_at":1613386351.0,"id":"lk3z9i","n_comments":68,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk3z9i/til_thomas_edison_launched_a_smear_campaign_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":368,"user_id":"mrkottair"},{"content":"TIL: Eight Harland and Wolff workers were killed during the construction of the Titanic five of whom have been identified. In addition to the fatalities there were 28 serious accidents and 218 minor accidents recorded by the firm.","created_at":1613385641.0,"id":"lk3rtf","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk3rtf/til_eight_harland_and_wolff_workers_were_killed/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":44,"user_id":"merchantmariner01"},{"content":"TIL that in movie making a MacGuffin is an object, device, or event that is necessary to the plot and the motivation of the characters but insignificant, unimportant, or irrelevant in itself.","created_at":1613383996.0,"id":"lk39n9","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk39n9/til_that_in_movie_making_a_macguffin_is_an_object/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":90,"user_id":"PapiGrande7"},{"content":"TIL the South Koreans gave up their gold to help their country. The gold-collecting campaign was a national sacrificial movement in early 1998 to repay its debt to the International Monetary Fund. The campaign, involving 3.51 million people nationwide, collected 227 tons of gold worth $2.13 billion.","created_at":1613381522.0,"id":"lk2igw","n_comments":475,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk2igw/til_the_south_koreans_gave_up_their_gold_to_help/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":8693,"user_id":"broke_87"},{"content":"TIL: Kangal dogs have the strongest bite force, at around 743 psi, which is 3x that of a pitbull","created_at":1613381438.0,"id":"lk2hmc","n_comments":63,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk2hmc/til_kangal_dogs_have_the_strongest_bite_force_at/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":490,"user_id":"denikar"},{"content":"TIL Arnold, the main character from Hey Arnold! on Nickelodeon was first introduced on Pee Wee's Playhouse as a claymation character, appearing in three animated shorts in 1988","created_at":1613380211.0,"id":"lk24np","n_comments":32,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk24np/til_arnold_the_main_character_from_hey_arnold_on/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":988,"user_id":"5nackbar"},{"content":"TIL Electric fish in saltwater are 'wired' in parallel, but in freshwater they are 'wired' in series. This change overcomes the higher resistance of freshwater.","created_at":1613378531.0,"id":"lk1lg1","n_comments":26,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk1lg1/til_electric_fish_in_saltwater_are_wired_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":481,"user_id":"NiceRemove7"},{"content":"TIL of Zheng Xueming, Ho Shi Minh's Chinese wife whom he was forced to abandon in the wake of anti-Communist crackdowns during Cheng Kai-shek's rule of mainland China. Officially a lifelong virgin, Ho Shi Minh was thwarted from ever reconnecting with her by his fellow party officials.","created_at":1613378135.0,"id":"lk1gzn","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.77,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lk1gzn/til_of_zheng_xueming_ho_shi_minhs_chinese_wife/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":31,"user_id":"JasBC"},{"content":"TIL in 1988, Senator Bob Packwood was arrested and carried feet-first into the Senate after he attempted to shut down the chamber for the night by leaving before a vote.","created_at":1613371909.0,"id":"ljzgrd","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljzgrd/til_in_1988_senator_bob_packwood_was_arrested_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":251,"user_id":"tootybob"},{"content":"TIL Ranch dressing was invented by a plumber working in Alaska in the 1950s. He and his wife opened a Dude ranch called Hidden Valley Ranch in Santa Barbara County, California in 1954. 40% of Americans say ranch style dressing is their favorite; it has been the best selling salad dressing since 1992","created_at":1613373410.0,"id":"ljzydu","n_comments":2941,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljzydu/til_ranch_dressing_was_invented_by_a_plumber/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":42857,"user_id":"morefetus"},{"content":"TIL about the importance of stick length in hockey. Many of hockey\u2019s best stickhandlers, such as Sidney Crosby, use very short sticks to stickhandle 'in front of their body', but a longer shaft length allows players to generate more power in their shots.","created_at":1613371507.0,"id":"ljzc4p","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljzc4p/til_about_the_importance_of_stick_length_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":31,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL in 1977 a UK TV news bulletin was interrupted by a voice claiming to be the 'Ashtar Galactic Command' and instructed humanity to abandon its weapons, so it could participate in a 'future awakening' and 'achieve a higher state of evolution'. After six minutes, the broadcast returned to normal.","created_at":1613371115.0,"id":"ljz7rk","n_comments":82,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljz7rk/til_in_1977_a_uk_tv_news_bulletin_was_interrupted/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":884,"user_id":"Die_Nameless_Bitch"},{"content":"TIL Japan has an angry tea table flipping competition. Competitors sit at a table with imitation food and flip the table over when an elderly woman sitting besides them tells them to \"Stop\". They also must shout a phrase about anything they want while doing this.","created_at":1613369203.0,"id":"ljylfo","n_comments":45,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljylfo/til_japan_has_an_angry_tea_table_flipping/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":440,"user_id":"JHopeHoe"},{"content":"TIL the average chimpanzee spends 6 hours per day chewing","created_at":1613367340.0,"id":"ljxz0v","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljxz0v/til_the_average_chimpanzee_spends_6_hours_per_day/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":79,"user_id":"dueDillyQueen"},{"content":"TIL The semicircular canals in your inner ear that help you maintain balance are actually oriented in each of the three spatial directions.","created_at":1613366966.0,"id":"ljxulf","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljxulf/til_the_semicircular_canals_in_your_inner_ear/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":59,"user_id":"LibraryAccording"},{"content":"TIL The James Webb telescope, the sucessor to the Hubble, was due to launch in 2007 with a $500mil budget. It is now due to launch October 2021 with a cost of $10+billion.","created_at":1613366333.0,"id":"ljxn0q","n_comments":78,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljxn0q/til_the_james_webb_telescope_the_sucessor_to_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":248,"user_id":"electricp0ww0w"},{"content":"TIL \"General MacArthur, as military governor of Japan in 1945, revived the practice of large-scale whaling to feed millions of Japanese who were on the verge of starvation after World War II.\"","created_at":1613366054.0,"id":"ljxjn3","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljxjn3/til_general_macarthur_as_military_governor_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":165,"user_id":"broke_87"},{"content":"TIL that Massimo Troisi, star and uncredited co-director of the Oscar-winning Il Postino (The Postman), knew he needed medical treatment but believed the film was more important. He died 12 hours after the camera stopped rolling.","created_at":1613365785.0,"id":"ljxgfn","n_comments":22,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljxgfn/til_that_massimo_troisi_star_and_uncredited/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":163,"user_id":"JayBrock"},{"content":"TIL that insects have a protein called resilin which acts as a hydrogel allowing to be more elastic and bouncy. This is related to the word resilience and the ability to bounce back.","created_at":1613365396.0,"id":"ljxboj","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljxboj/til_that_insects_have_a_protein_called_resilin/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":30,"user_id":"BlackDogsx2"},{"content":"TIL that Osama bin Laden's father, brother, half-sister, and stepmother all died in plane crashes.","created_at":1613365391.0,"id":"ljxbma","n_comments":30,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljxbma/til_that_osama_bin_ladens_father_brother/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":200,"user_id":"DimensionalZodiac"},{"content":"TIL a memorial plaque to rapper Tupac Shakur was added to a bench in the sleepy coastal town of Lancing in the UK. Locals Neil Whitemore and Graham Staines justified the decision by stating \u201cIt\u2019s brought people together, like the hip-hop community and the people who like benches\u201d.","created_at":1613364264.0,"id":"ljwxp7","n_comments":27,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljwxp7/til_a_memorial_plaque_to_rapper_tupac_shakur_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1260,"user_id":"Die_Nameless_Bitch"},{"content":"TIL That Neil Armstrong's heart rate spiked to 150+ when NASA turned the control over to him for the moon landing.","created_at":1613363851.0,"id":"ljwsqv","n_comments":392,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljwsqv/til_that_neil_armstrongs_heart_rate_spiked_to_150/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":10894,"user_id":"IaCuriousGuy1968"},{"content":"TIL in 1992, Bosnian sportsman Aleksandar \u0110uri\u0107 was invited to compete in canoeing at the Barcelona Olympics. The Bosnian Olympic Committee couldn't afford to pay for his travel, so he hitch-hiked his way over 1500 km, including a 2 day trek, and borrowed equipment from the Spanish and Italian teams","created_at":1613363109.0,"id":"ljwjer","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljwjer/til_in_1992_bosnian_sportsman_aleksandar_\u0111uri\u0107/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":666,"user_id":"malalatargaryen"},{"content":"TIL Blue eyes are not due to pigmentation, and actually appear blue due to their structure in the same way the sky does.","created_at":1613363069.0,"id":"ljwixk","n_comments":62,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljwixk/til_blue_eyes_are_not_due_to_pigmentation_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":622,"user_id":"RagingAesthetic"},{"content":"TIL at the 2011 World Scrabble Championships in Poland, a competitor demanded the official strip search his opponent after a \u2018G\u2019 tile went missing, but the officials decided against it due to a lack of evidence of cheating","created_at":1613362491.0,"id":"ljwbt1","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljwbt1/til_at_the_2011_world_scrabble_championships_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":76,"user_id":"johnnylgarfield"},{"content":"TIL that the technology used to power the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers and other spacecraft (RTGs) was used to power some pacemakers in the 1970's that were implanted into humans.","created_at":1613362118.0,"id":"ljw77f","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljw77f/til_that_the_technology_used_to_power_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":58,"user_id":"jibjab9000"},{"content":"TIL squirrels and other small animals cause a large number of power outages each year.","created_at":1613362072.0,"id":"ljw6nb","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljw6nb/til_squirrels_and_other_small_animals_cause_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":30,"user_id":"Deloozhenel"},{"content":"TIL in 1606 baroque painter Caravaggio murdered a man named Ranuccio Tomassoni. He fled the country when the pope sentenced him to death. Caravaggio created some of his most famous works in exile, including The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, which many consider to be his masterpiece.","created_at":1613361896.0,"id":"ljw4h6","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljw4h6/til_in_1606_baroque_painter_caravaggio_murdered_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":154,"user_id":"Die_Nameless_Bitch"},{"content":"TIL A new snake that was discovered in India is named after Salazar Slytherin from Harry Potter.","created_at":1613361553.0,"id":"ljvzu3","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljvzu3/til_a_new_snake_that_was_discovered_in_india_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":65,"user_id":"warlokzz"},{"content":"TIL - The name of the band Steely Dan was borrowed from a dildo of the same name in William Burroughs\u2019 novel \u201cNaked Lunch\u201d","created_at":1613361421.0,"id":"ljvy98","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljvy98/til_the_name_of_the_band_steely_dan_was_borrowed/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":142,"user_id":"ad-free-user-special"},{"content":"TIL in Estonia and Finland Valentines day is celebrated as Friends Day","created_at":1613360946.0,"id":"ljvsdw","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljvsdw/til_in_estonia_and_finland_valentines_day_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":95,"user_id":"javals"},{"content":"TIL In order to prevent people from reusing cancelled postage stamps by washing off the ink, early stamps were embossed with 'grill' indentations so the ink would be more readily absorbed by the paper.","created_at":1613360874.0,"id":"ljvril","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljvril/til_in_order_to_prevent_people_from_reusing/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":58,"user_id":"KO_Stradivarius"},{"content":"TIL that during the 1840s-50s, King Leopold I of Belgium considered c\u043el\u043enising more than 50 different countries and regions, among them: Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Florida, Texas, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Kansas, Ethiopia, South Africa, Portugal, India, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand","created_at":1613359135.0,"id":"ljv5d4","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljv5d4/til_that_during_the_1840s50s_king_leopold_i_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":51,"user_id":"malalatargaryen"},{"content":"TIL the oldest existing analog computer was created around 100 BC and recovered from a shipwreck in 1901 after spending almost 2000 years underwater.","created_at":1613358985.0,"id":"ljv3i2","n_comments":43,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljv3i2/til_the_oldest_existing_analog_computer_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":274,"user_id":"sigma_15"},{"content":"TIL the origin of 'Blowing Smoke Up Your Arse' is from the 1700s when doctors literally blew smoke up people's rectums, a mainstream medical procedure used to resuscitate people presumed dead or who had drowned","created_at":1613357863.0,"id":"ljup3p","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljup3p/til_the_origin_of_blowing_smoke_up_your_arse_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":152,"user_id":"usernamenoonehas"},{"content":"TIL Japan was building robots in the 1600s. By the 17th century, Japan was producing a variety of mechanical puppets known as 'Karakuri' for entertainment. Karakuri could perform simple dances or acts from plays. By the 19th century, Karakuri were widely prod","created_at":1613356879.0,"id":"ljucwj","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljucwj/til_japan_was_building_robots_in_the_1600s_by_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":54,"user_id":"lonelycometinthesky"},{"content":"TIL in 1963, Italian designer, Joe Colombo, designed an asymmetric set of rocks glasses to make it easier to drink and hold a cigarette at the same time.","created_at":1613356619.0,"id":"lju9n4","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lju9n4/til_in_1963_italian_designer_joe_colombo_designed/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":68,"user_id":"PettyDangleberry"},{"content":"TIL Catherine Stevens, wife of then Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) was held at an airport as \"Stevens, Cat\" was on the no-fly list. 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For instance, if you attempt to pay for a $50 purchase with a wheelbarrow full of nickels, the local authority can refuse to accept the payment.","created_at":1613353817.0,"id":"ljtafd","n_comments":310,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljtafd/til_that_in_canada_coins_are_only_considered/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":4843,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL that Johnny Cash once tried to fight an ostrich and lost, suffering two broken ribs and a gash to the stomach but a solid belt buckle saved him from further injury.","created_at":1613352468.0,"id":"ljstbu","n_comments":54,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljstbu/til_that_johnny_cash_once_tried_to_fight_an/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":547,"user_id":"jcd1974"},{"content":"TIL that the average cat has around 40 million hairs","created_at":1613351330.0,"id":"ljsel0","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljsel0/til_that_the_average_cat_has_around_40_million/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":63,"user_id":"MeKastman"},{"content":"TIL Lenny Kravitz's first number one hit was not a song he sang, but one he wrote and produced. It was \"Justify My Love\", sung by Madonna.","created_at":1613350699.0,"id":"ljs5yz","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljs5yz/til_lenny_kravitzs_first_number_one_hit_was_not_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":197,"user_id":"flyart"},{"content":"TIL mercenary \"Mad\" Mike Hoare was also a chartered accountant. Even after leading two coups in Africa the association said it could not expel him despite protests from members as he had committed no offence. 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As Rangers and Celtic have a little bit of a rivalry, McCoist would wear a Rangers shirt under the Celtic one while filming so as not to let the material touch his skin.","created_at":1613343897.0,"id":"ljpyn6","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.8,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljpyn6/til_legendary_rangers_striker_ally_mccoist_played/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":82,"user_id":"TimberLowe"},{"content":"TIL that prior to WWI a Swagger Stick (riding crop) was part of a British Army officer's walking out (off duty) uniform. It was officially adopted by the US Marine Corps as well but never caught on. 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This was banned in 1976 and Bonaly did it despite knowing that it would negatively affect her score. It has not been repeated in the Olympics since.","created_at":1613341503.0,"id":"ljpaj3","n_comments":275,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljpaj3/til_that_surya_bonaly_a_french_figure_skater/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3356,"user_id":"vedvineet98"},{"content":"TIL People in the final stages of hypothermia engage in \"paradoxical undressing\" because, as they lose rationality and their nerves are damaged, they feel incredibly, irrationally hot. They strip off their clothes to cool themselves down as they are freezing to death.","created_at":1613341293.0,"id":"ljp8d7","n_comments":77,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljp8d7/til_people_in_the_final_stages_of_hypothermia/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":714,"user_id":"a5061aa"},{"content":"TIL the song \u201cMrs Robinson\u201d by Simon and Garfunkel was originally titled \u201cMrs Roosevelt\u201d and was written about Eleanor Roosevelt","created_at":1613339456.0,"id":"ljoq4b","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljoq4b/til_the_song_mrs_robinson_by_simon_and_garfunkel/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":64,"user_id":"Rinem88"},{"content":"TIL that the movie Independence Day still holds the record for most miniature models to appear in one film. Approximately 95% of the movie's special effects were shot using miniatures and due to the advances in digital technology this record may stand forever.","created_at":1613338398.0,"id":"ljoggg","n_comments":652,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljoggg/til_that_the_movie_independence_day_still_holds/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":30874,"user_id":"Azathoth90"},{"content":"TIL that in the city of sais in ancient egypt had a medical school with many female students and faculties.","created_at":1613337783.0,"id":"ljob0p","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljob0p/til_that_in_the_city_of_sais_in_ancient_egypt_had/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":63,"user_id":"xalxary"},{"content":"TIL in the 1987 Canada Cup Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemiuex, the two best players in NHL history, played on the same team and often the same line. They combined for 39 points in just nine games, winning the gold medal.","created_at":1613336925.0,"id":"ljo3ih","n_comments":37,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljo3ih/til_in_the_1987_canada_cup_wayne_gretzky_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":102,"user_id":"Steve_Lobsen"},{"content":"TIL chickens eat mice.","created_at":1613336892.0,"id":"ljo37d","n_comments":44,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljo37d/til_chickens_eat_mice/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":109,"user_id":"SonOfQuora"},{"content":"TIL That according to Guinness, some of the most frequently broken records include the Longest DJ marathon, the Heaviest item lifted with glue and the Most apples bobbed in one minute!","created_at":1613335734.0,"id":"ljnt8o","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljnt8o/til_that_according_to_guinness_some_of_the_most/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":40,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL that the parts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that were destroyed by the atomic bombs have been rebuilt and are safe to visit","created_at":1613334810.0,"id":"ljnljm","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.78,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljnljm/til_that_the_parts_of_hiroshima_and_nagasaki_that/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":49,"user_id":"KBKarma"},{"content":"TIL Of the film 'Logistics'. It is officially the world's longest film. Running 51,420 minutes (857 hours) in length, the film follows the production cycle of a pedometer in reverse chronological order.","created_at":1613334523.0,"id":"ljnj8f","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljnj8f/til_of_the_film_logistics_it_is_officially_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL St Valentine is the patron saint of epilepsy","created_at":1613334522.0,"id":"ljnj83","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljnj83/til_st_valentine_is_the_patron_saint_of_epilepsy/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":22,"user_id":"baztron5000"},{"content":"TIL volcano snails exist. Their shells are made of iron and they live around hydrothermal vents that can reach up to 750 \u00b0F.","created_at":1613334041.0,"id":"ljnfki","n_comments":30,"percentage_upvoted":0.79,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljnfki/til_volcano_snails_exist_their_shells_are_made_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":111,"user_id":"Wanderering_Thoughts"},{"content":"TIL that Emmy Noether, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, described her doctoral thesis as \"crap\", despite it being well received","created_at":1613332363.0,"id":"ljn2fd","n_comments":30,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljn2fd/til_that_emmy_noether_one_of_the_greatest/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":454,"user_id":"testicular_torsion12"},{"content":"TIL striped barbers poles represent the antiquated practice of bloodletting, red for the blood and white for the bandages.","created_at":1613331059.0,"id":"ljmswd","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljmswd/til_striped_barbers_poles_represent_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":44,"user_id":"you_have_time"},{"content":"TIL data centres use an estimated 200 terawatt hours (TWh) each year. That is more than the national energy consumption of some countries.","created_at":1613330468.0,"id":"ljmooz","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljmooz/til_data_centres_use_an_estimated_200_terawatt/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":78,"user_id":"BusbyBusby"},{"content":"TIL that the skin of tilapia fish is used to treat serious burns in Brazil. Human trials show fish skin grafts are quicker and more painless than other methods","created_at":1613324320.0,"id":"ljlik4","n_comments":66,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljlik4/til_that_the_skin_of_tilapia_fish_is_used_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":532,"user_id":"LogicBomb69"},{"content":"TIL that in other countries New Zealand, Belgium, Germany, etc. have their own exotic \u201cAmerican\u201d food isles in grocery stores alot like how America has Mexican and Asian isles in their grocery stores (I lived in America for all of my life obviously)","created_at":1613319543.0,"id":"ljklex","n_comments":297,"percentage_upvoted":0.79,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljklex/til_that_in_other_countries_new_zealand_belgium/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":299,"user_id":"yeeticusyarticus"},{"content":"TIL The Beatles were inspired to write Good Day Sunshine during the unusually hot UK summer of 1966.","created_at":1613318159.0,"id":"ljkb7z","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.79,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljkb7z/til_the_beatles_were_inspired_to_write_good_day/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":31,"user_id":"haddock420"},{"content":"TIL that during development of the first anime, the author of Fullmetal Alchemist, Hiromu Arakawa, allowed the anime staff to work independently from her and requested a different ending from the manga. She was amazed by the staff\u2019s interpretations of the villains and homunculi.","created_at":1613318099.0,"id":"ljkat0","n_comments":53,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljkat0/til_that_during_development_of_the_first_anime/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":415,"user_id":"AsianInvasian93"},{"content":"TIL American CIA agents once tried to bribe the Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore","created_at":1613317793.0,"id":"ljk8os","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljk8os/til_american_cia_agents_once_tried_to_bribe_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":28,"user_id":"Zarhym17"},{"content":"TIL In 1814 in London, the brewing vats in a brewery burst, releasing 580k to 1.4m litres of beer onto slum dwellings. Eight people were killed, five of them mourners at the wake of a two-year-old boy. The brewery almost went bankrupt but was saved when they received a rebate for the lost beer.","created_at":1613315427.0,"id":"ljjpqq","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljjpqq/til_in_1814_in_london_the_brewing_vats_in_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":105,"user_id":"haddock420"},{"content":"TIL On October 25th, 1760, King George II arose at 6 A.M., drank a cup of hot chocolate, and then suddenly died on the toilet from a ruptured artery.","created_at":1613314449.0,"id":"ljjhb3","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljjhb3/til_on_october_25th_1760_king_george_ii_arose_at/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":66,"user_id":"NoSoupFerYew"},{"content":"TIL Australian convicted criminal Mark \"Chopper\" Reid had an inmate cut off both his ears to get transferred to another division and avoid an ambush by other inmates.","created_at":1613314221.0,"id":"ljjfeb","n_comments":33,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljjfeb/til_australian_convicted_criminal_mark_chopper/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":87,"user_id":"haddock420"},{"content":"TIL that in August 2012, a spider from the rare species Cicurina madla was found in a 6-foot-deep natural hole in Northwest San Antonio, halting completion of a $15-million highway underpass.","created_at":1613312545.0,"id":"ljj1kv","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljj1kv/til_that_in_august_2012_a_spider_from_the_rare/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":66,"user_id":"arkadyuti_hazra"},{"content":"TIL about negativity bias: negative things have a greater impact on your psychological state than positive things, and your amount of negativity bias impacts your perceptions and preferences.","created_at":1613311152.0,"id":"ljip01","n_comments":59,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljip01/til_about_negativity_bias_negative_things_have_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":841,"user_id":"Likelytakingadump"},{"content":"TIL The Apollo 11 50th anniversary Gala was held in July 2019. Tickets started at $1000 and the \"Ultimate V.I.P.\" Ticket at $3,500 got an Apollo era celebrity to sit at your table, plus admission to a private, VIP After-Party, with Buzz Aldrin, astronauts, and celebrities","created_at":1613309471.0,"id":"ljia2o","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljia2o/til_the_apollo_11_50th_anniversary_gala_was_held/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":88,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"TIL that Iron Man 3 originally had a female villain, but it was changed at the last minute because Marvel Execs (corporate, not Feige) thought people wouldn\u2019t buy toys of a villain if it was a woman.","created_at":1613308788.0,"id":"lji3rf","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.68,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lji3rf/til_that_iron_man_3_originally_had_a_female/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":27,"user_id":"CodPolish"},{"content":"TIL The TV show \"Dallas\" retconned an entire season as a dream sequence so they could bring back a popular character, Bobby Ewing, they'd killed off. This meant it had to cut ties with its spinoff, \"Knots Landing,\" which had referenced Bobby's death and so no longer took place in the same universe","created_at":1613307842.0,"id":"ljhuhf","n_comments":22,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljhuhf/til_the_tv_show_dallas_retconned_an_entire_season/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":107,"user_id":"MisterBadIdea2"},{"content":"TIL that Baseball Player Honus Wagner was the first athlete to get a commercial sponsorship from a company. That company was baseball bat manufacturer Louisville Slugger","created_at":1613307159.0,"id":"ljhnnf","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljhnnf/til_that_baseball_player_honus_wagner_was_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":97,"user_id":"IcyYachtClub"},{"content":"TIL many microwaves have a Baked Potato button. This allows someone to properly bake potatoes in a microwave without having to weigh them first.","created_at":1613307088.0,"id":"ljhn0w","n_comments":30,"percentage_upvoted":0.44,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljhn0w/til_many_microwaves_have_a_baked_potato_button/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":0,"user_id":"JohnGilbonny"},{"content":"TIL about the 1982 crash of Kuwait's unofficial stock market, which was stored in a garage and crashed because of bounced checks.","created_at":1613306792.0,"id":"ljhk5m","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljhk5m/til_about_the_1982_crash_of_kuwaits_unofficial/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":79,"user_id":"Chicano_Ducky"},{"content":"TIL renowned director Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, Rear Window) stated one of his favorite movies was Burt Reynolds' Smokey and the Bandit. Hitchcock's daughter confirmed this.","created_at":1613306786.0,"id":"ljhk3w","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljhk3w/til_renowned_director_alfred_hitchcock_psycho/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":233,"user_id":"mellowmonk"},{"content":"TIL in 2017 a Texas judge set a $4 billion bond for a man suspected of murder. This surpassed the existing record for the highest bond set in U.S. history which was $3 billion for New York real estate heir Robert Durst.","created_at":1613305092.0,"id":"ljh4at","n_comments":61,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljh4at/til_in_2017_a_texas_judge_set_a_4_billion_bond/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":109,"user_id":"Str33twise84"},{"content":"TIL Japanese people are descendants of the Yayoi people, a group of people that migrated from the Korean peninsula eventually outnumbering the natives of Japan","created_at":1613304945.0,"id":"ljh2lo","n_comments":25,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljh2lo/til_japanese_people_are_descendants_of_the_yayoi/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":119,"user_id":"neptuneseashell"},{"content":"TIL Nanjing's Presidential Palace preserves the room where Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek plotted what they believed would be the future of China. Even though this site is where the fight against China\u2019s current ruling party was planned, it is highly popular among Mainland Chinese tourists today","created_at":1613303288.0,"id":"ljgm7c","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljgm7c/til_nanjings_presidential_palace_preserves_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":33,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"TIL that Merian C. Cooper, the co-director of the original King Kong, served as an officer in the American and Polish air forces.","created_at":1613302684.0,"id":"ljggrp","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.74,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljggrp/til_that_merian_c_cooper_the_codirector_of_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":29,"user_id":"JimmyTheOtherCat"},{"content":"Today I learned that Charles Manson was also a musician","created_at":1613302059.0,"id":"ljgabv","n_comments":52,"percentage_upvoted":0.49,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljgabv/today_i_learned_that_charles_manson_was_also_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":0,"user_id":"iDabForPeace"},{"content":"TIL Rob Gronkowski graduated high school with a 3.75 GPA and a 1560 SAT score.","created_at":1613301376.0,"id":"ljg3wq","n_comments":37,"percentage_upvoted":0.7,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljg3wq/til_rob_gronkowski_graduated_high_school_with_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":43,"user_id":"GoldJerryGold22"},{"content":"TIL the words you use when questioning witnesses greatly affects their answer. They showed study participants video of a car crash and asked them to estimate the speed. Their estimates got progressively larger when using the verbs contacted, hit, bumped, collided, smashed in the question.","created_at":1613300861.0,"id":"ljfy96","n_comments":45,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljfy96/til_the_words_you_use_when_questioning_witnesses/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":335,"user_id":"SonOfQuora"},{"content":"TIL That the famous 1930s Hindenburg airship was the largest ever built and was quadruple the size of the current Goodyear blimp. From end-to-end, it was longer than even the U.S. Capitol.","created_at":1613300513.0,"id":"ljfur4","n_comments":21,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljfur4/til_that_the_famous_1930s_hindenburg_airship_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":118,"user_id":"Time93"},{"content":"TIL The last person guillotined in France got to smoke 2 cigarettes and drink a glass of rum just before the blade fell.","created_at":1613298273.0,"id":"ljf7yq","n_comments":32,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljf7yq/til_the_last_person_guillotined_in_france_got_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":40,"user_id":"GreekKnight3"},{"content":"TIL Billie Joe Armstrong's famous \"Blue\" guitar was originally owned by Santana","created_at":1613297502.0,"id":"ljf0ck","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.62,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljf0ck/til_billie_joe_armstrongs_famous_blue_guitar_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":15,"user_id":"iamadisappearinggirl"},{"content":"TIL that NCAA basketball players\u2019 numbers are required to be base 6 so that referees can signal the two numbers with fingers on each hand.","created_at":1613294582.0,"id":"lje4t5","n_comments":49,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lje4t5/til_that_ncaa_basketball_players_numbers_are/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":241,"user_id":"IcyYachtClub"},{"content":"TIL that one does not take a mortgage, one gives it. the borrower is the mortgagor and the lender is the mortgagee. You take a loan under a promissory note that is secured by a mortgage which is your personal pledge to secure the loan against your ownership of the property.","created_at":1613293856.0,"id":"ljdxb6","n_comments":37,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljdxb6/til_that_one_does_not_take_a_mortgage_one_gives/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":66,"user_id":"joeshmo7777"},{"content":"TIL that the former CEO of Coca-Cola, Roberto Goizueta, was the first person to become a billionaire by being an employee and not a company founder (or heir).","created_at":1613292820.0,"id":"ljdlzc","n_comments":231,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljdlzc/til_that_the_former_ceo_of_cocacola_roberto/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":6969,"user_id":"MrFlow"},{"content":"TIL that CERN's Large Hadron Collider (the world's most powerful particle accelerator), had to be briefly shut down when a bird dropped a piece of baguette on an outdoor portion of machinery","created_at":1613291792.0,"id":"ljdbbs","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljdbbs/til_that_cerns_large_hadron_collider_the_worlds/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":117,"user_id":"GloriousFight"},{"content":"TIL that because pandas seem to lose interest in mating in captivity, scientists showed pandas videos of other pandas mating. They have also tried giving males Viagra.","created_at":1613291437.0,"id":"ljd7pb","n_comments":22,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljd7pb/til_that_because_pandas_seem_to_lose_interest_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":67,"user_id":"GRANITE_19"},{"content":"TIL that 70 million years ago on earth, a year was 372 days long.","created_at":1613290732.0,"id":"ljd05f","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljd05f/til_that_70_million_years_ago_on_earth_a_year_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":90,"user_id":"marathon"},{"content":"TIL Elton John played in Tom Jones' backing band together with the drummer of AC/DC","created_at":1613288667.0,"id":"ljcd4q","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljcd4q/til_elton_john_played_in_tom_jones_backing_band/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":68,"user_id":"quizlink"},{"content":"TIL that NEAR Shoemaker, the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid, did so just before Valentine's Day 2001, on the near-Earth asteroid Eros, named after the Greek counterpart to Cupid.","created_at":1613288080.0,"id":"ljc6pj","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljc6pj/til_that_near_shoemaker_the_first_spacecraft_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":44,"user_id":"Beriev"},{"content":"TIL that the movie 'Kelly's Heroes' was based on real events.","created_at":1613287299.0,"id":"ljbxzr","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljbxzr/til_that_the_movie_kellys_heroes_was_based_on/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":82,"user_id":"pixxelzombie"},{"content":"TIL Whenever we sleep in unfamiliar surroundings, only half your brain is getting a good night's rest while the other half stands guard.","created_at":1613285632.0,"id":"ljbeze","n_comments":1225,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljbeze/til_whenever_we_sleep_in_unfamiliar_surroundings/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":52718,"user_id":"Medo2589"},{"content":"TIL after Larry Bird left Indiana University, he worked collecting trash in his home town. When leaving for college a 2nd time, this time at Indiana State, he told his co-workers, \"I'll be going up there to get a little education. Then I'll be back and be boss of you guys.\"","created_at":1613285287.0,"id":"ljbb2v","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljbb2v/til_after_larry_bird_left_indiana_university_he/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":208,"user_id":"TheHunnishInvasion"},{"content":"TIL Queen\u2019s \u201cAnother One Bites the Dust\u201d originally featured light-hearted lyrics about cowboys, but it was changed when they developed a heavier back-track for the song.","created_at":1613284905.0,"id":"ljb6ld","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.75,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljb6ld/til_queens_another_one_bites_the_dust_originally/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":33,"user_id":"413C"},{"content":"TIL entomologists used to place crushed bay leaves at the bottom of their killing jars to gently kill insects they wanted to mount without any damage.","created_at":1613283382.0,"id":"ljap0m","n_comments":34,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljap0m/til_entomologists_used_to_place_crushed_bay/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":131,"user_id":"Mike_ZzZzZ"},{"content":"TIL last major news item to be delivered to the world by runner was the climbing of Mt. Everest by Norgay and Hillary. This necessitated the message to be encoded \u2014 \"Snow conditions bad stop advanced base abandoned yesterday stop awaiting improvement\".","created_at":1613282318.0,"id":"ljac5t","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljac5t/til_last_major_news_item_to_be_delivered_to_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":142,"user_id":"AvalancheMaster"},{"content":"TIL that the moon has moonquakes","created_at":1613282761.0,"id":"ljahuu","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ljahuu/til_that_the_moon_has_moonquakes/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":51,"user_id":"agentogo"},{"content":"TIL the first battle involving Italian military personnel since the end of WW2 is known as \"Battle of the Pasta Factory\"","created_at":1613281841.0,"id":"lja6fy","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lja6fy/til_the_first_battle_involving_italian_military/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":48,"user_id":"BetelgeuseInTheSky"},{"content":"TIL before buying a vehicle escape tool/glass breaker,you should determine if you have tempered glass windows or laminated glass windows first. Tempered glass can break with a glass breaker, while laminated glass which is found in many new model vehicles, won't break, according to research from AAA.","created_at":1613281594.0,"id":"lja3f0","n_comments":25,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lja3f0/til_before_buying_a_vehicle_escape_toolglass/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":103,"user_id":"OttawaMan35"},{"content":"TIL of Lajos Kossuth, a Hungarian revolutionary whose English speeches were wildly popular in 1850s America. He learned his archaic English from Shakespeare books while in prison; such speeches even influenced the Gettysburg Address, as Abraham Lincoln was a noted fan.","created_at":1613281524.0,"id":"lja2lj","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lja2lj/til_of_lajos_kossuth_a_hungarian_revolutionary/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":195,"user_id":"janmayeno"},{"content":"TIL Decibels are logarithmic, not linear. 30 dB, is 100 times louder than 10 dB, and 40 dB is 1,000 times louder than 10 dB","created_at":1613281091.0,"id":"lj9xhm","n_comments":57,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj9xhm/til_decibels_are_logarithmic_not_linear_30_db_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":367,"user_id":"Thirdstheword"},{"content":"TIL about Parasite fighters, fighter aircraft carried into a combat zone by a larger aircraft such as a bomber. If the bomber were threatened, the parasite would be released to defend it. The concept has seldom been used, as weight of the parasite craft reduced the payload capacity of the carrier.","created_at":1613280116.0,"id":"lj9ll5","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj9ll5/til_about_parasite_fighters_fighter_aircraft/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":84,"user_id":"WouldbeWanderer"},{"content":"TIL that Louisiana law is different from law in all other 49 states as Louisiana uses civil law based off of French and Spanish civil law rather than using common law based off English law like the rest of the country .","created_at":1613279605.0,"id":"lj9f97","n_comments":80,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj9f97/til_that_louisiana_law_is_different_from_law_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":485,"user_id":"Lovemuffin12"},{"content":"TIL about Billy McFarland, the convicted fraudster behind the ill-fated Fyre festival who defrauded investors of $27.4 million dollars and is currently serving a six year sentence in federal prison.","created_at":1613276611.0,"id":"lj8ei8","n_comments":28,"percentage_upvoted":0.76,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj8ei8/til_about_billy_mcfarland_the_convicted_fraudster/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":36,"user_id":"recoveryrabbitt"},{"content":"TIL Black-footed ferrets were thought to be extinct in the USA, but a small population was found in the 1980's and are being used to bring their populations back.","created_at":1613276211.0,"id":"lj89rp","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj89rp/til_blackfooted_ferrets_were_thought_to_be/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":61,"user_id":"Chumbag_love"},{"content":"TIL that after the 2011 Japanese nuclear plant in Fukushima was disabled by an earthquake tsunami double whammy, elderly Japanese people volunteered to do repairs to save young people from radiation exposure.","created_at":1613274229.0,"id":"lj7lic","n_comments":1257,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj7lic/til_that_after_the_2011_japanese_nuclear_plant_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53858,"user_id":"Grogu4Ever"},{"content":"TIL Alice Cooper once appeared on The Muppet Show, playing one of the Devil\u2019s agents and offered the Muppets endless wealth and fame in exchange for their souls.","created_at":1613274074.0,"id":"lj7jlw","n_comments":74,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj7jlw/til_alice_cooper_once_appeared_on_the_muppet_show/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1731,"user_id":"redmambo_no6"},{"content":"TIL that nearly all Japanese cards (credit, train, bus, etc.) have a \"insert this side in\" marker","created_at":1613273848.0,"id":"lj7gt8","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj7gt8/til_that_nearly_all_japanese_cards_credit_train/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":42,"user_id":"daria_arbuz"},{"content":"TIl that in 1999 George Harrison nearly became the 2nd Beatle to be murdered when an intruder who believed the Beatles were witches broke into his home and stabbed him multiple times and punctured one of his lungs. His wife fortunately fought the attacker off.","created_at":1613273154.0,"id":"lj78by","n_comments":65,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj78by/til_that_in_1999_george_harrison_nearly_became/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":557,"user_id":"nickburrows8398"},{"content":"TIL that ABBA drummer, Slim Borgudd, was actually a Formula 1 driver. After investing some of his earning after playing for ABBA, he joined the F1 grid. His highest finish was 6th at the 1981 British Grand Prix.","created_at":1613205085.0,"id":"liozfb","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/liozfb/til_that_abba_drummer_slim_borgudd_was_actually_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":42,"user_id":"capncrdnl25"},{"content":"TIL The Year of Luigi was Nintendo's worst financial year, generating a $456 million loss.","created_at":1613272867.0,"id":"lj74t2","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj74t2/til_the_year_of_luigi_was_nintendos_worst/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":89,"user_id":"hii-people"},{"content":"TIL \"Ye olde\" was pronounced \"The old\" and that it was never \"ye olde\"","created_at":1613272701.0,"id":"lj72vb","n_comments":68,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj72vb/til_ye_olde_was_pronounced_the_old_and_that_it/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":765,"user_id":"notlikelyevil"},{"content":"TIL that soleus, a calf muscle, acts as a second heart, pumping blood upwards from the periphery of the body","created_at":1613272552.0,"id":"lj716o","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj716o/til_that_soleus_a_calf_muscle_acts_as_a_second/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":83,"user_id":"swagtunznde"},{"content":"Til doctors treat burn patients with fish skin","created_at":1613271151.0,"id":"lj6kdl","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.72,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj6kdl/til_doctors_treat_burn_patients_with_fish_skin/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":30,"user_id":"deadlythegrimgecko"},{"content":"TIL about a spy themed restaurant called the SafeHouse. It was founded in 1966 and it has a hidden location with a secret entrance. A password is needed to enter and if it's not given, patrons will have to do silly tasks that are broadcasted to people inside the restaurant in order to enter.","created_at":1613269362.0,"id":"lj5yyg","n_comments":487,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj5yyg/til_about_a_spy_themed_restaurant_called_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":16700,"user_id":"JHopeHoe"},{"content":"TIL that St. Valentine, the patron saint of beekeeping, fainting, epilepsy and plague as well as love and happy marriages, was martyred c. 270 A.D. and buried in a Christian cemetery on Feb. 14, which has been observed as the Feast of St. Valentine, or St. Valentine's Day, since 496.","created_at":1613267403.0,"id":"lj5apo","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj5apo/til_that_st_valentine_the_patron_saint_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":160,"user_id":"PikesPique"},{"content":"TIL that kangaroos have three vaginas","created_at":1613266826.0,"id":"lj53tk","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.76,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj53tk/til_that_kangaroos_have_three_vaginas/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":36,"user_id":"-notausername_"},{"content":"TIL that on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, each name is accompanied by a symbol. Those missing in action are designated with a cross; if an MIA was to return alive, then the cross would be inscribed by a circle, but this has never happened.","created_at":1613265600.0,"id":"lj4p6w","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj4p6w/til_that_on_the_vietnam_veterans_memorial_each/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":110,"user_id":"bobby-boi"},{"content":"TIL a firefighter with a phobia of fires sued his workplace after they moved him to an office position from his previous position on the fire suppression unit so he wouldn't be around fires. 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Drinking 3-5 cups of coffee per day in midlife is associated with a decreased risk of dementia by about 65%.","created_at":1613264528.0,"id":"lj4cf4","n_comments":206,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj4cf4/til_coffee_drinking_is_associated_with_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1238,"user_id":"operator139"},{"content":"TIL After denied rights to use \"Another One Bites the Dust\" for Rocky III, Sylvester Stallone hired Survivor to write an original song instead, which turned out to be \"Eye Of The Tiger\"","created_at":1613264220.0,"id":"lj48hs","n_comments":864,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj48hs/til_after_denied_rights_to_use_another_one_bites/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":64863,"user_id":"Spagett26"},{"content":"TIL former sprinting champion Ben Johnson once had his wallet stolen by a woman. He gave chase on foot but was unable to catch her after she ran into a subway station.","created_at":1613262068.0,"id":"lj3jla","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj3jla/til_former_sprinting_champion_ben_johnson_once/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":48,"user_id":"gmwdim"},{"content":"TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien considered a sequel to the LOTR trilogy called The New Shadow. Set 100 years later during the Age of Man, he quickly abandoned the idea because \u201cit proved both sinister and depressing.\u201d","created_at":1613261624.0,"id":"lj3ej4","n_comments":357,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj3ej4/til_that_jrr_tolkien_considered_a_sequel_to_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":9238,"user_id":"iamveryDerp"},{"content":"TIL that Valentine's Day derives from a Roman fertility festival called Lupercalia which took place every year on February 15th, in honour of the gods Faunus and Lupercus, the gods of agriculture and fertility.","created_at":1613260941.0,"id":"lj36gd","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj36gd/til_that_valentines_day_derives_from_a_roman/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":84,"user_id":"InformalCommunity"},{"content":"TIL about the Xingtian, a Chinese deity. It is said that after he was decapitated in a fight by another deity, he evolved and began to use his nipples as eyes and his bellybutton as his mouth. He is supposed to symbolize perseverance.","created_at":1613260851.0,"id":"lj35aw","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj35aw/til_about_the_xingtian_a_chinese_deity_it_is_said/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":117,"user_id":"JHopeHoe"},{"content":"TIL that in nineteenth-century Charleston, SC turkey vultures were protected by law because they ate refuse in the streets. Locals referred to them as the \"Charleston Eagles.\"","created_at":1613260189.0,"id":"lj2xoj","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj2xoj/til_that_in_nineteenthcentury_charleston_sc/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":65,"user_id":"UrbanHauteBourg"},{"content":"TIL that the movie Serpico was filmed in reverse, and Al Pacino had to be shaved as the shooting progressed. Pacino started with long beard and hair. He was shaved to a mustache, and then eventually his hair was cut, and he was clean-shaven for the beginning of the film.","created_at":1613260152.0,"id":"lj2x97","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj2x97/til_that_the_movie_serpico_was_filmed_in_reverse/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":159,"user_id":"thisCantBeBad"},{"content":"TIL in the 1930s, bridge construction projects expected one fatality for every $1 million in cost. So, the Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge enacted the most stringent safety measures in history. He even formulated diets to help fight dizziness and sauerkraut juice \u201ccures\u201d for hangovers.","created_at":1613259929.0,"id":"lj2un4","n_comments":206,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj2un4/til_in_the_1930s_bridge_construction_projects/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":5171,"user_id":"WhileFalseRepeat"},{"content":"TIL that a group of crows is called a murder because a crow was considered an \"omen of death\"","created_at":1613259844.0,"id":"lj2tox","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj2tox/til_that_a_group_of_crows_is_called_a_murder/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":75,"user_id":"blueizcold"},{"content":"TIL Bir Tawil - a piece of land in Africa that is not recognized by any state","created_at":1613259436.0,"id":"lj2p8z","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj2p8z/til_bir_tawil_a_piece_of_land_in_africa_that_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":51,"user_id":"Prophetoflost"},{"content":"TIL that 99.8% of all matter that exists in our solar system is the Sun. Which means all things on the earth, that makes up the earth and all other planets and moons only make up 0.2%","created_at":1613259246.0,"id":"lj2n8b","n_comments":30,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj2n8b/til_that_998_of_all_matter_that_exists_in_our/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":148,"user_id":"2aireishuman"},{"content":"TIL of the beard-second, which is a unit of length inspired by the light-year, but applicable to extremely short distances such as those in integrated circuits. It is the length an average beard grows in one second.","created_at":1613258978.0,"id":"lj2k7s","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj2k7s/til_of_the_beardsecond_which_is_a_unit_of_length/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":137,"user_id":"HollowKnightRaymond"},{"content":"TIL that Queen's \"Another One Bites the Dust\" was not intended to be released as a single. They were later convinced to do so by Michael Jackson who had attended a Queen concert in Los Angeles and suggested it to Freddie Mercury backstage.","created_at":1613251971.0,"id":"lj0m62","n_comments":1403,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj0m62/til_that_queens_another_one_bites_the_dust_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":75090,"user_id":"llamanatee"},{"content":"TIL Bougainvillea Plants' spikes can cause similar effects to Poison Ivies","created_at":1613251421.0,"id":"lj0hcq","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj0hcq/til_bougainvillea_plants_spikes_can_cause_similar/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":23,"user_id":"HelveteaSubordinate"},{"content":"TIL about the Zambomba - A weird instrument played by applying friction moving your hand up and down a stick","created_at":1613250912.0,"id":"lj0d1m","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lj0d1m/til_about_the_zambomba_a_weird_instrument_played/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":25,"user_id":"ParanoidCommie"},{"content":"TIL that due to the 1701 Act of Settlement, which sought to guarantee a Protestant succession to British throne, George I inherited the crown from Queen Anne, even though there were at least 50 Catholic relatives whose claims were stronger than George\u2019s.","created_at":1613247981.0,"id":"lizng8","n_comments":22,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lizng8/til_that_due_to_the_1701_act_of_settlement_which/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":535,"user_id":"comrade_batman"},{"content":"TIL that supposed psychic The Amazing Criswell predicted that Kennedy would not run in the 1964 election because of something that would happen in November 1963.","created_at":1613247208.0,"id":"lizh31","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.65,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lizh31/til_that_supposed_psychic_the_amazing_criswell/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":34,"user_id":"TelescopiumHerscheli"},{"content":"TIL US Air Force pilot Brian Udell once survived ejecting at supersonic speed, and was severely injured by the wind. His navigator did the same and died instantly.","created_at":1613245373.0,"id":"liz2g2","n_comments":159,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/liz2g2/til_us_air_force_pilot_brian_udell_once_survived/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1716,"user_id":"The_Gutgrinder"},{"content":"TIL King Richard the Lionheart (of Robin Hood fame) was a Norman who spoke French, ruled from France, and spent only 6 months of his 10 year reign in England.","created_at":1613245054.0,"id":"liz02v","n_comments":102,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/liz02v/til_king_richard_the_lionheart_of_robin_hood_fame/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":640,"user_id":"Thalassicus1"},{"content":"TIL that taxidermists use beetles to clean bones for skeletal displays.","created_at":1613242159.0,"id":"liyefn","n_comments":26,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/liyefn/til_that_taxidermists_use_beetles_to_clean_bones/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":318,"user_id":"garzaculta"},{"content":"TIL of Band\u014d Mitsugor\u014d VIII, a Japanese kabuko actor. In 1975, he claimed he was immune to the poison and ordered and ate four fugu pufferfish livers in one sitting. He died eight hours later.","created_at":1613227987.0,"id":"livdmp","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/livdmp/til_of_band\u014d_mitsugor\u014d_viii_a_japanese_kabuko/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":75,"user_id":"TitaniumDragon"},{"content":"TIL that gunpowder was discovered by the Chinese monks trying to make an elixir of life. Gunpowder: Origins in the East","created_at":1613241369.0,"id":"liy8ph","n_comments":25,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/liy8ph/til_that_gunpowder_was_discovered_by_the_chinese/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":166,"user_id":"Dazzling_Simple2824"},{"content":"TIL of the duodecimal or dozenal system, a base-12 system for numbers which some argue is better fit to be our main numerical structure than base-10","created_at":1613234997.0,"id":"liwxmt","n_comments":48,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/liwxmt/til_of_the_duodecimal_or_dozenal_system_a_base12/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":76,"user_id":"ayyndrew"},{"content":"TIL that the periods we put after every three zeros in big numbers was invented by an italian guy named paolo dagomari di prato.","created_at":1613228838.0,"id":"livl1h","n_comments":28,"percentage_upvoted":0.65,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/livl1h/til_that_the_periods_we_put_after_every_three/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":32,"user_id":"xalxary"},{"content":"TIL in the year 1200, all of France was placed under Interdict - a punishment from the Catholic Church banning rites like communion, marriages, communion, etc. - because King Phillip II took a second wife while still legally married to (and imprisoning) Ingeborg of Denmark.","created_at":1613225247.0,"id":"liuq63","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/liuq63/til_in_the_year_1200_all_of_france_was_placed/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":290,"user_id":"TwentyfootAngels"},{"content":"TIL during the Battle of Taierzhuang in WWII, due to their lack of Anti-Armor weapons, the Chinese fielded suicide units called \"Dare-to-Die Corps\" who wore high explosive dynamite vests and blew up tanks by detonating themselves under hem. 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However, the deal fell apart as Flynt's Hustler company would not accept the condition that Playboy boss Hugh Hefner must be allowed to continue living at the site after the sale","created_at":1613220970.0,"id":"litl7u","n_comments":118,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/litl7u/til_larry_flynt_considered_buying_the_playboy/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1706,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"TIL that Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, based the character Mr. Burns on a teacher he had in high school.","created_at":1613215423.0,"id":"lis31e","n_comments":18,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lis31e/til_that_matt_groening_the_creator_of_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":218,"user_id":"wimpykidfan37"},{"content":"TIL that the first hijacking of an aircraft in history won the hijacker a Distinguished Flying Cross.","created_at":1613213749.0,"id":"lirmc0","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lirmc0/til_that_the_first_hijacking_of_an_aircraft_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":48,"user_id":"ReasonReader"},{"content":"TIL the sport that is now softball began as an indoor version of baseball in 1887 at a Chicago boat club, when, anxiously awating the results of a football game played between them, a Yale alumnus playfully threw a boxing glove at a Harvard supporter who hit with a broom handle","created_at":1613210657.0,"id":"liqprs","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.78,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/liqprs/til_the_sport_that_is_now_softball_began_as_an/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":28,"user_id":"johnnylgarfield"},{"content":"TIL the Carolina Dog is a dog breed first discovered living wild in the southeast region of the United States, and it is believed they are descendants of a primitive form of dog that evolved from Asian wolves and accompanied humans across the Bering land bridge thousands of years earlier.","created_at":1613210568.0,"id":"liqouj","n_comments":63,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/liqouj/til_the_carolina_dog_is_a_dog_breed_first/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1378,"user_id":"TurdsforNipples"},{"content":"TIL Austrian inventor Erwin Perzy is considered as the inventor of snow globe who accidentally came up with the idea in 1900. 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Convinced by others as treason this initiated Hitler's psychological breakdown and precipitated disintegration of military command helping to destroy Nazi Germany.","created_at":1613170676.0,"id":"licngd","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.8,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/licngd/til_on_april_23rd_1945_hermann_g\u00f6ring_sent_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":60,"user_id":"WhileFalseRepeat"},{"content":"TIL that just 29 days after the Titanic sank, a silent film was released chronicling the event. It starred Dorothy Gibson, an actress who had survived the sinking. To add to the film's authenticity, she wore the same clothes that she had worn on the night of the disaster.","created_at":1613169798.0,"id":"licdc5","n_comments":218,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/licdc5/til_that_just_29_days_after_the_titanic_sank_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":12410,"user_id":"Russian_Bagel"},{"content":"TIL that a Japanese Actor who performed in Adult Movies died in a Kamikaze attack on March 23/1976","created_at":1613168804.0,"id":"lic242","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.75,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lic242/til_that_a_japanese_actor_who_performed_in_adult/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":27,"user_id":"Touristupdatenola"},{"content":"TIL The Beatles' album Revolver was described by music journalist Carol Clerk as having been \"decisively informed by acid\"","created_at":1613167876.0,"id":"libs1o","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/libs1o/til_the_beatles_album_revolver_was_described_by/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":56,"user_id":"haddock420"},{"content":"TIL about Project 100,000, during the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara lower the military requirement so that the poor, low intelligence, and sometimes mentally handicap can be accepted to serve. This project's goal was to solve societal issues in America.","created_at":1613166361.0,"id":"libbar","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.75,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/libbar/til_about_project_100000_during_the_vietnam_war/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":32,"user_id":"ndc996"},{"content":"TIl that all snow forms from a pollutant of some sort called pollutant nuclei , and that snow forming from a condensation molecule is very rare.","created_at":1613164405.0,"id":"liarre","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.71,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/liarre/til_that_all_snow_forms_from_a_pollutant_of_some/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":23,"user_id":"joothinkso"},{"content":"TIL that a pizza delivery man was arrested on the charge of possession of child pornography but was freed when Lupe Fuentes showed up in court and proved that she was 19 when she made the movie that the man had purchased.","created_at":1613163804.0,"id":"lialuc","n_comments":1085,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lialuc/til_that_a_pizza_delivery_man_was_arrested_on_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":16201,"user_id":"TedTheodoreMcfly"},{"content":"TIL some clocks that use Roman numerals depict \"4\" as \"IIII\" for reasons that range from \"IIII\" being adapted from ancient sundials to \"IIII\" being visually balancing.","created_at":1613127963.0,"id":"li263h","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li263h/til_some_clocks_that_use_roman_numerals_depict_4/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":35,"user_id":"Pillow_-_"},{"content":"TIL On Scooby-Doo, Shaggy\u2019s real name is Norville Rogers","created_at":1613161510.0,"id":"lia0qh","n_comments":27,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lia0qh/til_on_scoobydoo_shaggys_real_name_is_norville/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":147,"user_id":"World-Tight"},{"content":"TIL in 2005 the UK's Advertising Standards Authority demanded a cancellation of an ad where 50 Cent remarked on having really survived being shot 9 times, saying that the ad was \"[..] implying it was possible to survive being shot nine times\". Reebok accepted their demands and withdrew the campaign.","created_at":1613161438.0,"id":"lia03e","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.76,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lia03e/til_in_2005_the_uks_advertising_standards/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":30,"user_id":"YourOwnBiggestFan"},{"content":"TIL that dinosaurs existed for such a long time that the life of a T-Rex was closer to today than to the life of a Stegosaurus.","created_at":1613159255.0,"id":"li9hdk","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li9hdk/til_that_dinosaurs_existed_for_such_a_long_time/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":80,"user_id":"Rhidus"},{"content":"TIL that that humans and bonobos are about as close as Asian and African elephant!","created_at":1613159094.0,"id":"li9g5h","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.71,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li9g5h/til_that_that_humans_and_bonobos_are_about_as/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":27,"user_id":"simsirisic"},{"content":"TIL of \"Harambee\", a Swahili word that means \"All pull together\" and describes a tradition of community self-help. It comes from the Hindi \"har har Ambeh\"; Indian workers on the Uganda Railway invoked Amba, the Hindu god of strength, for tasks requiring a team effort, such as lifting heavy loads.","created_at":1613158800.0,"id":"li9dsg","n_comments":25,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li9dsg/til_of_harambee_a_swahili_word_that_means_all/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":228,"user_id":"Cardinal_Syndrome"},{"content":"TIL: Helium can kill iPhones due to a susceptibility in the processor oscillator.","created_at":1613158557.0,"id":"li9bug","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li9bug/til_helium_can_kill_iphones_due_to_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":181,"user_id":"MakesTypos"},{"content":"TIL about the 1991 Interstate 5 dust storm in California which caused over 100 vehicles to collide and over 10 people to die from terrible visibility on I5.","created_at":1613156591.0,"id":"li8w3l","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.78,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li8w3l/til_about_the_1991_interstate_5_dust_storm_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":26,"user_id":"justinroark88"},{"content":"TIL Jim Carrey's chipped tooth in \"Dumb and Dumber\" is real - he chipped it in a fight during grade school, and simply removed the cap for his role in the movie","created_at":1613155141.0,"id":"li8kk3","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li8kk3/til_jim_carreys_chipped_tooth_in_dumb_and_dumber/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":142,"user_id":"TCTriangle"},{"content":"TIL About the \"Great Race\" which tells the story of the 12 animals which participated in a race held to determine which of the animals will be named after each of the calendar\u2019s 12-year cycle","created_at":1613151863.0,"id":"li7v02","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li7v02/til_about_the_great_race_which_tells_the_story_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":40,"user_id":"xjackcx"},{"content":"TIL about Poncke Princen, a Dutch anti-Nazi fighter who was later sent to Indonesia to suppress an anticolonial rebellion. Princen, after witnessing Dutch war crimes, defected to fight with the guerrillas in 1948. He later helped expose the anticommunist massacres of Indonesian dictator Suharto.","created_at":1613151629.0,"id":"li7t6a","n_comments":291,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li7t6a/til_about_poncke_princen_a_dutch_antinazi_fighter/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":9561,"user_id":"throwawayAcc16777216"},{"content":"TIL that the mansion which served as the headquarters for the FBI and LAPD in the original Fast and Furious movie was bulldozed almost immediatly after filming after being bought for 2.8 Million Dollars in 2000","created_at":1613146395.0,"id":"li6rkq","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li6rkq/til_that_the_mansion_which_served_as_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":45,"user_id":"JLGoodwin1990"},{"content":"TIL of the 1950 death of Kevin Budden, a 20 y.o. amateur herpatologist bitten by the taipan snake he captured for antivenom research. News of Budden's death inspired others to capture additional snake species, resulting in the development of five new antivenoms within 12 years of Budden's death.","created_at":1613145928.0,"id":"li6o3r","n_comments":51,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li6o3r/til_of_the_1950_death_of_kevin_budden_a_20_yo/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3679,"user_id":"_Smiles_For_Days_"},{"content":"TIL of the Revolutionary Anarchist Bowling League. They threw bowling balls or used bowling-themed props during protests. Their first event was in Minneapolis where they threw a bowling ball through a window of a military recruiting center after Pres. Reagan announced an invasion of Nicaragua.","created_at":1613138600.0,"id":"li52hn","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li52hn/til_of_the_revolutionary_anarchist_bowling_league/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":52,"user_id":"hazdata"},{"content":"TIL that the \u201eOuija\u201c-Board got it\u2018s name from the combination of the French and German words for \u201eyes\u201c (\u201eOui\u201c and \u201eJa\u201c)","created_at":1613144839.0,"id":"li6fso","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.8,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li6fso/til_that_the_ouijaboard_got_its_name_from_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":44,"user_id":"TrySomethingElse101"},{"content":"TIL that the bill of rights originally had 12 amendments, with what was supposed to be the second amendment only being ratified 200 years later in 1992 as the 27th","created_at":1613143065.0,"id":"li62na","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li62na/til_that_the_bill_of_rights_originally_had_12/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":28,"user_id":"Nitraus"},{"content":"TIL that famous mathematician \u00c9variste Galois, who revolutionized group theory in his teens and got a whole mathematical field named after himself, died of the wounds suffered from a duel over a woman.","created_at":1613142371.0,"id":"li5xaq","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li5xaq/til_that_famous_mathematician_\u00e9variste_galois_who/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":102,"user_id":"MomoLittle"},{"content":"TIL Normally, gold or clear lacquer is applied to the surface of the saxophone but some players prefer a dull finish. When a non-lacquered finish is used, the sulfur in sweat comes into contact with the copper in the brass, and little by little the shine is worn off and the color becomes drab","created_at":1613142222.0,"id":"li5w60","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li5w60/til_normally_gold_or_clear_lacquer_is_applied_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":30,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"TIL that David Lawrence Angell, co-creator and co-executive producer of the sitcoms Wings and Frasier, and his wife Lynn both died heading home aboard American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to hit the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.","created_at":1613139201.0,"id":"li57sa","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li57sa/til_that_david_lawrence_angell_cocreator_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":111,"user_id":"d0m1ng4"},{"content":"TIL of Anthony Janszoon and Grietse Reyniers. Landed in New Amsterdam in 1630 Janszoon born a pirate was known for his dark complexion and defense of minorities, Reyniers for her wild, sexual ways. Between 1638\u20131639, the couple accounted for fifteen of ninety-three recorded court cases in the colony","created_at":1613138962.0,"id":"li55ox","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li55ox/til_of_anthony_janszoon_and_grietse_reyniers/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":42,"user_id":"DaMirage"},{"content":"TIL that Canberra was chosen to be the capital of Australia because neither Melbourne or Sydney would accept its rival as the permanent national capital.","created_at":1613138914.0,"id":"li559r","n_comments":92,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li559r/til_that_canberra_was_chosen_to_be_the_capital_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":455,"user_id":"knjiru"},{"content":"TIL names for generic drugs has a prefix and suffix. The suffix tell you how the drug works. The prefix can me made up but has to follow a strict rule including not using the letters Y, H, K, J, and W because certain languages that use the Roman alphabet don't have these letters.","created_at":1613135640.0,"id":"li4c1i","n_comments":29,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li4c1i/til_names_for_generic_drugs_has_a_prefix_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":228,"user_id":"shaka_sulu"},{"content":"TIL that Komodo Dragons are in fact venomous. For decades it was believed that their bite was dangerous because of toxic bacteria in their mouths.","created_at":1613133906.0,"id":"li3vok","n_comments":120,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li3vok/til_that_komodo_dragons_are_in_fact_venomous_for/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1292,"user_id":"kingdazy"},{"content":"TIL that Warwick school is the oldest boys school in the world with its earliest appearance in history in 914","created_at":1613132191.0,"id":"li3fkv","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li3fkv/til_that_warwick_school_is_the_oldest_boys_school/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":101,"user_id":"pigginsb"},{"content":"TIL the 42-story Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh's campus is the tallest education building in the Western Hemisphere. It includes 31 \"nationality rooms\" that are designed to celebrate different cultures and nationalities.","created_at":1613131788.0,"id":"li3b96","n_comments":24,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li3b96/til_the_42story_cathedral_of_learning_on_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":241,"user_id":"MorsesTheHorse"},{"content":"TIL \"asparagus pee\" results from asparagusic acid and other compounds in asparagus. However, not everyone can smell asparagus pee.","created_at":1613131261.0,"id":"li35nj","n_comments":29,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li35nj/til_asparagus_pee_results_from_asparagusic_acid/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":129,"user_id":"MorsesTheHorse"},{"content":"TIL that a 10x10 perfect \u201cword square\u201d has yet to be found, but has also not been disproven.","created_at":1613130788.0,"id":"li30hm","n_comments":40,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li30hm/til_that_a_10x10_perfect_word_square_has_yet_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":167,"user_id":"placeinspace"},{"content":"TIL that Diane Keaton, who starred in movies like Annie Hall and the Godfather, also worked as a real estate developer - renovating mansions in Southern California. Among her famous clients is Madonna - who bought a Beverly Hills mansion from her for $6.5million in 2003.","created_at":1613129996.0,"id":"li2ry9","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li2ry9/til_that_diane_keaton_who_starred_in_movies_like/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":81,"user_id":"jesuisdeepak"},{"content":"TIL Saint Valentine is also the patron saint of epilepsy","created_at":1613128929.0,"id":"li2gjx","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li2gjx/til_saint_valentine_is_also_the_patron_saint_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":61,"user_id":"PermianExtinction"},{"content":"TIL in 1966 the rock band The Who followed up their immensely successful debut record My Generation with a cover of the theme from the Batman TV show.","created_at":1613128770.0,"id":"li2exr","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li2exr/til_in_1966_the_rock_band_the_who_followed_up/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":68,"user_id":"MusicSole"},{"content":"TIL the film \u201cMy Way\u201d was based on a real WW2 soldier who fought on three sides of the war: Japan, the Soviet Union, and Germany","created_at":1613127411.0,"id":"li2038","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li2038/til_the_film_my_way_was_based_on_a_real_ww2/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":44,"user_id":"Noodrereg"},{"content":"TIL Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice had a pet snake named Emily Spinach. She liked to carry it around the White House in her purse and take it out at unexpected moments.","created_at":1613125678.0,"id":"li1h8c","n_comments":575,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li1h8c/til_theodore_roosevelts_daughter_alice_had_a_pet/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":28388,"user_id":"casualintrospection"},{"content":"TIL The 12 year Chinese Zodiac cycle is based on the 12 year orbit of Jupiter","created_at":1613125124.0,"id":"li1b9a","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li1b9a/til_the_12_year_chinese_zodiac_cycle_is_based_on/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":162,"user_id":"captain_starcat"},{"content":"TIL about the Ocean Ranger Oil Rig Disaster that killed all 84 Crew Members. The Incident was caused by a Rogue Wave (Freak Wave) that flooded the Ballast Room","created_at":1613124897.0,"id":"li18f5","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li18f5/til_about_the_ocean_ranger_oil_rig_disaster_that/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":51,"user_id":"dogpicsrandomthreads"},{"content":"TIL Kevin Federline\u2019s album Playing With Fire (2006), executive produced by his then-wife Britney Spears, has the lowest score in Metacritic history, 15. Spears filed for divorce a week after the album\u2019s release.","created_at":1613124747.0,"id":"li16tg","n_comments":24,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li16tg/til_kevin_federlines_album_playing_with_fire_2006/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":79,"user_id":"Neenoid"},{"content":"TIL Constitutional Thinness is the medical condition that explains why some people are \"naturally skinny\". These people appear to be 'too thin' but are actually physically healthy and fail to gain weight in overfeeding studies.","created_at":1613122752.0,"id":"li0ka0","n_comments":41,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/li0ka0/til_constitutional_thinness_is_the_medical/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":142,"user_id":"cottagecow"},{"content":"TIL: A major contributor to the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was an insane murderer who made submissions for several years before the editor attempted to visit him finding he lived in an asylum.","created_at":1613119364.0,"id":"lhzgbl","n_comments":57,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhzgbl/til_a_major_contributor_to_the_first_edition_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":678,"user_id":"readwiteandblu"},{"content":"TIL After his death, a SF church worshipped John Coltrane as God Incarnate. This led to the painting of a 3000 square foot, Byzantine-style mural of Coltrane depicted as a saint.","created_at":1613119149.0,"id":"lhzdtk","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhzdtk/til_after_his_death_a_sf_church_worshipped_john/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":110,"user_id":"OddOliver"},{"content":"TIL the Maurice Ravel music was banned from the 'Ligue Nationale pour la Defense de la Musique Fran\u00e7aise' despite being french and fighting in the WWI because he refused to support banning performance of contemporary German music.","created_at":1613117277.0,"id":"lhyr6r","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhyr6r/til_the_maurice_ravel_music_was_banned_from_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":42,"user_id":"parachutes1987"},{"content":"TIL that the name \"Triscuit\" comes from \"electric baked biscuit\", which was a marketing ploy in 1903 to make wheat crackers appear modern. At the time, no other crackers were baked electrically.","created_at":1613116458.0,"id":"lhygip","n_comments":25,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhygip/til_that_the_name_triscuit_comes_from_electric/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":418,"user_id":"NegativeBee"},{"content":"TIL Burger King recalled Pokeball containers after an 18 month old girl suffocated on the promotional item for Pokemon: The First Movie leading to one of the most expensive recalls in history in which the container can be returned to a local Burger King for a small fries","created_at":1613116032.0,"id":"lhybkh","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhybkh/til_burger_king_recalled_pokeball_containers/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":89,"user_id":"TheDood715"},{"content":"TIL about Yoshie Shiratori. He escaped Japanese prison 4 times. The first time he picked some simple locks, the next time he climbed up a wall and broke a skylight, the next time he dislocated his joints to escape through a small hole, and lastly he dug a hole with a bowl. Every time was different.","created_at":1613114270.0,"id":"lhxpfv","n_comments":114,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhxpfv/til_about_yoshie_shiratori_he_escaped_japanese/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3368,"user_id":"ssureee"},{"content":"TIL there are two competing symbols of medicine in the US: the Rod of Asclepius (a staff with a single snake coiled around it) and the Caduceus (with two snakes and a pair of wings). The two are completely unrelated ancient symbols.","created_at":1613112916.0,"id":"lhx7z0","n_comments":48,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhx7z0/til_there_are_two_competing_symbols_of_medicine/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":194,"user_id":"moraljto"},{"content":"TIL U.S. Submariners Get Exceptional Food in Return for Spending so Long Underwater in Very Cramped Quarters","created_at":1613112266.0,"id":"lhwzbe","n_comments":43,"percentage_upvoted":0.77,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhwzbe/til_us_submariners_get_exceptional_food_in_return/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":85,"user_id":"BeloitBrewers"},{"content":"TIL Jack White and Brian Muldoon hid 100 copies of their song \u2018Your Furniture Was Always Dead\u2026 I Was Just Afraid To Tell You\u2019 in reupholstered furniture around Detroit in 2004","created_at":1613111669.0,"id":"lhwrtm","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhwrtm/til_jack_white_and_brian_muldoon_hid_100_copies/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":76,"user_id":"ops2118"},{"content":"TIL that Oxford University is so old that they don\u2019t even know when exactly it was founded and that the earliest evidence of teaching there goes back to 1096.","created_at":1613110936.0,"id":"lhwhte","n_comments":1783,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhwhte/til_that_oxford_university_is_so_old_that_they/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":56116,"user_id":"zinky30"},{"content":"TIL about see-through wood, which is treated to become as clear as glass and is a potential alternative to regular windows. It is 5 times as insulative and 3 times as durable while also being lighter, making it perfect for cold weather structures.","created_at":1613110877.0,"id":"lhwh3c","n_comments":179,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhwh3c/til_about_seethrough_wood_which_is_treated_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1956,"user_id":"Noodlespagoodle"},{"content":"TIL actor David Carradine, best known for playing Bill in the Kill Bill series, died by autoerotic asphyxiation in a hotel in Bangkok","created_at":1613110292.0,"id":"lhw9iy","n_comments":101,"percentage_upvoted":0.72,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhw9iy/til_actor_david_carradine_best_known_for_playing/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":86,"user_id":"Boydasaurus10"},{"content":"TIL The author Mark Twain (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) and author Harriet Beecher Stow (Uncle Tom's Cabin) were neighbors in Hartford, Connecticut.","created_at":1613109421.0,"id":"lhvx4b","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhvx4b/til_the_author_mark_twain_the_adventures_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":156,"user_id":"fennelliott"},{"content":"TIL that the excess skin/fat on a cats belly is called the 'primordial pouch' and apparently it's is to protect a cats organs in a fight","created_at":1613108842.0,"id":"lhvpqa","n_comments":395,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhvpqa/til_that_the_excess_skinfat_on_a_cats_belly_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":11059,"user_id":"Adamtechnix04"},{"content":"TIL toxicologist Jack Barnes proved jellyfish were linked to the occasionally fatal Irukandji syndrome by identifying one of these 1 cm jellyfish and allowing it to sting himself and his 9-year old son. Both became seriously ill but both survived.","created_at":1613107990.0,"id":"lhve7r","n_comments":40,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhve7r/til_toxicologist_jack_barnes_proved_jellyfish/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":210,"user_id":"Rokekor"},{"content":"TIL One of the most common explanations for the name Jeep comes from Popeye. In E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre comics featuring Popeye and Olive Oyl, there is a magical pet named Eugene the Jeep. Not only was his species a Jeep, but it was also the only word that would come out of his mouth.","created_at":1613106517.0,"id":"lhutoo","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhutoo/til_one_of_the_most_common_explanations_for_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":27,"user_id":"UndyingCorn"},{"content":"TIL that \u201cLeaning on the everlasting arms\u201d, written partly and composed by Anthony J. Showalter in 1887, is the leitmotiv of both \u201cThe night of the hunter\u201d (1955, Charles Laughton) and \u201cTrue Grit\u201d (2010, Joel & Ethan Coen).","created_at":1613105906.0,"id":"lhukte","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.75,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhukte/til_that_leaning_on_the_everlasting_arms_written/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":11,"user_id":"Odelay33"},{"content":"TIL babies can acquire sign language just like they would acquire any language and follows the same patterns as vocal language acquisition, where deaf infants (if exposed to sign language early) start to \"babble\" 1-2 sign sentences around the time their hearing counterparts start to \"babble\" words.","created_at":1613105374.0,"id":"lhuday","n_comments":260,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhuday/til_babies_can_acquire_sign_language_just_like/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":13369,"user_id":"FewGuide3"},{"content":"TIL about the Italian Hall Disaster. On December 24, 1913, in Calumet, Michigan. Seventy-three men, women, and children, mostly striking mine workers and their families, were crushed to death in a stampede when someone falsely shouted \"fire\" at a crowded Christmas party.","created_at":1613104276.0,"id":"lhtyn2","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhtyn2/til_about_the_italian_hall_disaster_on_december/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":228,"user_id":"GodlyCheese"},{"content":"TIL Dan Giusti, a former chef Noma, a Copenhagen-based Michelin-starred restaurant, now runs a company called Brigaid that cooks meals for public school kids for Connecticut and New York.","created_at":1613101753.0,"id":"lhsy5s","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhsy5s/til_dan_giusti_a_former_chef_noma_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":77,"user_id":"maxpyne2000"},{"content":"TIL about a Korean folktale called The Farting Daughter-in-law or Banggwijaengi myeoneuri. It's about a woman who destroys her husband's house with one of her destructive farts which causes his family to throw her out. They take her back after she knocks fruit off a tree with her farts.","created_at":1613101165.0,"id":"lhsplq","n_comments":122,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhsplq/til_about_a_korean_folktale_called_the_farting/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2612,"user_id":"JHopeHoe"},{"content":"TIL: Cocaine is still used in some nose job procedures to reduce bleeding during the surgery and post operative pain.","created_at":1613101070.0,"id":"lhsoam","n_comments":36,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhsoam/til_cocaine_is_still_used_in_some_nose_job/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":114,"user_id":"spuckett84"},{"content":"TIL The Zulu Army was specifically ordered not to cross the Buffalo river and attack the British garrison at Rorke's Drift by King Cetshwayo. However, a small Impi ignored these orders which gave the British the excuse they needed to launch a second invasion of Zululand.","created_at":1613100733.0,"id":"lhsjs8","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhsjs8/til_the_zulu_army_was_specifically_ordered_not_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":38,"user_id":"Unable-Dragonfly1298"},{"content":"TIL that Betsy Ross didn\u2019t actually make the first American flag in 1776. It was a story made up by her grandson, 100 years later.","created_at":1613100564.0,"id":"lhshgo","n_comments":166,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhshgo/til_that_betsy_ross_didnt_actually_make_the_first/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1497,"user_id":"AnArrogantMillennial"},{"content":"TIL The \"Norwegian Rat\" is just another name for the Brown Rat, and it has no special connection to Norway.","created_at":1613100486.0,"id":"lhsge6","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhsge6/til_the_norwegian_rat_is_just_another_name_for/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":58,"user_id":"TheAmazingSpider-Fan"},{"content":"TIL Kraft Foods introduced its boxed macaroni and cheese in 1937 when America was in the throes of the Great Depression with the promise that buyers could feed a family of four for 19 cents. Kraft sold 8 million boxes of its quick-and-easy macaroni and cheese the first year","created_at":1613100218.0,"id":"lhscs8","n_comments":2930,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhscs8/til_kraft_foods_introduced_its_boxed_macaroni_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":74239,"user_id":"SappyGilmore"},{"content":"TIL of Atticus, a rich Roman. In a civil war, he fled Rome in order to not have to pick side. From Greece, he came back later with scribes and printed the classics in Latin. He opened the first edition company, and had many influencial friends, especially Cicero, who wrote him more than 450 letters.","created_at":1613099990.0,"id":"lhs9kg","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhs9kg/til_of_atticus_a_rich_roman_in_a_civil_war_he/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":78,"user_id":"takeitordont"},{"content":"TIL that thanks to the E\u00f6tv\u00f6s effect, going eastbound will make you feel lighter","created_at":1613099768.0,"id":"lhs6n2","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhs6n2/til_that_thanks_to_the_e\u00f6tv\u00f6s_effect_going/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":46,"user_id":"JohnnyKingos"},{"content":"TIL you can join gold to other gold just by pushing it together hard enough (without melting).","created_at":1613096453.0,"id":"lhqwtu","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.79,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhqwtu/til_you_can_join_gold_to_other_gold_just_by/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":35,"user_id":"smellyraisin"},{"content":"TIL- The most secure prison in the U.S. is the ADX Florence 'Supermax' prison located just south of Florence Colorado.","created_at":1613098310.0,"id":"lhrm8v","n_comments":33,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhrm8v/til_the_most_secure_prison_in_the_us_is_the_adx/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":46,"user_id":"DungeonMaster24"},{"content":"TIL the entire Lakers team was nearly killed in 1960 in a late-night plane crash that thankfully landed in a snowy corn field","created_at":1613095047.0,"id":"lhqd3g","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhqd3g/til_the_entire_lakers_team_was_nearly_killed_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":30,"user_id":"WinesburgOhio"},{"content":"TIL the director of the film adaptation of The Time Machine (2002) was H.G. Wells' great-grandson. He was also a consultant for the future scenes in Back to the Future II.","created_at":1613093909.0,"id":"lhpxfp","n_comments":58,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhpxfp/til_the_director_of_the_film_adaptation_of_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":691,"user_id":"JosephMeach"},{"content":"TIL Pope Sixtus VI excommunicated the entire city of Florence for their support of the Medici family in the Pazzi Conspiracy in 1478.","created_at":1613093829.0,"id":"lhpwc0","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhpwc0/til_pope_sixtus_vi_excommunicated_the_entire_city/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":103,"user_id":"hammie123456"},{"content":"TIL of \"Oleogustus\", the unique taste of fat. It is claimed to be be the sixth taste, distinct from sweet/salty/sour/bitter/umami","created_at":1613092546.0,"id":"lhpeyu","n_comments":28,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhpeyu/til_of_oleogustus_the_unique_taste_of_fat_it_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":204,"user_id":"FragmentOfBrilliance"},{"content":"TIL that Christiaan Barnard performed the world\u2019s first human-to-human heart transplant operation. He retired after developing rheumatoid arthritis in his hands which ended his surgical career.","created_at":1613091086.0,"id":"lhoun2","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhoun2/til_that_christiaan_barnard_performed_the_worlds/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":337,"user_id":"Mad_Chemist_"},{"content":"TIL English\u2019s longest 189,819 letter word takes 3hrs to pronounce!","created_at":1613090117.0,"id":"lhohxy","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.66,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhohxy/til_englishs_longest_189819_letter_word_takes/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":23,"user_id":"swamptheyard"},{"content":"TIL: Terry Pratchett worked on an Elder Scrolls: Oblivion mod.","created_at":1613089841.0,"id":"lhoe8m","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhoe8m/til_terry_pratchett_worked_on_an_elder_scrolls/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":59,"user_id":"Luciuskitten"},{"content":"TIL that Saturn's rings aren't \"flat\": the ice forms elaborate formations only possible due to zero gravity, with some areas rising vertically at tremendous heights to form \"mountain ranges\" in space around the gas giant.","created_at":1613089779.0,"id":"lhodcw","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhodcw/til_that_saturns_rings_arent_flat_the_ice_forms/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":45,"user_id":"TendingTheirGarden"},{"content":"TIL that the blast of hot or cold air from above entrances is called an 'air door'. It prevents inside and outside air from mixing, increasing a buildings power efficiency as well as keeping out dust and insects.","created_at":1613089681.0,"id":"lhoc25","n_comments":91,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhoc25/til_that_the_blast_of_hot_or_cold_air_from_above/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1658,"user_id":"SirBenG"},{"content":"TIL a prison ring is a type of plastic jewelry made by hand in prisoners with heated and melted scrap plastic material, such as a toothbrush or a pen. A common feature of prison rings were small photos mounted on the bezel.","created_at":1613089656.0,"id":"lhobph","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhobph/til_a_prison_ring_is_a_type_of_plastic_jewelry/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":61,"user_id":"meowroarhiss"},{"content":"TIL some elephants eat off a specific tree to induce labor - the same tree which kenyan women brew a tea of for the same purpose","created_at":1613089469.0,"id":"lho985","n_comments":386,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lho985/til_some_elephants_eat_off_a_specific_tree_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":25887,"user_id":"AngryPB"},{"content":"TIL that in 2014, Civil War soldier Alonzo Cushing was awarded the Medal of Honor. Commanding an artillery battery against Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, Cushing was disemboweled by a shell fragment. Holding in his intestines, Cushing continued giving orders until he was shot in the head.","created_at":1613089351.0,"id":"lho7lj","n_comments":66,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lho7lj/til_that_in_2014_civil_war_soldier_alonzo_cushing/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":792,"user_id":"kangaroohistorian"},{"content":"TIL In the Philippines Balut, a fertilized developing duck egg embryo, is commonly sold as street food. The egg is incubated and is usually about a week short of hatching. It was once considered a delicacy but is now as common as ice cream on a hot day.","created_at":1613088305.0,"id":"lhntqa","n_comments":38,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhntqa/til_in_the_philippines_balut_a_fertilized/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":77,"user_id":"leak22"},{"content":"TIL that in just 3 short years - The Mamas & the Papas released 5 studio albums, made the Billboard top 10, and have sold close to 40 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE. Some songs are still recognizable to this very day.","created_at":1613087100.0,"id":"lhndql","n_comments":39,"percentage_upvoted":0.77,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhndql/til_that_in_just_3_short_years_the_mamas_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":69,"user_id":"MoonRiverRob"},{"content":"TIL researchers found that a blood test called PanSeer detected cancer in 95% of patients up to 4 years before they got a conventional cancer diagnosis. The test determines if the DNA in blood plasma was shed by tumours based on precence of particular methyl groups.","created_at":1613086255.0,"id":"lhn2zx","n_comments":316,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhn2zx/til_researchers_found_that_a_blood_test_called/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":39646,"user_id":"Miskatonica"},{"content":"TIL Marlon Brando was paid $3.7 million and an amazing 11.75% backend to play Jor-El, for 13 days work and less than 20 minutes onscreen. In comparison, Christopher Reeves earned $250,000 in the title role, dominating most of the 143-minute running time.","created_at":1613085939.0,"id":"lhmywu","n_comments":424,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhmywu/til_marlon_brando_was_paid_37_million_and_an/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":7230,"user_id":"heyzeus92"},{"content":"TIL about Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, born in 1745. He was the first Black composer of the classical era, conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris, and a champion fencer. He has been referred to as \u201cBlack Mozart\u201d","created_at":1613085530.0,"id":"lhmtml","n_comments":60,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhmtml/til_about_joseph_bologne_chevalier_de/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":748,"user_id":"Byzantine-alchemist"},{"content":"TIL that Yamaha began manufacturing motorcycles as after WW2, the company had spare wartime machinery lying around which was eventually repurposed to manufacture motorcycles","created_at":1613085232.0,"id":"lhmq0u","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhmq0u/til_that_yamaha_began_manufacturing_motorcycles/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":110,"user_id":"DanIsForeverHere"},{"content":"TIL that Italians use around 250 distinct hand signals in everyday conversation.","created_at":1613084801.0,"id":"lhmki7","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhmki7/til_that_italians_use_around_250_distinct_hand/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":98,"user_id":"Tyui774"},{"content":"TIL in 1945, a bill was introduced to make nurses eligible for the draft because of the increased need for nurses during WWII. The bill failed, but more nurses ended up enlisting due to debate over the draft and due to the creation of simpler recruiting methods to help with the nurse shortage.","created_at":1613084292.0,"id":"lhmdrm","n_comments":41,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhmdrm/til_in_1945_a_bill_was_introduced_to_make_nurses/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1117,"user_id":"JHopeHoe"},{"content":"TIL about the Battle of Dr\u00f8bak Sound. Under cover of darkness, the Nazis sent their best ship to blockade Oslo, capture the king, and force Norway's surrender. It was foiled by a raggedy training fort and a bold decision to fire on the unidentified ships (video from movie, The Kings Choice)","created_at":1613083495.0,"id":"lhm42d","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhm42d/til_about_the_battle_of_dr\u00f8bak_sound_under_cover/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":211,"user_id":"garzaculta"},{"content":"TIL: Due to poor air quality the South Korean governments were already distributing face masks to citizens in 2018","created_at":1613082198.0,"id":"lhlnye","n_comments":36,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhlnye/til_due_to_poor_air_quality_the_south_korean/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":254,"user_id":"z3dster"},{"content":"TIL of Rainey Bethea - The last person to be publicly executed in the United States, in 1936","created_at":1613081893.0,"id":"lhlker","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.76,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhlker/til_of_rainey_bethea_the_last_person_to_be/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":23,"user_id":"Veldron"},{"content":"TIL that the 'Zodiac of Dendera' was transported to France in 1821 and is one of the most famous Egyptian monuments today preserved. Despite it should be interpreted as a map of the sky, the Egyptians believed that certain constellations and decans could have a negative influence on their destiny.","created_at":1613081644.0,"id":"lhlhkm","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhlhkm/til_that_the_zodiac_of_dendera_was_transported_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53,"user_id":"Word_11"},{"content":"TIL about \u201cShaming the Meat\u201d, a practice of the !Kung people of the Kalhari Desert, which promotes equality by downplaying personal good deeds in an effort to stave off gaining ego. 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He jumped 14,000 feet. He only started skydiving on his 100th birthday.","created_at":1613076048.0,"id":"lhjvel","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhjvel/til_of_al_blaschke_a_103yearold_man_who_became/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":60,"user_id":"Numerous-Lemon"},{"content":"TIL Beloved children's author Roald Dahl also wrote a book of adult short stories called \"Switch Bitch\" which were criticised for their \"cruelty and misogynism\".","created_at":1613075526.0,"id":"lhjqsg","n_comments":33,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhjqsg/til_beloved_childrens_author_roald_dahl_also/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":137,"user_id":"JackEagles"},{"content":"TIL about project Orion, a project to develop a spaceship propelled by nuclear explosions. The project was abandoned due to a treaty that forbid nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water.","created_at":1613074261.0,"id":"lhjfsb","n_comments":32,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhjfsb/til_about_project_orion_a_project_to_develop_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":162,"user_id":"flap95"},{"content":"TIL In 2009 you had to be happy or else! Employees of Japan's Keihin Electric Express Railway faced morning smile checks, where they were subjected to software that analyzed their facial expression to produce a rating of their smile on a scale of zero to 100","created_at":1613074175.0,"id":"lhjf22","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhjf22/til_in_2009_you_had_to_be_happy_or_else_employees/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":85,"user_id":"jezarius"},{"content":"TIL founder of Chevrolet, an \u201cAll American Brand\u201d, Louis Chevrolet, is Swiss.","created_at":1613068559.0,"id":"lhi36f","n_comments":48,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhi36f/til_founder_of_chevrolet_an_all_american_brand/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":108,"user_id":"adith3749"},{"content":"TIL the name \u201cChicago\u201d comes from the Algonquin language: \u201cshikaakwa,\u201d meaning \u201cstriped skunk\u201d or \u201conion\u201d","created_at":1613068222.0,"id":"lhi0ba","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhi0ba/til_the_name_chicago_comes_from_the_algonquin/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":67,"user_id":"tryanythingonce"},{"content":"TIL in 1994 while on Jay Leno, Bobcat Goldthwait set his chair on fire to the horror of Leno. He was criminally charged and fined $3.8k for the incident.","created_at":1613067495.0,"id":"lhhudz","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhhudz/til_in_1994_while_on_jay_leno_bobcat_goldthwait/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":60,"user_id":"justinroark88"},{"content":"TIL That female komodo dragons can a-sexually reproduce through pathogenesis. They are the only vertibrate that can a-sexually produce both male and female offspring.","created_at":1613067460.0,"id":"lhhu3s","n_comments":34,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhhu3s/til_that_female_komodo_dragons_can_asexually/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":185,"user_id":"dovhampshire"},{"content":"TIL That Hawaii has no native reptiles or amphibians, all 'herptiles' that live on the islands were introduced by travellers.","created_at":1613067247.0,"id":"lhhse4","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhhse4/til_that_hawaii_has_no_native_reptiles_or/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":76,"user_id":"dovhampshire"},{"content":"TIL Crocodiles are the closest living relatives of the birds, sharing a common ancestor that lived around 240 million years ago and also gave rise to the dinosaurs.","created_at":1613056386.0,"id":"lhfc1r","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhfc1r/til_crocodiles_are_the_closest_living_relatives/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":217,"user_id":"thegamenerd"},{"content":"TIL a real meteorite can be distinguished if it has a Fusion Crust or Regmaglypts","created_at":1613052384.0,"id":"lheed5","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lheed5/til_a_real_meteorite_can_be_distinguished_if_it/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":22,"user_id":"Ocean_Beast"},{"content":"TIL, the director of the Soviet atom bomb program, Igor Kurchatov swore he wouldn't cut his beard until the program succeeded. After the program's success, he continued to wear a large beard (often cut into eccentric styles) for the rest of his life, earning him the nickname 'Boroda' (\u201cThe Beard\u201d).","created_at":1613052348.0,"id":"lhee31","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhee31/til_the_director_of_the_soviet_atom_bomb_program/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":94,"user_id":"vaish7848"},{"content":"TIL: Superbowl 51 Rings have 283 Diamonds in them to tell the story of the 28-3 Patriots comeback over the Falcons","created_at":1613051625.0,"id":"lhe7i0","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.7,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhe7i0/til_superbowl_51_rings_have_283_diamonds_in_them/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":26,"user_id":"ROKexpat"},{"content":"TIL that despite a $34 million advertising campaign in the United States by General Mills Inc., their breakfast cereal snack Fingos only lasted from 1993 to 1994","created_at":1613051213.0,"id":"lhe3wd","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhe3wd/til_that_despite_a_34_million_advertising/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":31,"user_id":"Kakislap"},{"content":"TIL that some members of Napoleon I's Guards of Honour considered themselves to be hostages of the emperor.","created_at":1613050373.0,"id":"lhdwc5","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhdwc5/til_that_some_members_of_napoleon_is_guards_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":61,"user_id":"Kakislap"},{"content":"TIL that ears can be used for biometric identification, and are as distinguishing as your fingerprints","created_at":1613049008.0,"id":"lhdjmu","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhdjmu/til_that_ears_can_be_used_for_biometric/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":49,"user_id":"ItsAlwaysSunday"},{"content":"TIL That post-credits movie scenes like in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and the Marvel Universe films, was first done in The Silencers (1966)","created_at":1613046900.0,"id":"lhcyr5","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhcyr5/til_that_postcredits_movie_scenes_like_in_ferris/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":63,"user_id":"jerimiahf"},{"content":"TIL that New Zealand is not part of of any of the world's seven recognized continents, and is in fact situated upon the submerged continent of Zealandia.","created_at":1613046862.0,"id":"lhcybi","n_comments":458,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhcybi/til_that_new_zealand_is_not_part_of_of_any_of_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":6984,"user_id":"septicman"},{"content":"TIL the U.S. adult obesity rate stands at 42.4 percent, the first time the national rate has passed the 40 percent mark. The national adult obesity rate has increased by 26 percent since 2008.","created_at":1613046695.0,"id":"lhcwr0","n_comments":70,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhcwr0/til_the_us_adult_obesity_rate_stands_at_424/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":154,"user_id":"what_is_the_deal_"},{"content":"TIL Handel composed Messiah in an interlude, somewhere between three and four weeks in August and September 1741. \"He would literally write from morning to night\". Mozart confessed himself to be humble in the face of Handel's genius","created_at":1613044598.0,"id":"lhcb7m","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhcb7m/til_handel_composed_messiah_in_an_interlude/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":498,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"TIL that there are 7 different kinds of cheese that are illegal in the United States","created_at":1613044203.0,"id":"lhc75a","n_comments":37,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhc75a/til_that_there_are_7_different_kinds_of_cheese/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":91,"user_id":"IrrelevantDanger"},{"content":"TIL that Jean-Paul Akayesu, the mayor of Rwanda's Taba commune, become the first person ever convicted of genocide in 1998. He was convicted of supervising the killings of Tutsis by Hutu extremists as well as giving out death lists to other Hutus & ordering house-to-house searches to find Tutsis.","created_at":1613042087.0,"id":"lhbky0","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhbky0/til_that_jeanpaul_akayesu_the_mayor_of_rwandas/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53,"user_id":"moeshaker188"},{"content":"TIL that Fluffy, a cat, got stuck in a frozen vortex and was caked in ice. She was essentially frozen solid. The vets managed to thaw her out by putting her in a heated kennel and she made a full recovery a day later.","created_at":1613041518.0,"id":"lhbext","n_comments":51,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhbext/til_that_fluffy_a_cat_got_stuck_in_a_frozen/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1038,"user_id":"jesuisdeepak"},{"content":"TIL about the fascinating research being done in biotechnology in the use of spider silk. 5 times stronger than steel and ultra light the possibilities in uses are vast. There exists a spider goat born by gene splicing in labs that has spider genes and can produce silk in its milk.","created_at":1613040611.0,"id":"lhb42b","n_comments":39,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhb42b/til_about_the_fascinating_research_being_done_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":148,"user_id":"esposures"},{"content":"TIL Big Bird has different colored \"cousins\" who play his role in foreign versions of Sesame Street, including a Blue Dutch Big Bird and Green Mexican one.","created_at":1613038994.0,"id":"lhald3","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.76,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhald3/til_big_bird_has_different_colored_cousins_who/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":67,"user_id":"VanityInk"},{"content":"TIL: The board game \"Life\" was invented in 1860 by Milton Bradley himself, after his earlier business selling lithographs of then-candidate Abraham Lincoln failed because the image was outdated, as it was an image of Lincoln just before he grew his famous beard.","created_at":1613038855.0,"id":"lhajug","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lhajug/til_the_board_game_life_was_invented_in_1860_by/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":94,"user_id":"should-stop-posting"},{"content":"TIL that volcano snails exist. They live near hydrothermal vents in temperatures upto 750 degrees Fahrenheit and have shells with an outer layer of iron sulfides","created_at":1613037581.0,"id":"lha4lz","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.71,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lha4lz/til_that_volcano_snails_exist_they_live_near/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":67,"user_id":"LogicBomb69"},{"content":"TIL that Bill Gates\u2019 mother, Mary Maxwell Gates, was appointed to the board of directors of the national United Way in 1980, becoming the first woman to lead it in 1983.","created_at":1613036304.0,"id":"lh9pqb","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.79,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh9pqb/til_that_bill_gates_mother_mary_maxwell_gates_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":55,"user_id":"JangoBeastwood"},{"content":"TIL the concept for having a \u201ccredit score\u201d to judge if you could receive a loan didn\u2019t exist until 1989","created_at":1613035972.0,"id":"lh9lot","n_comments":1254,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh9lot/til_the_concept_for_having_a_credit_score_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":11047,"user_id":"goat_bucket"},{"content":"TIL About Miroslav \u0160atan, a former NHL hockey player. Because his name so closely resembles that of Satan, a popular April Fool's joke was that he was traded to the New Jersey Devils as a captain, making him the leader of the Devils.","created_at":1613035427.0,"id":"lh9fsc","n_comments":50,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh9fsc/til_about_miroslav_\u0161atan_a_former_nhl_hockey/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":779,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL Giulia Tofana Killed Over 600 Men With Her Poison Aqua Tofana","created_at":1613035308.0,"id":"lh9ef8","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.39,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh9ef8/til_giulia_tofana_killed_over_600_men_with_her/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":0,"user_id":"bloodyhollykiss"},{"content":"TIL there is an NHS clinic in Oxford, England that will, following GP referral, imbue you with ketamine. Appointments can cost clients up to \u00a3215 each; this is paid out of pocket.","created_at":1613034305.0,"id":"lh92ej","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.78,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh92ej/til_there_is_an_nhs_clinic_in_oxford_england_that/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":27,"user_id":"GeneralGunsales"},{"content":"TIL in 2017, Krak\u00f3w, Poland (770k residents) had total of 200 car thefts, whereas cities like Detroit (690k residents) and Portland (655k residents) have had around 10 000 - 12 000 - and it is considered average when compared to other US cities! 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That episode was \"Make Love, Not Warcraft\" which received critical acclaim and earned a Primetime Emmy Award.","created_at":1613032008.0,"id":"lh8axc","n_comments":2009,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh8axc/til_south_park_cocreator_trey_parker_begged_his/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":67031,"user_id":"DrinkUpLetsBooBoo"},{"content":"TIL that WWII bomber pilots made ice cream using the vibrations of the engine.","created_at":1613031821.0,"id":"lh88v4","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh88v4/til_that_wwii_bomber_pilots_made_ice_cream_using/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":101,"user_id":"idiom6"},{"content":"TIL that by the time you die, your head will be 1 second older than your feet due to time dilation","created_at":1613031790.0,"id":"lh88io","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.74,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh88io/til_that_by_the_time_you_die_your_head_will_be_1/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":32,"user_id":"graciousgroob"},{"content":"TIL There was a forgotten island called \"Sivriada\". In 1911, the Governor of Istanbul ordered the stray dogs in the streets be exiled to this island. About 80,000 dogs were killed during the ordeal, mostly due to hunger and thirst on the barren land of the island.","created_at":1613031208.0,"id":"lh81ft","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh81ft/til_there_was_a_forgotten_island_called_sivriada/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":77,"user_id":"mp_bunny95"},{"content":"TIL seven out of the nine core Star Wars films were the highest grossing films of the year they were released in. The only two films to not achieve this were Episode 9 and Episode 2, the later of which was only bested by Spider-Man in the 2002 Box Office","created_at":1613030966.0,"id":"lh7y6l","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh7y6l/til_seven_out_of_the_nine_core_star_wars_films/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":40,"user_id":"C-TAP"},{"content":"TIL that the Yellow and Purple Wiggle of the New Wiggles got married, then divorced, and are still in the same band together","created_at":1613029297.0,"id":"lh7d9v","n_comments":33,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh7d9v/til_that_the_yellow_and_purple_wiggle_of_the_new/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":54,"user_id":"Nerdlord_III"},{"content":"TIL the Mutiny on the Bounty in 1789 led to the first human settlement on the remote Pitcairn Island since the Polynesians had left it around the 15th century.","created_at":1613028363.0,"id":"lh70xv","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh70xv/til_the_mutiny_on_the_bounty_in_1789_led_to_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":59,"user_id":"mind_kollective"},{"content":"TIL 50-80% of our oxygen comes from plants and bacteria in the ocean which is more than the amount all tropical rainforests on land produce combined","created_at":1613027489.0,"id":"lh6q41","n_comments":73,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh6q41/til_5080_of_our_oxygen_comes_from_plants_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1044,"user_id":"Vortex136"},{"content":"TIL the Osculum infame or \u201ckiss of shame,\u201d was kissing Satan\u2019s butthole. It was thought to be the primary means for a witch to greet the devil.","created_at":1613026673.0,"id":"lh6erx","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh6erx/til_the_osculum_infame_or_kiss_of_shame_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":81,"user_id":"Durty_Rick_Sanchez"},{"content":"TIL Sweat vs. Painter case made procedural history when the case was extended for six months, which allowed the State of Texas time to create a law school for only black students.","created_at":1613025482.0,"id":"lh5z0o","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh5z0o/til_sweat_vs_painter_case_made_procedural_history/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":54,"user_id":"scrabapple"},{"content":"TIL that Tunak Tunak Tun is a love song. The lyrics talk about the world not being bad or good, and a guy asking a girl to be with him.","created_at":1613025023.0,"id":"lh5sz2","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.68,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh5sz2/til_that_tunak_tunak_tun_is_a_love_song_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":17,"user_id":"Tiguy789"},{"content":"TIL of the Tumu Crisis. Centuries after the fall of the Mongol Empire, the northern tribes reunited and launched an invasion of the Ming Dynasty. The small army defeated tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and even captured the Ming Emperor, but their demands were simply ignored until they gave up","created_at":1613023858.0,"id":"lh5drj","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh5drj/til_of_the_tumu_crisis_centuries_after_the_fall/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":259,"user_id":"TastyHeart69"},{"content":"TIL of the Bullet Cluster, a pair of colliding clusters of galaxies that are purported to offer the best evidence so far of the existence of dark matter","created_at":1613023447.0,"id":"lh57v1","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh57v1/til_of_the_bullet_cluster_a_pair_of_colliding/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":44,"user_id":"NirgalFromMars"},{"content":"TIL that the actress that played Andie, 16 in Dawson's Creek was actually 29 Year old","created_at":1613022796.0,"id":"lh4z09","n_comments":32,"percentage_upvoted":0.76,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh4z09/til_that_the_actress_that_played_andie_16_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":29,"user_id":"RedpilledChris"},{"content":"TIL in the 1950s an American economist (Armen A. Alchian) figured out lithium was used to fuel Hydrogen bombs just by looking at publicly-available stock prices.","created_at":1613022295.0,"id":"lh4rrg","n_comments":27,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh4rrg/til_in_the_1950s_an_american_economist_armen_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":878,"user_id":"BananaLee"},{"content":"TIL Denmark and Sweden holds the world record for most wars fought between two countries, with around 30 wars fought since the 15th century.","created_at":1613021118.0,"id":"lh4boa","n_comments":334,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh4boa/til_denmark_and_sweden_holds_the_world_record_for/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3537,"user_id":"Dimple_99"},{"content":"TIL Magna Carta (1215) declined in importance for centuries, emerging from obscurity during the reign of Charles I. Jurist Sir Edward Coke argued that the charter was part of English common law, authoring the Petition of Right, which called on the King to respect the rights of his subjects.","created_at":1613020467.0,"id":"lh436u","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh436u/til_magna_carta_1215_declined_in_importance_for/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":95,"user_id":"CleanReserve4"},{"content":"TIL that the guitarist on \u201cBlack Betty\u201d by Ram Jam also played on another one-hit wonder, \u201cGreen Tambourine\u201d by the Lemon Pipers.","created_at":1613020004.0,"id":"lh3w72","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh3w72/til_that_the_guitarist_on_black_betty_by_ram_jam/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":90,"user_id":"morsodo99"},{"content":"TIL the original name of volleyball was \u201cMintonette\u201d.","created_at":1613019376.0,"id":"lh3nap","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh3nap/til_the_original_name_of_volleyball_was_mintonette/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":26,"user_id":"morsodo99"},{"content":"TIL that the owner of a brand name can lost their legal protection for it if people started using it as the common or generic name for a type of product or service. This is what happened to Cellophane, Escalator, Flip Phone, Frisbee, Hovercraft, Kerosene, Sellotape, Trampoline, and Videotape.","created_at":1613018894.0,"id":"lh3gbz","n_comments":446,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh3gbz/til_that_the_owner_of_a_brand_name_can_lost_their/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2524,"user_id":"copitamenstrual"},{"content":"TIL that in Japan, stop signs are red inverted triangles, instead of the octagon used in many Western countries.","created_at":1613018056.0,"id":"lh34t9","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh34t9/til_that_in_japan_stop_signs_are_red_inverted/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":60,"user_id":"VivatMusa"},{"content":"TIL when Eazy-E died in 1995, only one member of N.W.A., DJ Yella, attended his funeral.","created_at":1613017539.0,"id":"lh2xa3","n_comments":126,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh2xa3/til_when_eazye_died_in_1995_only_one_member_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":175,"user_id":"YourOwnBiggestFan"},{"content":"TIL infamous cult leader Jim Jones was one of the first people in Indiana to have a desegregated congregation which also aided in desegregating local businesses and restaurants through peaceful protests. Throughout his early life he was very passionate about civil rights.","created_at":1613017079.0,"id":"lh2r03","n_comments":88,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh2r03/til_infamous_cult_leader_jim_jones_was_one_of_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":830,"user_id":"chica_cherry_cola_"},{"content":"TIL James Monaghan who with brother Tom started the Domino's pizza chain with $75 down payment and $500 loan, ended up selling his stake in the company in 1960 to this brother for a Volkswagen Beetle.","created_at":1613016927.0,"id":"lh2oww","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh2oww/til_james_monaghan_who_with_brother_tom_started/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":141,"user_id":"CyberSibey"},{"content":"TIL that before electricity, pipe organs required people (called Calcants) to physically pump air into the organ via bellows. The organ at Winchester Cathedral in the 10th century required 70 men to pump air into the organ.","created_at":1613016611.0,"id":"lh2jzf","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh2jzf/til_that_before_electricity_pipe_organs_required/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":349,"user_id":"Francis_the_Goat"},{"content":"TIL that a genetically modified strain of corn called Minnesota 13 was created to germinate faster in the shorter MN summer. Because of this it also made for one of the best corns for moonshine mash. Minnesota 13 moonshine was widely popular across the USA and Canada during prohibition.","created_at":1613016175.0,"id":"lh2dme","n_comments":19,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh2dme/til_that_a_genetically_modified_strain_of_corn/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":105,"user_id":"Sota4077"},{"content":"TIL that Black Sabbath spent more on cocaine during the recording of the Vol. 4 album than on the album itself","created_at":1613015866.0,"id":"lh293s","n_comments":278,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh293s/til_that_black_sabbath_spent_more_on_cocaine/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":5708,"user_id":"thetresident"},{"content":"TIL 98% of all Japanese adoptions are employers adopting the adult men on their staff, not children. By doing this, they are able to choose the person they wish to run their company when they no longer.","created_at":1613015861.0,"id":"lh2911","n_comments":143,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh2911/til_98_of_all_japanese_adoptions_are_employers/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":4046,"user_id":"StonyTark3000"},{"content":"TIL that while President, Theodore Roosevelt nearly died when his horse-drawn carriage was slammed into by a trolley car, resulting in the death of his Secret Service agent, and requiring emergency surgery for TR which left him wheelchair-bound for months.","created_at":1613015482.0,"id":"lh23tn","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh23tn/til_that_while_president_theodore_roosevelt/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":163,"user_id":"DirkVonUmlaut"},{"content":"Today I Learned that in Japanese culture, the check mark symbol means 'incorrect', whereas the symbol for 'correct' is a circle.","created_at":1613014550.0,"id":"lh1pvm","n_comments":62,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh1pvm/today_i_learned_that_in_japanese_culture_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":418,"user_id":"gooseyob"},{"content":"TIL There is a clear ceramic made out of Aluminum that is stronger than bulletproof glass, and has a higher melting point than stainless steel. It is called ALON, and is used for armored windows.","created_at":1613013915.0,"id":"lh1h95","n_comments":228,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh1h95/til_there_is_a_clear_ceramic_made_out_of_aluminum/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3950,"user_id":"Legitimate_Mousse_29"},{"content":"TIL The serpent is a European bass brasswind instrument that was a predecessor of the tuba. Its snake-like form helps to position the finger holes within reach of the player\u2019s hands","created_at":1613013255.0,"id":"lh188c","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.77,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh188c/til_the_serpent_is_a_european_bass_brasswind/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":22,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"TIL that Laibach copied nazi painting for 1987 Yugoslavian Youth Day and won the competition for the poster.","created_at":1613012638.0,"id":"lh0zn5","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.74,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh0zn5/til_that_laibach_copied_nazi_painting_for_1987/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":21,"user_id":"Whereami259"},{"content":"TIL in an 1849 referendum, a majority of Wisconsin voters approved black male suffrage. However, the result was not enforced until 17 years later because the majority on the referendum wasn't \"a majority of all the votes cast\" in the day's other elections.","created_at":1613012492.0,"id":"lh0xkb","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lh0xkb/til_in_an_1849_referendum_a_majority_of_wisconsin/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":36,"user_id":"neworleanssaintsfan"},{"content":"TIL Albert Camus had a life long fear of automobiles. When he started writing about Absurdism, he wrote: \"the most absurd way to die is in a car crash\". 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After leaking crucial information, she was betrayed & eventually caught on Sept 13, 1944 and executed at Dachau Camp near Munich. She was 30.","created_at":1613008547.0,"id":"lgzdgr","n_comments":38,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgzdgr/til_angered_by_the_persecution_of_jews_noor/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":780,"user_id":"Ace2A"},{"content":"TIL Out of the 63 clauses in Magna Carta, only three remain as law","created_at":1613008443.0,"id":"lgzc2t","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgzc2t/til_out_of_the_63_clauses_in_magna_carta_only/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":49,"user_id":"Hrtzy"},{"content":"TIL: Chemists at the University of Alberta determined that they can now measure how much pee is in a pool by measuring artificial sweeteners contained in urine. The average amount of pee in a public swimming pool is 20 gallons and most pool water doesn't get changed for years.","created_at":1613008418.0,"id":"lgzbq5","n_comments":26,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgzbq5/til_chemists_at_the_university_of_alberta/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":72,"user_id":"Kingflares"},{"content":"TIL Byron Rickards, the first pilot ever hijacked (1931), was hijacked a second time in 1961.","created_at":1613008221.0,"id":"lgz8z2","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgz8z2/til_byron_rickards_the_first_pilot_ever_hijacked/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":50,"user_id":"sovereignwaters"},{"content":"TIL The Clorox Company, yes the one that makes cleaning products and bleach, owns Hidden Valley ranch dressing.","created_at":1613007525.0,"id":"lgyz95","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgyz95/til_the_clorox_company_yes_the_one_that_makes/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":115,"user_id":"Siiixco"},{"content":"TIL when Ratatouille was being animated, one of the Pixar employees jumped into a pool in a cook's uniform and apron so that the team could see how the clothing looked when wet.","created_at":1613007435.0,"id":"lgyxyu","n_comments":53,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgyxyu/til_when_ratatouille_was_being_animated_one_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2147,"user_id":"YourOwnBiggestFan"},{"content":"TIL The NASA computers used to put man on the moon cost 3.5 million a piece and were the size of a car and today's smartphones are millions of times more powerful than those same super computers used in 1969","created_at":1613007331.0,"id":"lgywhy","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.8,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgywhy/til_the_nasa_computers_used_to_put_man_on_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":51,"user_id":"CallMeThisUsername"},{"content":"TIL The original drummer of The Offspring became a gynecologist, and during the initial stages of a malpractice trial, he performed CPR and used a defibrillator to save the life of a potential juror. The judge had to declare a mistrial because the rest of the jury would likely be biased in his favor","created_at":1613006260.0,"id":"lgyhku","n_comments":1230,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgyhku/til_the_original_drummer_of_the_offspring_became/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":59738,"user_id":"Walusqueegee"},{"content":"TIL Omar from The Wire was based on a real stickup man who robbed drug dealers in the 70's/80's in Baltimore","created_at":1613005960.0,"id":"lgyde0","n_comments":18,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgyde0/til_omar_from_the_wire_was_based_on_a_real/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":92,"user_id":"moeburn"},{"content":"TIL as Spock became popular on Star Trek, William Shatner became jealous and would hide the bicycle Nimoy rode to get around at work. Shatner also felt, as Captain, his intellect should be greater than anyone on the show, even a Vulcan with superior knowledge. So, he began stealing Nimoy\u2019s lines.","created_at":1613005785.0,"id":"lgyavr","n_comments":746,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgyavr/til_as_spock_became_popular_on_star_trek_william/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":11015,"user_id":"WhileFalseRepeat"},{"content":"TIL: The University of Kansas offers Dance Dance Revolution classes.","created_at":1613005782.0,"id":"lgyau8","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.76,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgyau8/til_the_university_of_kansas_offers_dance_dance/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":34,"user_id":"sfd1656"},{"content":"TIL of the Lockheed A-12 \"Avenger\", a $5 Billion plane that ended up a government writeoff","created_at":1613005365.0,"id":"lgy4sg","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgy4sg/til_of_the_lockheed_a12_avenger_a_5_billion_plane/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":49,"user_id":"dart_catcher"},{"content":"TIL Garth Brooks has released parts 1 and 3 of a 5-part anthology book/cd collection, but has not released part 2","created_at":1613004179.0,"id":"lgxo7m","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.79,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgxo7m/til_garth_brooks_has_released_parts_1_and_3_of_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":35,"user_id":"fileunderaction"},{"content":"TIL Joe Pesci and Jimi Hendrix once played in the same band -- Joey Dee and the Starliters.","created_at":1613003924.0,"id":"lgxkqi","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgxkqi/til_joe_pesci_and_jimi_hendrix_once_played_in_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":108,"user_id":"MorsesTheHorse"},{"content":"TIL Paul McCartney let a stranger claiming to be Jesus Christ sit in on a Beatles recording session in 1967. McCartney figured, \"Well, it probably isn\u2019t. But if he is, I\u2019m not going to be the one to turn him away.\"","created_at":1613003169.0,"id":"lgxalp","n_comments":898,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgxalp/til_paul_mccartney_let_a_stranger_claiming_to_be/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":69162,"user_id":"St_Lambchop"},{"content":"TIL: The opposite sides of a die will always add up to seven.","created_at":1613003081.0,"id":"lgx9fg","n_comments":22,"percentage_upvoted":0.64,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgx9fg/til_the_opposite_sides_of_a_die_will_always_add/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":19,"user_id":"Amphibian_Infinite"},{"content":"TIL one of the Nazi's most important relics, the \"Blood Flag\" may have been looted by an American soldier and now rests forgotten in some unknown attic in the U.S.","created_at":1613002845.0,"id":"lgx6cj","n_comments":30,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgx6cj/til_one_of_the_nazis_most_important_relics_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":80,"user_id":"cartoonassasin"},{"content":"TIL: To make a pound of honey, it takes 50,000 Bee-Miles, kind of like person-hours of labour. The bees have to make two million flower visits to make that pound.","created_at":1613002629.0,"id":"lgx3g4","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgx3g4/til_to_make_a_pound_of_honey_it_takes_50000/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":107,"user_id":"CleanReserve4"},{"content":"TIL In the early days of WW1 aircrafts didn't have machine guns, enemy pilots would shoot at each other with pistols. Usually, with the US .45 cal M1911 pistol with a cage that prevented the spent shells from ejecting onto the floor and interfere with the foot controls.","created_at":1613002134.0,"id":"lgwwlv","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.76,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgwwlv/til_in_the_early_days_of_ww1_aircrafts_didnt_have/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":35,"user_id":"SollicitorNoctua"},{"content":"TIL about MACV-SOG, the US special operations unit in Vietnam, the precursor to Delta Force and SEAL Team 6, that experienced a casualty rate of over 100% \u2014 many of whom later went on to form Delta and Team 6.","created_at":1613001847.0,"id":"lgwsrw","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.63,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgwsrw/til_about_macvsog_the_us_special_operations_unit/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":11,"user_id":"HaveCamera_WillShoot"},{"content":"TIL the last time man walked on the moon was in 1972 and the mission broke multiple records, spending three days on the lunar surface and going out for 8-hour walks on the moon.","created_at":1613001589.0,"id":"lgwp4t","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgwp4t/til_the_last_time_man_walked_on_the_moon_was_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":32,"user_id":"drewpager"},{"content":"TIL - During the Great Depression when millions of Americans were going hungry, the U.S. government bought and destroyed 6.4 million pigs.","created_at":1613001097.0,"id":"lgwisg","n_comments":71,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgwisg/til_during_the_great_depression_when_millions_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":168,"user_id":"RufusYoakum"},{"content":"TIL that actor and comedian Chevy Chase was born Cornelius Crane Chase","created_at":1613001096.0,"id":"lgwirv","n_comments":26,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgwirv/til_that_actor_and_comedian_chevy_chase_was_born/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":44,"user_id":"goodcheapandfast"},{"content":"TIL aquariums aren't allowed to pay to get animals from other aquariums as it encourages poaching. So there is a barter system in place where they swap animals. A New England aquarium traded a dozen penguins for 800 mackerel and their basic unit of trade is the jellyfish","created_at":1612998303.0,"id":"lgvi7m","n_comments":1062,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgvi7m/til_aquariums_arent_allowed_to_pay_to_get_animals/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":63817,"user_id":"btb331"},{"content":"TIL of Mayer Amschel Rothschild, a wealthy financier who provided financing to German royalty. Around 1800, he sent his five sons to five European cities (London, Vienna, Frankfurt, Naples, and Paris) to establish their own banking franchises, founding the Rothschild banking dynasty.","created_at":1612998125.0,"id":"lgvfuo","n_comments":58,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgvfuo/til_of_mayer_amschel_rothschild_a_wealthy/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":285,"user_id":"DukeMaximum"},{"content":"TIL that duct tape was invented by Vesta Stoudt, a factor worker during WWII and the mother of 2 sons in the Navy. When her supervisors at the factory dismissed her idea for a stronger cloth-based tape, she wrote a letter to President FDR, who then ordered Johnson&Johnson to manufacture her idea.","created_at":1612997851.0,"id":"lgvc3w","n_comments":167,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgvc3w/til_that_duct_tape_was_invented_by_vesta_stoudt_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":9973,"user_id":"CataclysmicFaeriable"},{"content":"TIL the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, share the same capital city, Chandigarh.","created_at":1612997629.0,"id":"lgv9cy","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.72,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgv9cy/til_the_indian_states_of_punjab_and_haryana_share/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":22,"user_id":"mucow"},{"content":"TIL that three companies (Blackrock, Vanguard, Statestreet) are the largest single shareholder in 90% of S&P 500 firms.","created_at":1612994421.0,"id":"lgu73v","n_comments":51,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgu73v/til_that_three_companies_blackrock_vanguard/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":406,"user_id":"You_Sir_Are_A_Rascal"},{"content":"TIL there's a beach in Finist\u00e8re polluted since 1983 by Garfield telephones coming out of a sunk container","created_at":1612994221.0,"id":"lgu4p2","n_comments":80,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgu4p2/til_theres_a_beach_in_finist\u00e8re_polluted_since/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3938,"user_id":"ReddithequeWreck"},{"content":"TIL that the Dead Sea region, despite its name, is a significant location and source of nutrition and abundant life. The truth is that the Sea it is not a sea, it is actually a saltwater lake. In ancient times was the place David hide from Saul before he becomes a renowned king.","created_at":1612993704.0,"id":"lgtz2t","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.73,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgtz2t/til_that_the_dead_sea_region_despite_its_name_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":42,"user_id":"Word_11"},{"content":"TIL that there is little association between how much cholesterol we typically eat and heart disease.","created_at":1612993304.0,"id":"lgtuox","n_comments":41,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgtuox/til_that_there_is_little_association_between_how/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":127,"user_id":"Cabadrin"},{"content":"TIL that tortoiseshell cats are predominantly female. 1 in 3000 born are male and usually sterile.","created_at":1612992612.0,"id":"lgtnjk","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgtnjk/til_that_tortoiseshell_cats_are_predominantly/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":102,"user_id":"mafiasounds"},{"content":"TIL John Corcoran graduated from highschool and college at a reading level of 2nd grade. In spite of this, he taught high school for 17 years and did real estate for 10 years without getting caught. At 48, he received tutoring from a volunteer literacy program, and became a literacy advocate.","created_at":1612991339.0,"id":"lgta53","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgta53/til_john_corcoran_graduated_from_highschool_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":214,"user_id":"kingsal-man"},{"content":"TIL That the former NFL record for the longest field goal kicked, which stood for 43 years (1970 - 2013) was held by Tom Dempsey, who was born with half a right foot. (His kicking foot)","created_at":1612991067.0,"id":"lgt7di","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgt7di/til_that_the_former_nfl_record_for_the_longest/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":125,"user_id":"Ophiophagus-Hannah"},{"content":"TIL that despite arriving in Europe in 1999, starbucks was not allowed to open in Italy until 2018","created_at":1612990052.0,"id":"lgsx61","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgsx61/til_that_despite_arriving_in_europe_in_1999/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":49,"user_id":"dragonfangxl"},{"content":"Today I learned of the popular concept in South Korean culture, 'Hell Joseon', which imagines hell as being exactly like modern South Korean society.","created_at":1612989940.0,"id":"lgsw2p","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgsw2p/today_i_learned_of_the_popular_concept_in_south/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":130,"user_id":"funglegunk"},{"content":"TIL about McNamara's Morons, a 1966 military directive to provide troops during the Vietnam War. Men who were ordinarily unfit for service, many intellectually disabled, learned nothing more than how to pull a trigger. Leading to a casualty rate was 3x higher than average.","created_at":1612988854.0,"id":"lgslic","n_comments":19,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgslic/til_about_mcnamaras_morons_a_1966_military/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":80,"user_id":"KyrieEleison_88"},{"content":"TIL famous French philosopher Ren\u00e9 Descartes died in Stockholm, Sweden after contracting pneumonia at the cold and draughty castle of Queen Christina which he agreed to teach her 3 times a week at 5am.","created_at":1612988630.0,"id":"lgsjfx","n_comments":45,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgsjfx/til_famous_french_philosopher_ren\u00e9_descartes_died/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":448,"user_id":"logicblocks"},{"content":"TIL That a man in Hong Kong went to the ER complaining of abdominal pain, and upon further questioning, the patient revealed he inserted a 50-cm-long eel into his rectum to relieve his constipation.","created_at":1612986153.0,"id":"lgrxe2","n_comments":27,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgrxe2/til_that_a_man_in_hong_kong_went_to_the_er/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":94,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL the company behind 5 Minute Crafts is run out of Cyprus by Russians","created_at":1612984482.0,"id":"lgrjls","n_comments":32,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgrjls/til_the_company_behind_5_minute_crafts_is_run_out/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":207,"user_id":"Coneskater"},{"content":"TIL: Runaway truck ramp are long, sand- or gravel-filled lanes connected to a steep downhill grade section of a main road, so large trucks or buses can stop safely, when they have brake problems, through kinetic energy.","created_at":1612982541.0,"id":"lgr3ef","n_comments":71,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgr3ef/til_runaway_truck_ramp_are_long_sand_or/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":158,"user_id":"Peisis"},{"content":"TIL the Python programming language is named after the BBC show \u201cMonty Python\u2019s Flying Circus\u201d and has nothing to do with reptiles.","created_at":1612978241.0,"id":"lgq5ew","n_comments":166,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgq5ew/til_the_python_programming_language_is_named/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":5267,"user_id":"jiayounokim"},{"content":"TIL the Curie family is the family with the most Nobel Prizes. Marie Curie won two Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry. Her husband Pierre Curie won a Nobel in physics. Their daughter Ir\u00e8ne Joliot-Curie won a Nobel prize in chemistry.","created_at":1612972283.0,"id":"lgou6g","n_comments":90,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgou6g/til_the_curie_family_is_the_family_with_the_most/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2880,"user_id":"indian_beardo"},{"content":"TIL According to the Philippine Civil Code (RA 386, Article 680) if your property has a fruit tree and some of its fruits fell \"naturally\" (i.e. acts of god) into your neighbor's yard, your neighbor is entitled with the ownership of said fallen fruits.","created_at":1612969030.0,"id":"lgo3ym","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgo3ym/til_according_to_the_philippine_civil_code_ra_386/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":80,"user_id":"Khysamgathys"},{"content":"TIL that J.J. Cale wrote many chart toppers but only for the people that covered his songs, like Eric Clapton's \"Cocaine.\"","created_at":1612967510.0,"id":"lgnrk3","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgnrk3/til_that_jj_cale_wrote_many_chart_toppers_but/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":33,"user_id":"Hamiltonz_1291"},{"content":"TIL each F-22 Raptor jet costs 334 million dollars (give or take) plus about $60,000 for every flight hour, and during 40% of it's lifespan is in the shop for maintenance and the USAF owns and pays for all 186 in existence.","created_at":1612965819.0,"id":"lgncwa","n_comments":410,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgncwa/til_each_f22_raptor_jet_costs_334_million_dollars/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":878,"user_id":"PartTimeSassyPants"},{"content":"TIL about Geasles. A condition that fighter pilots can experience after pulling high-g maneuvers resulting in ruptured capillaries, and looks similar to measles.","created_at":1612962109.0,"id":"lgmeeo","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgmeeo/til_about_geasles_a_condition_that_fighter_pilots/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":87,"user_id":"PartTimeSassyPants"},{"content":"TIL that Agatha Christie is the third most widely published author of all time, outsold only by Shakespeare and the bible. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and a billion more in 100 different languages.","created_at":1612961004.0,"id":"lgm3xl","n_comments":172,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgm3xl/til_that_agatha_christie_is_the_third_most_widely/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3033,"user_id":"poison_ivey"},{"content":"TIL when George Lucas was discussing the relationship between Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Arc, he envisioned her being 11 or 12 and Indiana Jones 25 year old when he \"had an affair with her.\"","created_at":1612960695.0,"id":"lgm143","n_comments":61,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgm143/til_when_george_lucas_was_discussing_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":111,"user_id":"Legitimate_Twist"},{"content":"TIL Genghis Khan would marry off a daughter to the king of an allied nation. Then he would assign his new son in law to military duty in the Mongol wars, while his daughter took over the rule. Most sons in law died in combat, giving his daughters complete control of these nations","created_at":1612957648.0,"id":"lgl7ag","n_comments":3273,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgl7ag/til_genghis_khan_would_marry_off_a_daughter_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":148896,"user_id":"_pancake_lover_"},{"content":"TIL Big Bird has several cousins that replace him in global versions of Sesame Street","created_at":1612957387.0,"id":"lgl4lr","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgl4lr/til_big_bird_has_several_cousins_that_replace_him/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":106,"user_id":"EdBeatle"},{"content":"TIL Peanut allergy affects even more adults than children in the United States. About one in six adults with a peanut allergy developed it after age 18 and peanut allergies affect 2.9% of adults in the U.S., or about 4.5 million adults.","created_at":1612957373.0,"id":"lgl4h0","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgl4h0/til_peanut_allergy_affects_even_more_adults_than/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":72,"user_id":"LeDumonster"},{"content":"TIL Universal Pictures originally considered Tarantino's screenplay From Dusk till Dawn as the follow-up to Demon Knight and the second in a proposed Tales from the Crypt film trilogy, but ultimately produced another vampire film, Bordello of Blood, instead.","created_at":1612955384.0,"id":"lgkk4g","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgkk4g/til_universal_pictures_originally_considered/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":46,"user_id":"meanstreamer"},{"content":"TIL, numbers that are the product of two prime numbers (e.g. 4, 6, 9, 10, etc.) are called semiprimes, and sometimes they can be the squares of prime numbers. Semiprime numbers have no composite numbers as factors other than themselves, which is another reason why they are called semiprimes.","created_at":1612952709.0,"id":"lgjrqk","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgjrqk/til_numbers_that_are_the_product_of_two_prime/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":54,"user_id":"Coriaceou"},{"content":"TIL that during one of their residences in the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, the band Bluesology was performing with their pianist, Elton John, and one of the audience members got so mad that he threw a hotdog onstage.","created_at":1612952416.0,"id":"lgjoiw","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.75,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgjoiw/til_that_during_one_of_their_residences_in_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":29,"user_id":"BakedPotato333_2"},{"content":"TIL there are 14 sailors stuck on an oil tanker off the coast of the UAE for nearly 4 years due to their company abandoning them and the ship.","created_at":1612952400.0,"id":"lgjocs","n_comments":157,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgjocs/til_there_are_14_sailors_stuck_on_an_oil_tanker/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1716,"user_id":"dynamedic"},{"content":"[TIL] Jerry Lee Lewis, famous for the songs \"Great Balls of Fire\" and \"Whole Lotta Shaking Going on\" married his 13 year old cousin. It was not his first nor would it be his last marriage.","created_at":1612950870.0,"id":"lgj7op","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgj7op/til_jerry_lee_lewis_famous_for_the_songs_great/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":80,"user_id":"Darth_Texan"},{"content":"TIL At the new and full moon, the sun and moon are in syzygy (three celestial bodies in a straight line). Their tidal forces act to reinforce each other, creating the highest \"high\" tide twice a month. This is called the \"spring\" tide.","created_at":1612949308.0,"id":"lgiqyv","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgiqyv/til_at_the_new_and_full_moon_the_sun_and_moon_are/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":79,"user_id":"michael_bgood"},{"content":"TIL that there where 6 before supercontinets before Pangaea. Vaalbara, Kenorland, Columbia also known as Nuna, Rodinia, Pannotia, and finally Pangaea","created_at":1612949283.0,"id":"lgiqr8","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.8,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgiqr8/til_that_there_where_6_before_supercontinets/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":66,"user_id":"Paporod66"},{"content":"TIL That capuchin monkeys understand and know how to use money. They can figure out how to seek out good deals and how to respond to supply and demand, and they'll even learn to sell sexual favors.","created_at":1612949145.0,"id":"lgip9z","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgip9z/til_that_capuchin_monkeys_understand_and_know_how/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":131,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL the biggest margin of Victory in a Olympic Field Hockey game in 24-1 when India defeated USA in the 1932 Olympics at Los Angeles. All participating teams ended up with a medal as only - India, Japan & USA sent their Field Hockey team to the Olympics in 1932.","created_at":1612948676.0,"id":"lgika5","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgika5/til_the_biggest_margin_of_victory_in_a_olympic/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":84,"user_id":"RealityCheck18"},{"content":"TIL The viking probes to mars may have detected life in Martian soil by mixing it with nutrient water and radioactive carbon atoms measuring the radioactive carbon dioxide or methane released from the soil which varied in output over a 24.66 hour cycle.","created_at":1612947402.0,"id":"lgi636","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgi636/til_the_viking_probes_to_mars_may_have_detected/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53,"user_id":"Thatguyashe"},{"content":"TIL: In 2012, scientists discovered a species of velvet spider that lives underground and named it Loureedia in honor of rock musician Lou Reed. In 2020, a subspecies was discovered and named L. phoenixi after actor Joaquin Phoenix.","created_at":1612945960.0,"id":"lghq34","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lghq34/til_in_2012_scientists_discovered_a_species_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":70,"user_id":"Subliminal_Kiddo"},{"content":"TIL that transparent aluminum, the fictitious material in the Star Trek Voyage Home film (1986) has been actually invented.","created_at":1612945060.0,"id":"lghfr4","n_comments":61,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lghfr4/til_that_transparent_aluminum_the_fictitious/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":603,"user_id":"TequillaShotz"},{"content":"TIL that Ham the Astrochimp became the first hominid launched into space on January 31, 1961. Ham flew a suborbital flight as part of NASA's Project Mercury. His capsule suffered a partial loss of pressure during the flight, but Ham's space suit prevented him from suffering any harm.","created_at":1612944524.0,"id":"lgh9ma","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgh9ma/til_that_ham_the_astrochimp_became_the_first/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":177,"user_id":"ralphbernardo"},{"content":"TIL the proper pronunciation of gif is with a hard g...even though the inventor wanted it to be with a soft g","created_at":1612944471.0,"id":"lgh8zd","n_comments":55,"percentage_upvoted":0.7,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgh8zd/til_the_proper_pronunciation_of_gif_is_with_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":54,"user_id":"amila"},{"content":"TIL of the \"King of All Boomboxes\", the JVC RC-M90, which was produced in 1981. LL Cool J and The Beastie Boys made this boombox famous by including it on their album covers. The competitive environment to obtain one is so fierce among collectors that prices are very high and there's much bickering.","created_at":1612943493.0,"id":"lggx1d","n_comments":49,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lggx1d/til_of_the_king_of_all_boomboxes_the_jvc_rcm90/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":433,"user_id":"WigboldCrumb"},{"content":"TIL the 2006 Saturn Awards [Science Fiction] were dominated by Superman projects. The 1950s Adventures of Superman series won best Retro TV DVD release. Superman Returns won 5/10 awards. S2: The Richard Donner Cut won best Special Edition. Ben Affleck got best supporting actor for Hollywoodland.","created_at":1612943155.0,"id":"lggsvh","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.65,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lggsvh/til_the_2006_saturn_awards_science_fiction_were/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":6,"user_id":"JosephMeach"},{"content":"TIL the Richat Structure is an eroded dome, 40 kilometres (25 mi) in diameter, exposing sedimentary rock in layers which appear as concentric rings. A prominent circular feature in the Sahara's Adrar Plateau is visible from space.","created_at":1612942774.0,"id":"lggofi","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lggofi/til_the_richat_structure_is_an_eroded_dome_40/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":30,"user_id":"GabbotheClown"},{"content":"TIL motorboat racing was an Olympic event at the 1908 games in London, the only time a motorized sport has been contested at the Olympics.","created_at":1612941703.0,"id":"lggbsx","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lggbsx/til_motorboat_racing_was_an_olympic_event_at_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":67,"user_id":"02K30C1"},{"content":"TIL of an English invasion of Normandy 65 years before the Battle of Hastings. The raid, ordered by Ethelred the Unready , was decisively beaten by the Normans at the Battle of Val de Sare.","created_at":1612939173.0,"id":"lgfh3r","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgfh3r/til_of_an_english_invasion_of_normandy_65_years/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":38,"user_id":"hconfiance"},{"content":"TIL that the L96A1 sniper rifle was so revolutionary the British army had to increase the stated range of snipers by 50% and caused a minor issue when they didn't revise their sniper training program, leading to way more graduates.","created_at":1612939081.0,"id":"lgffyc","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgffyc/til_that_the_l96a1_sniper_rifle_was_so/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":256,"user_id":"Ode_to_Apathy"},{"content":"TIL that the 555th parachute infantry battalion,aka,the triple nickel,was the first african american airborne unit. 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Pros- better than a dog, charms of music & female chit-chat. 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One commentary claims that the song was actually sung by Emperor Shun (ca. 2294 to 2184 BCE)","created_at":1612930378.0,"id":"lgca6g","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.58,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgca6g/til_song_of_auspicious_clouds_a_national_anthem/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":5,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"TIL Kamikiri, in Japanese folklore, is a mythical creature known for stealthily cutting peoples hair","created_at":1612930188.0,"id":"lgc7nx","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgc7nx/til_kamikiri_in_japanese_folklore_is_a_mythical/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":86,"user_id":"UsernameChecksOut_69"},{"content":"TIL that the single Justified and Ancient by The KLF and Tammy Wynette returned her to the US Billboard Hot 100 for the first time since 1969 reaching number 11 in 1991.","created_at":1612929908.0,"id":"lgc3sv","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgc3sv/til_that_the_single_justified_and_ancient_by_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":26,"user_id":"DeadeyeClock"},{"content":"TIL Milton S. Hershey, the founder of Hershey\u2019s Chocolate, was supposed to go on the Titanic\u2019s maiden voyage but at last minute changed his plans which was a decision that most likely saved his life.","created_at":1612929373.0,"id":"lgbwad","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgbwad/til_milton_s_hershey_the_founder_of_hersheys/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":139,"user_id":"squirrels4evr"},{"content":"TIL there is a high school in Texas named the Robstown Cotton Pickers. The school says that \"the community does not perceive a negative connotation connected with its mascot,\" so the team nickname has remained.","created_at":1612929332.0,"id":"lgbvq5","n_comments":26,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgbvq5/til_there_is_a_high_school_in_texas_named_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":47,"user_id":"boringbunion"},{"content":"TIL that, in 2014, OkCupid admitted experimenting on its users. Most notably, they ran experiments where they told people who were in fact bad matches that they were good matches, and vice versa. They found people talked more when OkCupid \"matched\" them and less likely when OkC \"mismatched\" them.","created_at":1612929326.0,"id":"lgbvni","n_comments":65,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgbvni/til_that_in_2014_okcupid_admitted_experimenting/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":524,"user_id":"Cardinal_Syndrome"},{"content":"TIL of two Batman vs. Dracula films that were made without the authorization of DC Comics; one being \"Batman Dracula\" made by Andy Warhol in 1964, and another made in the Phillipines named \"Batman Fights Dracula\"; the former film has been partially found, but the latter is considered lost","created_at":1612928774.0,"id":"lgbnoq","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgbnoq/til_of_two_batman_vs_dracula_films_that_were_made/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":68,"user_id":"johnnylgarfield"},{"content":"TIL Tu Youyou, a Chinese Nobel Laureate, discovered a treatment for malaria by reading an ancient Daoist text from 340 CE describing an herbal remedy for \"intermittent fevers\"","created_at":1612928609.0,"id":"lgble9","n_comments":196,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgble9/til_tu_youyou_a_chinese_nobel_laureate_discovered/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":5030,"user_id":"nintendodog1"},{"content":"TIL a horse's hoof is actually a middle toe that evolved into a single large hoof. Remains of tiny vestigial toes can still be found on the bones above their hoofs.","created_at":1612928142.0,"id":"lgbf1e","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgbf1e/til_a_horses_hoof_is_actually_a_middle_toe_that/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":140,"user_id":"BigFatJoints"},{"content":"TIL Having sugary drinks or eating sugary foods before playing the saxophone can cause its pads to stick more often. Bacteria also builds up easily and quickly inside the mouthpiece and can cause players to become sick","created_at":1612927975.0,"id":"lgbcro","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgbcro/til_having_sugary_drinks_or_eating_sugary_foods/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":81,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"TIL Quake III: Arena Used a Hack Called the Fast Inverse Square Root to Render Graphics Faster","created_at":1612927046.0,"id":"lgb002","n_comments":25,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgb002/til_quake_iii_arena_used_a_hack_called_the_fast/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53,"user_id":"Traxien"},{"content":"TIL the first anime fan convention held in North America was YamatoCon, held on August 13, 1983 in Dallas, Texas","created_at":1612927040.0,"id":"lgazxz","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgazxz/til_the_first_anime_fan_convention_held_in_north/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":26,"user_id":"johnnylgarfield"},{"content":"TIL That Canada once developed and cancelled production in 1959 of a fighter jet called the Avro Arrow that was decades ahead of any other jet in the world. Rumors ran rampant for decades of one being hidden away in the UK, in 2011 an ejection seat was found in the UK","created_at":1612926110.0,"id":"lgamqx","n_comments":79,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgamqx/til_that_canada_once_developed_and_cancelled/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":233,"user_id":"RouseTheBoroughs"},{"content":"TIL that 1 gram of Uranium contains about 20 billion calories","created_at":1612926017.0,"id":"lgal5y","n_comments":70,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lgal5y/til_that_1_gram_of_uranium_contains_about_20/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":194,"user_id":"Myrandall"},{"content":"TIL Indian intelligence first confirmed Pakistani covert nuclear weapons program by collecting hair samples from the floors of local barber shops in Kahuta.","created_at":1612922581.0,"id":"lg98rv","n_comments":88,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg98rv/til_indian_intelligence_first_confirmed_pakistani/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2273,"user_id":"lettowvorbeck"},{"content":"TIL straight razor manufacturing almost came to an end, but demand increased after the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall.","created_at":1612921615.0,"id":"lg8uw9","n_comments":190,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg8uw9/til_straight_razor_manufacturing_almost_came_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1792,"user_id":"swimfastalex"},{"content":"TIL Oranges in Vietnam and Thailand are Green Through Maturity","created_at":1612918506.0,"id":"lg7n14","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg7n14/til_oranges_in_vietnam_and_thailand_are_green/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":77,"user_id":"henry_gindt"},{"content":"TIL that in the Indonesian province of Bali, it is against the law to build buildings higher than a coconut tree, which is about 15 meters (49 feet)","created_at":1612917759.0,"id":"lg7cvj","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg7cvj/til_that_in_the_indonesian_province_of_bali_it_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":96,"user_id":"malalatargaryen"},{"content":"TIL P.B.S. Pinchback was an American publisher and politician, a Union Army officer, and the first African American to become Governor of a U.S. state. A Republican, Pinchback served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873.","created_at":1612917159.0,"id":"lg74xc","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg74xc/til_pbs_pinchback_was_an_american_publisher_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":57,"user_id":"7MCMXC"},{"content":"TIL about the cube teapot, which is a teapot whose main purpose was to be used on a ship. The cube shape of the teapot would stabilize it so that it would not roll over and scald the person making the drink, whereas conventional curved teapots would roll over when the ship rocked from side to side.","created_at":1612916927.0,"id":"lg71s2","n_comments":55,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg71s2/til_about_the_cube_teapot_which_is_a_teapot_whose/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1328,"user_id":"garamond89"},{"content":"TIL about \u201cdissimilation.\u201d A linguistic phenomenon where people tend to drop an R if it is in the middle of a word and comes before another syllable that has an R. Ex.\u201csuprise\u201d/\u201csurprise,\u201d/\u201cforward\u201d\u201cforward,\u201d /\u201ccatepillar\u201d/\u201ccaterpillar,\u201d and \u201cpaticular\u201d/\u201cparticular.\u201d","created_at":1612916480.0,"id":"lg6vn8","n_comments":106,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg6vn8/til_about_dissimilation_a_linguistic_phenomenon/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":286,"user_id":"umiland"},{"content":"TIL That the City of Manchester gets it's name from the Celtic name 'Mamucium' which means breast shaped hill.","created_at":1612914755.0,"id":"lg683r","n_comments":33,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg683r/til_that_the_city_of_manchester_gets_its_name/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":385,"user_id":"Funky2Chunky"},{"content":"TIL Alcides Ghiggia, the soccer player from Uruguay who scored the victory goal against Brazil in the 1950 World Cup, died exactly on the 65th anniversary of that victory","created_at":1612914551.0,"id":"lg65d1","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg65d1/til_alcides_ghiggia_the_soccer_player_from/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":45,"user_id":"NirgalFromMars"},{"content":"TIL of Alice Bradley Sheldon, an author who wrote under different names to hide her gender and identity. Best known as James Tiptree Jr. and Raccoona Sheldon, she was not very successful getting published under the psuedonym Raccoona until her other alter, Tiptree, wrote to publishers to intervene.","created_at":1612913833.0,"id":"lg5vxt","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg5vxt/til_of_alice_bradley_sheldon_an_author_who_wrote/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":191,"user_id":"WhileFalseRepeat"},{"content":"TIL: Scallops are hermaphrodites","created_at":1612913714.0,"id":"lg5ugf","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg5ugf/til_scallops_are_hermaphrodites/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":29,"user_id":"ComndNConqr"},{"content":"TIL of \u201ctooth-in-eye\u201d surgery to restore a patient\u2019s sight with their tooth. A tooth and surrounding bone is removed, a hole is drilled, and a plastic lens is inserted. The lens-tooth structure is implanted into the patient\u2019s cheek, where it grows new blood vessels, then it is implanted in the eye.","created_at":1612913399.0,"id":"lg5qds","n_comments":78,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg5qds/til_of_toothineye_surgery_to_restore_a_patients/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1660,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL after most of Manchester United's starting line-up died in a plane crash in 1958, Real Madrid offered to loan out Alfredo Di St\u00e9fano, the world's best player, to Manchester United. All the parties agreed, but England's FA blocked the loan, because \"it would halt the progress of a British player\"","created_at":1612913373.0,"id":"lg5q1k","n_comments":339,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg5q1k/til_after_most_of_manchester_uniteds_starting/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":18488,"user_id":"malalatargaryen"},{"content":"TIL the Oklahoma Panhandle exists due to a law preventing slave states holding territory above the 36\u00b030\u2019 parallel North. When Texas wanted to join the Union in 1850, it surrendered the land so it could continue to be a slave state.","created_at":1612902790.0,"id":"lg2eio","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg2eio/til_the_oklahoma_panhandle_exists_due_to_a_law/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":159,"user_id":"soulreaverdan"},{"content":"TIL about Steven Bradbury, Australia's first Olympic gold medal winner for the men's 1000 metre speed skating event. All his competitors in the semifinal race crashed, and he took first place. In the final event all the other skaters also crashed on the last turn, and he passed them for the gold.","created_at":1612911776.0,"id":"lg55fp","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg55fp/til_about_steven_bradbury_australias_first/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":99,"user_id":"camwynya"},{"content":"TIL that mitochondria and chloroplasts were originally separate prokaryotic organisms (single celled organisms) engulfed by eukaryotic cells (plant and animal). Now they are part of our DNA due to a continued endosymbiotic relationship.","created_at":1612908664.0,"id":"lg43sl","n_comments":45,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg43sl/til_that_mitochondria_and_chloroplasts_were/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":379,"user_id":"zomida"},{"content":"TIL that the handles of most table knives are hollow metal filled with cement!","created_at":1612908353.0,"id":"lg403a","n_comments":19,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg403a/til_that_the_handles_of_most_table_knives_are/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":98,"user_id":"NSFeaster"},{"content":"TIL During the invasion crisis of 1940-1941, the British tried making up for a shortage of armored vehicles with the \"Bison\", a truck with a concrete cover to act as armor. They were mainly used as mobile pillboxes to protect airfields from paratroopers.","created_at":1612908100.0,"id":"lg3x1i","n_comments":24,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg3x1i/til_during_the_invasion_crisis_of_19401941_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":779,"user_id":"UndyingCorn"},{"content":"TIL there is a daisy that makes your mouth feel like it is being electrocuted","created_at":1612907897.0,"id":"lg3ukc","n_comments":93,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg3ukc/til_there_is_a_daisy_that_makes_your_mouth_feel/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1095,"user_id":"DanielleAntenucci"},{"content":"TIL that the CIA once made a fake scrotum to hide a radio","created_at":1612906944.0,"id":"lg3k9x","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg3k9x/til_that_the_cia_once_made_a_fake_scrotum_to_hide/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":49,"user_id":"Kamielus"},{"content":"TIL about Project GUNMAN, the discovery of primitive keylogging technology installed by the KGB into the IBM Selectric typewriters used in the US Embassy in Moscow, enabling the Soviets to steal US secrets for eight years.","created_at":1612906292.0,"id":"lg3dlf","n_comments":329,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg3dlf/til_about_project_gunman_the_discovery_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":12911,"user_id":"NakedAlchemist"},{"content":"TIL about the Downtown hotel in Yukon, Canada, where they serve a drink called the sourtoe cocktail, a drink with a severed human toe in it. The tradition started in the 1920s, when a man lost his toe to frostbite, and had his brother soak it in a jar of bourbon to commemorate the event","created_at":1612905285.0,"id":"lg338i","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.8,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg338i/til_about_the_downtown_hotel_in_yukon_canada/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":54,"user_id":"bagforlifefullofbees"},{"content":"TIL Breakdancing has become an Olympic sport. \u201cBreaking\u201d officially added to the medal events program at the 2024 Paris Games.","created_at":1612905067.0,"id":"lg30x3","n_comments":2924,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg30x3/til_breakdancing_has_become_an_olympic_sport/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":46327,"user_id":"what_is_the_deal_"},{"content":"TIL there is a standard order to listing specific adjectives describing a noun which sounds \"off key\" to a native language speaker, if they are listed in the wrong order.","created_at":1612897626.0,"id":"lg0kyr","n_comments":45,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg0kyr/til_there_is_a_standard_order_to_listing_specific/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":181,"user_id":"Adam_Gill_1965"},{"content":"TIL that the THUMS Islands (aka Astronaut Islands as of 1967 ) off the coast of Long Beach, CA are artificial islands which were built to for oil drilling and were designed with structures, landscaping, waterfalls, etc. to conceal their operation/noise.","created_at":1612896012.0,"id":"lg07ia","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lg07ia/til_that_the_thums_islands_aka_astronaut_islands/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":78,"user_id":"therealrikersit"},{"content":"TIL of the Lindbergh Kidnapping where aviators Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's 20-month-old son, Charles Augustus, was abducted right inside their estate on the night of March 1, 1932. The child body was later found on May 12, badly decomposed on the side of a road near the place of kidnapping.","created_at":1612894035.0,"id":"lfzdmo","n_comments":28,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfzdmo/til_of_the_lindbergh_kidnapping_where_aviators/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":68,"user_id":"dprdim"},{"content":"TIL that William McBride, an Australian obstetrician who helped determine the link between thalidomide and birth defects, was years later de-registered for falsifying scientific data to claim that another drug also caused birth defects.","created_at":1612893466.0,"id":"lfz7y6","n_comments":31,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfz7y6/til_that_william_mcbride_an_australian/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":243,"user_id":"Ezzalenko99"},{"content":"TIL that the The White House became one of the first wheelchair-accessible government buildings in Washington during FDR presidency","created_at":1612890163.0,"id":"lfyis7","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfyis7/til_that_the_the_white_house_became_one_of_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":290,"user_id":"berta101010"},{"content":"TIL that Koi carps bread outside of Japan live on average 15 years, while the average age of Japanese koi is 40 years and the oldest recorded lifespan is 226 years (the Koi named Hanako lived from 1751 to 1977).","created_at":1612889513.0,"id":"lfydkq","n_comments":231,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfydkq/til_that_koi_carps_bread_outside_of_japan_live_on/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":5337,"user_id":"J0shua1985"},{"content":"TIL That a study on drinking alcohol found that the amount of shrinkage in the hippocampus \u2014 the brain area associated with memory and reasoning \u2014 was related to the amount people drank. Those who had four or more drinks a day had almost six times the risk of hippocampal shrinkage as did nondrinkers","created_at":1612888515.0,"id":"lfy5yk","n_comments":65,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfy5yk/til_that_a_study_on_drinking_alcohol_found_that/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":524,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL that after the Wright Brothers had achieved flight, most of Europe remained skeptical about their ability to fly, most notably earning the scorn of Ernest Archdeacon, who founded the A\u00e9ro-Club de France. This stance was later retracted after the Wright Brothers' first flights in France in 1908","created_at":1612886360.0,"id":"lfxp2d","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfxp2d/til_that_after_the_wright_brothers_had_achieved/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":180,"user_id":"WubbyLubbyDoobDoob"},{"content":"TIL that Prague is well known for its defenestrations, in which someone or a group of people are thrown out of a window. These defenestrations have historically been responsible for both wars and peace within the nation, as well as the deaths of prominent figures.","created_at":1612885533.0,"id":"lfxipu","n_comments":43,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfxipu/til_that_prague_is_well_known_for_its/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":621,"user_id":"RichardEgner"},{"content":"TIL the mast from the USS West Virginia, which was attacked at Pearl Harbor, was installed at Ogleby Plaza at Ogleby Hall on West Virginia University's campus in 1963.","created_at":1612884948.0,"id":"lfxdzy","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfxdzy/til_the_mast_from_the_uss_west_virginia_which_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":47,"user_id":"sunghooter"},{"content":"TIL Alejandro Jodorowsky set out to make a film adaptation of Dune that would star Mick Jagger, Orson Welles, and Salvador Dali with a score by Pink Floyd, concept art by Moebius and H.R. Giger, and a run time of 10 to 14 hours. Dubbed \"the greatest movie never made\", it failed to secure funding.","created_at":1612881921.0,"id":"lfwopw","n_comments":318,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfwopw/til_alejandro_jodorowsky_set_out_to_make_a_film/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":4976,"user_id":"modianota"},{"content":"TIL that tamales were once as popular across America as hamburgers and hotdogs. And the height of their popularity was known as The Tamale Wars, as vendors at times were so competitive that it caused murders, riots, and shoot outs.","created_at":1612877745.0,"id":"lfvniu","n_comments":244,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfvniu/til_that_tamales_were_once_as_popular_across/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2178,"user_id":"Nickadeamus36"},{"content":"TIL that Eug\u00e8ne Fran\u00e7ois Vidocq who is considered as the father of modern criminology and of French Police Department and world's first private detective was a criminal turned criminalist.","created_at":1612877631.0,"id":"lfvmi4","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfvmi4/til_that_eug\u00e8ne_fran\u00e7ois_vidocq_who_is_considered/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":129,"user_id":"vishnujp12"},{"content":"TIL about the Silver Pearlfish, a long, slender, ell-like fish that lives inside the body cavities of sea cucumbers to hide from predators.","created_at":1612878809.0,"id":"lfvx4e","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfvx4e/til_about_the_silver_pearlfish_a_long_slender/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":36,"user_id":"Lucky_Cat_25"},{"content":"TIL that calories take different amounts of energy to digest depending on their source. For instance, if you eat 100 calories of protein, about 30 calories will go to digesting it. For 100 calories of carbohydrates, it would be about 10 to digest it. For 100 calories of fat, it would be less than 3.","created_at":1612878752.0,"id":"lfvwle","n_comments":55,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfvwle/til_that_calories_take_different_amounts_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":375,"user_id":"IanMazgelis"},{"content":"TIL that Surya Bonaly is the only skater in the world to ever do a backflip and land on one leg flawlessly...","created_at":1612877807.0,"id":"lfvo58","n_comments":46,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfvo58/til_that_surya_bonaly_is_the_only_skater_in_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":219,"user_id":"Throwawayiea"},{"content":"TIL there was an Adolf Hitler-themed fried chicken restaurant in Thailand. The mascot was Adolf Hitler's head atop Colonel Sanders' shoulders.","created_at":1612877602.0,"id":"lfvm7s","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfvm7s/til_there_was_an_adolf_hitlerthemed_fried_chicken/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":70,"user_id":"malaise_forever"},{"content":"TIL lightning travels around 270,000 mph and is only 2-3 cm thick.","created_at":1612876657.0,"id":"lfvd5o","n_comments":26,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfvd5o/til_lightning_travels_around_270000_mph_and_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":133,"user_id":"PurpleZeppelin"},{"content":"TIL the \u201cGreat Depression\u201d did not originally refer to 1929, but instead to an earlier depression in 1873, later renamed the \u201cLong Depression\u201d","created_at":1612874177.0,"id":"lfuoqy","n_comments":55,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfuoqy/til_the_great_depression_did_not_originally_refer/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1822,"user_id":"WhereIsYourMind"},{"content":"TIL The ocean contains approximately one hundred million trillion dollars worth of dissolved gold.","created_at":1612869778.0,"id":"lftf2k","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.76,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lftf2k/til_the_ocean_contains_approximately_one_hundred/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":37,"user_id":"mostly-human-ish"},{"content":"TIL although Thundercats looks like an anime, it's an American original cartoon. The creator had a Japanese animation studio do all the animation, while it was produced, written, and voice acted all in America.","created_at":1612868651.0,"id":"lft2z4","n_comments":87,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lft2z4/til_although_thundercats_looks_like_an_anime_its/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":774,"user_id":"jostler57"},{"content":"TIL that Arthur Q. Bryan created the voice of Elmer Fudd and not Mel Blanc","created_at":1612868305.0,"id":"lfsyxo","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfsyxo/til_that_arthur_q_bryan_created_the_voice_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":49,"user_id":"popgeist_official"},{"content":"TIL in the 1980s, the internet-related term \"spam\" was adopted to describe certain abusive users who frequented BBSs and MUDs, who would repeat \"Spam\" a huge number of times to scroll other users' text off the screen.","created_at":1612868249.0,"id":"lfsycq","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfsycq/til_in_the_1980s_the_internetrelated_term_spam/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":148,"user_id":"1900grs"},{"content":"TIL of Scrotoplasty, also known as oscheoplasty: a surgery to repair or create a scrotum. Some transgender men, intersex, and nonbinary people who were assigned female at birth may choose to have this surgery to create a scrotum, as part of their transition.","created_at":1612865942.0,"id":"lfs8vb","n_comments":22,"percentage_upvoted":0.54,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfs8vb/til_of_scrotoplasty_also_known_as_oscheoplasty_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":7,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL that in 2001 the nuclear submarine USS Greeneville struck and sunk the Ehime Maru school ship during a demonstration of an emergency surfacing maneuver. 9 of the crew of the Ehime Maru were killed (including 4 students).","created_at":1612864947.0,"id":"lfrxjt","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfrxjt/til_that_in_2001_the_nuclear_submarine_uss/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":104,"user_id":"potpotkettle"},{"content":"TIL that a bride from Cyprus named Maria Paraskeva broke the Guinness World Record for the Longest wedding veil. Her veil measured about 6,962. meters. Her marriage took place in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 14 August 2018. This is approximately the length of 63 and a half American football fields.","created_at":1612864723.0,"id":"lfruva","n_comments":29,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfruva/til_that_a_bride_from_cyprus_named_maria/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":45,"user_id":"dcdiehardfan"},{"content":"TIL about Fred Scolari, an NBA player who was blind in 1 eye, deaf in 1 ear, short, and overweight, but he was a 2-time All-Star","created_at":1612863462.0,"id":"lfrh18","n_comments":41,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfrh18/til_about_fred_scolari_an_nba_player_who_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":260,"user_id":"WinesburgOhio"},{"content":"TIL that 40 Million years ago, six foot tall penguins roamed what's now New Zealand","created_at":1612863137.0,"id":"lfrdgt","n_comments":46,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfrdgt/til_that_40_million_years_ago_six_foot_tall/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":478,"user_id":"dravenonred"},{"content":"TIL that founder of the Amish, Jacob Ammann, who introduced the idea of a strict adherence to a dress code (\"simple dress\") for his followers, was a tailor","created_at":1612861075.0,"id":"lfqpxq","n_comments":27,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfqpxq/til_that_founder_of_the_amish_jacob_ammann_who/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":256,"user_id":"al666in"},{"content":"TIL of TON-618, the largest ever recorded black hole. It is a ridiculous 66 billion times more massive than the sun, and 280 thousand times it\u2019s diameter.","created_at":1612860729.0,"id":"lfqm0x","n_comments":56,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfqm0x/til_of_ton618_the_largest_ever_recorded_black/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":252,"user_id":"Xenfo-"},{"content":"TIL that Ostriches on farms think humans would make great mates.","created_at":1612860180.0,"id":"lfqfr7","n_comments":30,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfqfr7/til_that_ostriches_on_farms_think_humans_would/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":154,"user_id":"Persianx6"},{"content":"TIL that a meter has a history of complicated and at times esoteric definitions of its length. An early measurement used the distance from the North Pole to the equator. Another used a wavelength of light as a measurement. Today, the official definition is based on the speed of light in a vacuum","created_at":1612859722.0,"id":"lfqahr","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfqahr/til_that_a_meter_has_a_history_of_complicated_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":104,"user_id":"Kanobe24"},{"content":"TIL actress Billie Burke, Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz, was married to Florenz Ziegfeld Jr, who created the famed Ziegfeld Follies","created_at":1612859404.0,"id":"lfq6ui","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.73,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfq6ui/til_actress_billie_burke_glinda_the_good_witch_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":42,"user_id":"kjira"},{"content":"TIL that the first \"phone book\" contained no phone numbers and wasn't a book. It was a sheet with the names of 50 people and businesses in New Haven, CT that owned a telephone","created_at":1612859363.0,"id":"lfq6ee","n_comments":22,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfq6ee/til_that_the_first_phone_book_contained_no_phone/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":719,"user_id":"2-travel-is-2-live"},{"content":"TIL of Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian agricultural worker, who was was sentenced to death in February 1977 and executed by guillotine in September that year. He was the last person to be executed in Western Europe and the last person in the world to be lawfully executed by guillotine.","created_at":1612858105.0,"id":"lfprtv","n_comments":19,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfprtv/til_of_hamida_djandoubi_a_tunisian_agricultural/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":126,"user_id":"JDoe02"},{"content":"TIL in 1988, Charles Schulz's wife, Jean, was the target of an attempted kidnap and ransom. Two masked gunmen broke into their house, and were about to abduct her, but were spooked off when Schulz's daughter came home.","created_at":1612856921.0,"id":"lfpd7g","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfpd7g/til_in_1988_charles_schulzs_wife_jean_was_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":39,"user_id":"jsrrayburn"},{"content":"TIL Paleontologist excavated a type of Oryctodromeus which indicated that some Dinosaurs might have dug elaborate burrows.","created_at":1612854733.0,"id":"lfomfu","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfomfu/til_paleontologist_excavated_a_type_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":104,"user_id":"UptightZebra"},{"content":"TIL in 1921 a Danish geologist discovered a tiny island on the northern coast of Greenland and named it \"Kaffeklubben Island\" after an informal academic club held at the Copenhagen Mineralogical Museum. He didn't know that he had just named the northernmost point of land on Earth after a coffee club","created_at":1612853233.0,"id":"lfo2u6","n_comments":233,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfo2u6/til_in_1921_a_danish_geologist_discovered_a_tiny/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":18669,"user_id":"allfangs"},{"content":"TIL years in the Gregorian Calendar are an average of 365.2425 days long not 365.25 days long. To accomplish this years divisible by 4 and 100 but not 400 do not have leap days (ex 1700, 1800, 1900, & 2100).","created_at":1612852120.0,"id":"lfnoql","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfnoql/til_years_in_the_gregorian_calendar_are_an/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":54,"user_id":"wcprice2"},{"content":"TIL of 'Soot Tags' which look like spider webs but are formed when petroleum/synthetic sources burn and the positively charged ions join together in a web like pattern.","created_at":1612849394.0,"id":"lfmp22","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfmp22/til_of_soot_tags_which_look_like_spider_webs_but/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53,"user_id":"coffee_guy"},{"content":"TIL that when Roseanne Barr mangled the National Anthem at a baseball game in 1990 and made an obscene gesture after fans booed, she was dealing with a 1/3 second sound delay and mimicking a typical ball player's habit of spitting tobacco and grabbing their crotches.","created_at":1612849211.0,"id":"lfmmjj","n_comments":29,"percentage_upvoted":0.74,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfmmjj/til_that_when_roseanne_barr_mangled_the_national/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":58,"user_id":"Notmyrealname"},{"content":"TIL: At the end of the 19th century horse manure was considered one of the greatest challenges to urban planners. Short after the problem was solved by introduction of the automobile.","created_at":1612848495.0,"id":"lfmczm","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfmczm/til_at_the_end_of_the_19th_century_horse_manure/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":66,"user_id":"No-Concert4588"},{"content":"TIL of the USS New York, a ship in the US Navy forged partially from steel that was salvaged from the World Trade Center after it was destroyed in 9/11. The ship's motto is \"Strength forged through sacrifice. Never forget.\"","created_at":1612848003.0,"id":"lfm635","n_comments":1018,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfm635/til_of_the_uss_new_york_a_ship_in_the_us_navy/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":34757,"user_id":"Fadoinga"},{"content":"TIL that Eunice Hunton Carter, a black female assistant district attorney, built the investigative case resulting in the 1936 conviction against mob boss Lucky Luciano. She was the first African American woman both to graduate from Fordham Law School, and then to serve as ADA in New York.","created_at":1612847440.0,"id":"lflyhv","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lflyhv/til_that_eunice_hunton_carter_a_black_female/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":570,"user_id":"PhillipCrawfordJr"},{"content":"TIL the last time an NFL game was played but not broadcast on TV at all was in 1975.","created_at":1612845906.0,"id":"lfld5x","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfld5x/til_the_last_time_an_nfl_game_was_played_but_not/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":43,"user_id":"02K30C1"},{"content":"TIL SpaceX Sent Elon's Tesla Roadster into space when NASA declined an offer to send scientific instruments instead.","created_at":1612845843.0,"id":"lflc8p","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lflc8p/til_spacex_sent_elons_tesla_roadster_into_space/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53,"user_id":"electricp0ww0w"},{"content":"TIL that during the Kursk Submarine Disaster a violent explosion embedded one sailor's body in the ceiling of the second compartment. The survivors may have lived for up to 72 hours after the initial explosion that sank the Russian Sub.","created_at":1612845110.0,"id":"lfl29k","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfl29k/til_that_during_the_kursk_submarine_disaster_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":118,"user_id":"Touristupdatenola"},{"content":"TIL of all the Mammals, human males are among the 5% of the species who stick around to raise their offspring(investing father's), and the only kind among Apes.","created_at":1612845047.0,"id":"lfl1eo","n_comments":70,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfl1eo/til_of_all_the_mammals_human_males_are_among_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":155,"user_id":"1lust"},{"content":"TIL after Universidad del Mar was closed by Chilean government due to major financial irregularities, artist Papas Fritas managed to enter its vault and burn tuition contracts amounting to $500 million, making difficult to prove students owed the university this money","created_at":1612844306.0,"id":"lfkr6p","n_comments":392,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfkr6p/til_after_universidad_del_mar_was_closed_by/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":29935,"user_id":"Johannes_P"},{"content":"TIL that there four Cathedrals in England that have their own dedicated police service. Known as Cathedral Constables, a role that dates back over 800 years","created_at":1612842369.0,"id":"lfk077","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfk077/til_that_there_four_cathedrals_in_england_that/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":41,"user_id":"twoshillings"},{"content":"TIL about \"Huis ten Bosch\": a theme park in Japan in which a replica of a Dutch town with all kinds of Dutch buildings has been made. It was created by Yoshikuni Kamichika after he visited The Netherlands in 1979.","created_at":1612842618.0,"id":"lfk3kl","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfk3kl/til_about_huis_ten_bosch_a_theme_park_in_japan_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":84,"user_id":"elmscar27"},{"content":"Today I Learned that there are ten honorary Harlem Globetrotters, including Nelson Mandela, Whoopi Goldberg, and Pope John Paul II","created_at":1612842518.0,"id":"lfk29d","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfk29d/today_i_learned_that_there_are_ten_honorary/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":210,"user_id":"eoinyd"},{"content":"TIL Vitamin C supplementation can decrease the length of hospital stay in post-cardiac surgery patients.","created_at":1612841528.0,"id":"lfjonw","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfjonw/til_vitamin_c_supplementation_can_decrease_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":65,"user_id":"zuggle"},{"content":"TIL that French Guiana is a full fledged department/region of France, similar to how Hawaii is a US state. It is part of the European Union and its official currency is the Euro. The same applies to other overseas French departments.","created_at":1612838517.0,"id":"lfijbk","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfijbk/til_that_french_guiana_is_a_full_fledged/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":56,"user_id":"IvKoKo89"},{"content":"TIL that it was illegal to own gold in the U.S. until as recently as 1974","created_at":1612836990.0,"id":"lfhycr","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.78,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfhycr/til_that_it_was_illegal_to_own_gold_in_the_us/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":44,"user_id":"marcusa1"},{"content":"TIL that 45% of drywall in the US is made from waste from coal-burning electric plants. And that the gypsum in drywall is 100% recyclable.","created_at":1612836452.0,"id":"lfhr50","n_comments":79,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfhr50/til_that_45_of_drywall_in_the_us_is_made_from/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":660,"user_id":"Puzzleheaded-Rub-619"},{"content":"TIL there are three south poles: the magnetic pole, the geographic pole, and the ceremonial pole. The ceremonial and geographic poles are re-marked every year due to shifts in the ice.","created_at":1612835848.0,"id":"lfhiez","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfhiez/til_there_are_three_south_poles_the_magnetic_pole/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":101,"user_id":"CharmingtheCobra"},{"content":"TIL that the feeling you get when a word is repeated so much that it loses all meaning or doesn't sound like a word anymore is called \"Semantic Satiation\", a term coined by Leon Jakobovits James. Basically when you keep repeating a word, your brain eventually stops associating it with an idea.","created_at":1612835685.0,"id":"lfhg56","n_comments":43,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfhg56/til_that_the_feeling_you_get_when_a_word_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":197,"user_id":"Public-Today2224"},{"content":"TIL of Charles VIII of France, who accidentally hit his head on the lintel of a door while on his way to a game of tennis. While returning from the game, he fell into a sudden coma and died nine hours later.","created_at":1612835314.0,"id":"lfhb5b","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfhb5b/til_of_charles_viii_of_france_who_accidentally/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":117,"user_id":"djyoeris"},{"content":"TIL That archaeologists in China found a surprising haul in one tomb, where they uncovered a bronze cooking pot. When they opened the pot, they found 2,400-year-old bone soup. Because of oxidization, the soup turned green, but it was still in liquid form, and the bones were still floating on top.","created_at":1612835076.0,"id":"lfh7vf","n_comments":92,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfh7vf/til_that_archaeologists_in_china_found_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1456,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL that Joyce Vincent, the woman who died in her apartment and lay undiscovered in front of her TV which kept running for three years, was actually very popular in real life but somehow, no one noticed when she died.","created_at":1612834082.0,"id":"lfgu9u","n_comments":214,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfgu9u/til_that_joyce_vincent_the_woman_who_died_in_her/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2109,"user_id":"graining"},{"content":"TIL the infamous Fyre Festival was financed by investors who fell victim to fraudulent social media marketing, just like all the attendees who were scammed into buying tickets...","created_at":1612833382.0,"id":"lfgkwz","n_comments":38,"percentage_upvoted":0.79,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfgkwz/til_the_infamous_fyre_festival_was_financed_by/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":47,"user_id":"green-beans-and-LSD"},{"content":"TIL the 1987 movie \u201cThe Lost Boys\u201d had a planned sequel named \u201cThe Lost Girls\u201d starring Drew Barrymore and Rosanna Arquette. Joel Schumacher, the director of the original movie, said of the sequel, \"I thought girl vampires on motorcycles would be sexy and funny and something that I\u2019d like to see.\"","created_at":1612831510.0,"id":"lffun3","n_comments":21,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lffun3/til_the_1987_movie_the_lost_boys_had_a_planned/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":101,"user_id":"WhileFalseRepeat"},{"content":"TIL in 1999 Yugoslavian Lt Col Zolt\u00e1n Dani was responsible for shooting down an F-117A with a surface-to-air missile. The American pilot, Dale Zelko, ejected safely and twelve years later became friends with Lt Col Zolt\u00e1n Dani, who now runs a bakery.","created_at":1612830958.0,"id":"lffn3b","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lffn3b/til_in_1999_yugoslavian_lt_col_zolt\u00e1n_dani_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":193,"user_id":"andrewgarrison"},{"content":"TIL that Ronald McDonald isn\u2019t allowed to tell children where the hamburgers really come from, \u201cif they asked where the food came from [we were told to say] that the hamburgers grow in a patch with the French fries next to them\u201d","created_at":1612830358.0,"id":"lfffcc","n_comments":575,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfffcc/til_that_ronald_mcdonald_isnt_allowed_to_tell/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":5764,"user_id":"zamsyt"},{"content":"TIL that there is a neurological syndrome which is called Dr. Strangelove Syndrome, also called Alien Hand Syndrome","created_at":1612829942.0,"id":"lff9s4","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lff9s4/til_that_there_is_a_neurological_syndrome_which/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":38,"user_id":"Alexander_Selkirk"},{"content":"TIL that human is not good at generating random number, so much so that a machine has the high ground when it tries to predict your inputs","created_at":1612829866.0,"id":"lff8s7","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.66,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lff8s7/til_that_human_is_not_good_at_generating_random/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":23,"user_id":"lpuglia"},{"content":"TIL the Aztecs had large botanical gardens and medical experimentation for finding cures to diseases from folklore","created_at":1612829460.0,"id":"lff3db","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lff3db/til_the_aztecs_had_large_botanical_gardens_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":143,"user_id":"Accelerator231"},{"content":"TIL That the Only Fully Latin Speaking City in the Near East Was Roman Beirut, also known as Berytus, Which is the Modern Lebanese Capital","created_at":1612829312.0,"id":"lff1as","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lff1as/til_that_the_only_fully_latin_speaking_city_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":70,"user_id":"drgoddammit"},{"content":"TIL Edward of Woodstock (the Black Prince)\u2019s jupon hung above his tomb in Canterbury Cathedral for 600 years, only being taken down during WWII.","created_at":1612828929.0,"id":"lfew3v","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfew3v/til_edward_of_woodstock_the_black_princes_jupon/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":50,"user_id":"Nerdlifegirl"},{"content":"TIL in 1987, the DEA raided Thomas Jefferson's historic Monticello and threatened its employees with arrests if they didn't destroy his preservation of opium poppies","created_at":1612828094.0,"id":"lfekw5","n_comments":25,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfekw5/til_in_1987_the_dea_raided_thomas_jeffersons/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":219,"user_id":"FatShaman"},{"content":"TIL the \u201cfemale\u201d vocals on Electric Six\u2019s \u201cDanger! High Voltage\u201d were provided by Jack White.","created_at":1612827981.0,"id":"lfejfc","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfejfc/til_the_female_vocals_on_electric_sixs_danger/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53,"user_id":"arrogant_ambassador"},{"content":"TIL that being a bone marrow transplant can lead to the receiver having the donor's DNA in his body and semen.","created_at":1612827428.0,"id":"lfecd1","n_comments":28,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfecd1/til_that_being_a_bone_marrow_transplant_can_lead/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":162,"user_id":"FewLink1412"},{"content":"TIL When Diana Ross performed the Super Bowl halftime show in the middle of her last number, a helicopter landed in the middle of the field, she boarded it, and continued singing \"take me higher, I will survive\" as she flew out of the stadium.","created_at":1612826960.0,"id":"lfe6ju","n_comments":113,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfe6ju/til_when_diana_ross_performed_the_super_bowl/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2420,"user_id":"okgodlemmehaveit"},{"content":"TIL Payless once opened a fake luxury store called \"Palessi\" and invited influencers to see how much people would pay for $20 shoes. Top offer: $640. A markup of 1800%.","created_at":1612826481.0,"id":"lfe0gp","n_comments":356,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfe0gp/til_payless_once_opened_a_fake_luxury_store/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":8276,"user_id":"famousforbeingfamous"},{"content":"TIL that Bushell\u2019s case established that juries cannot be punished for the verdict they return. This arose after a jury was locked up after they returned a verdict in the trial of two Quakers (one of whom was William Penn, the future founder of Pennsylvania) that infuriated the judge.","created_at":1612825858.0,"id":"lfdsir","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfdsir/til_that_bushells_case_established_that_juries/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":100,"user_id":"Mad_Chemist_"},{"content":"TIL that Manchurian, once one of the most important languages in East Asia, is nearly extinct and now has only 20 primary speakers and a few thousand second-language speakers.","created_at":1612825413.0,"id":"lfdmos","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfdmos/til_that_manchurian_once_one_of_the_most/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":93,"user_id":"ArtDaPine"},{"content":"TIL that everyday flour can be a propellant for an explosion. If a cloud of flour reaches a critical concentration in the air it forms an explosive mixture.","created_at":1612825348.0,"id":"lfdltk","n_comments":50,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfdltk/til_that_everyday_flour_can_be_a_propellant_for/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":255,"user_id":"_take_me_away"},{"content":"TIL shark eggs are little plastic bag-like containers known as \"Mermaid Purses\". They come with strings that latch onto rope structures such as seaweed.","created_at":1612825083.0,"id":"lfdi12","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfdi12/til_shark_eggs_are_little_plastic_baglike/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":93,"user_id":"-Harboringonalament-"},{"content":"TIL that woodpeckers have insanely long tongues and not only use them to collect prey, but also to protect their brains when pecking.","created_at":1612822322.0,"id":"lfcl68","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfcl68/til_that_woodpeckers_have_insanely_long_tongues/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":123,"user_id":"ktownshades"},{"content":"TIL The Rolex Daytona was originally considered an abysmal failure. Having been beaten to space by Omega, Rolex renamed the Cosmograph after Le Mans- then Daytona after licensing issues arose. It was so unsellable dealers literally gave them away. A modern example now goes for $20k.","created_at":1612822300.0,"id":"lfcky1","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfcky1/til_the_rolex_daytona_was_originally_considered/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":247,"user_id":"Padgriffin"},{"content":"TIL that Vinegar Valentines Were Mean-Spirited and Insulting Cards That Came to Popularity in the Victorian Era For Sending to An Unwanted Suitor or Someone You Didn't Like","created_at":1612820000.0,"id":"lfbuyt","n_comments":27,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfbuyt/til_that_vinegar_valentines_were_meanspirited_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":363,"user_id":"asromatifoso"},{"content":"TIL About Stu Ungar, one of only two to win the World Series of Poker Main Event 3 times. He burned his way through several fortunes, threw away a 10-year-long marriage, drugged himself up to the eyeballs and, by the end, could barely stand up. He died with only $800.","created_at":1612818901.0,"id":"lfbjk7","n_comments":42,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfbjk7/til_about_stu_ungar_one_of_only_two_to_win_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":323,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL that after the Nazi assassination of Austrian Chancellor Engelbart Dollfuss. Fascist Italian dictator Mussolini mobilized the Italian army on the Austrian border and threatened Hitler with open war if German troops crossed into Austria.","created_at":1612818018.0,"id":"lfbad1","n_comments":24,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfbad1/til_that_after_the_nazi_assassination_of_austrian/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":169,"user_id":"verostein"},{"content":"TIL The Worlds oldest mummies are not from Egypt. They are from the Chincorro people of the Atacama Desert, present day Chile, dating back to 5000 BC, nearly 2000 years before the Egyptians","created_at":1612817750.0,"id":"lfb7pj","n_comments":120,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfb7pj/til_the_worlds_oldest_mummies_are_not_from_egypt/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":10579,"user_id":"GYPSEA33"},{"content":"TIL that harley davidson used to race motoGP(worldGP back then)in 1970s winning 3 time and 5 podium.","created_at":1612815794.0,"id":"lfap8z","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.78,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfap8z/til_that_harley_davidson_used_to_race/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":63,"user_id":"4pa_-"},{"content":"TIL of John II of France, who was captured by the English, in the Hundred Years War, and held hostage in London. An exchange of hostages occurred, with his son, Louis, taking his place. When John II was informed that Louis had escaped from captivity, he voluntarily returned to England as a hostage.","created_at":1612814928.0,"id":"lfahcj","n_comments":562,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lfahcj/til_of_john_ii_of_france_who_was_captured_by_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":26838,"user_id":"comrade_batman"},{"content":"TIL former Philippine president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos caused a major corruption scandal in Japan in 1986. The Japanese legislative session that year was so preoccupied with the scandal that it became known as the \"Marcos Diet\".","created_at":1612808233.0,"id":"lf8xkw","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf8xkw/til_former_philippine_president_and_dictator/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":50,"user_id":"Nkive"},{"content":"TIL about 1700 people in a three-village community in Central Italy that speak a nearly extinct Slavic language.","created_at":1612803608.0,"id":"lf7wkq","n_comments":217,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf7wkq/til_about_1700_people_in_a_threevillage_community/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":9332,"user_id":"thebedla"},{"content":"TIL about a tiger shark vomiting an arm which belonged to a man who disappeared a few weeks earlier, and sparked one of the most infamous crime stories in Australia.","created_at":1612800278.0,"id":"lf76l6","n_comments":28,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf76l6/til_about_a_tiger_shark_vomiting_an_arm_which/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":922,"user_id":"Yelo_Galaxy"},{"content":"TIL that the average decrease in body fat required to make faces appear more attractive is about 6.3 and 8.2 kilograms (approximately 14 and 18 pounds) for women and men of average height, respectively.","created_at":1612797484.0,"id":"lf6jw0","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf6jw0/til_that_the_average_decrease_in_body_fat/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":69,"user_id":"highhopeslowenergy"},{"content":"TIL Turkish counterfeiters were once busted for faking popsicle sticks. They allegedly exchanged the sticks for free ice cream, then sold the ice cream at half-price. They were active for 3 years, but were caught when a local ice cream firm noticed they were receiving more sticks than they produced.","created_at":1612797399.0,"id":"lf6j6t","n_comments":139,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf6j6t/til_turkish_counterfeiters_were_once_busted_for/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3537,"user_id":"SomeGuy671"},{"content":"TIL about Posthuman Transhumanism, an ideology which seeks to develop and make available technologies that eliminate aging, enable immortality and greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities, in order to achieve a \"posthuman future\"","created_at":1612793742.0,"id":"lf5od6","n_comments":163,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf5od6/til_about_posthuman_transhumanism_an_ideology/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":731,"user_id":"dustofoblivion123"},{"content":"TIL of Teruo Nakamura, a Taiwanese-Japanese soldier who became the last known Japanese holdout of WWII, surrendering in 1974. Despite perception of previous holdouts, Nakamura received only the minimum \u00a568,000 ($227.59) in government pension until public outcry motivated donations of \u00a54,250,000.","created_at":1612792509.0,"id":"lf5d82","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf5d82/til_of_teruo_nakamura_a_taiwanesejapanese_soldier/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":78,"user_id":"RoyaleSand"},{"content":"TIL of the Great bison belt. A tract of grassland that ran from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico around 9000 BCE, which allowed the bison to outlive other Ice Age animals and let the animal become the staple food of the Plains Paleo-Indians","created_at":1612788603.0,"id":"lf4cim","n_comments":146,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf4cim/til_of_the_great_bison_belt_a_tract_of_grassland/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2065,"user_id":"Starfire-Galaxy"},{"content":"TIL modern day numerals and Algebra were introduced by Fibonacci from a mathematical treatise in currently 'lost' library in Baghdad that dates back to 13th century.","created_at":1612787093.0,"id":"lf3x3o","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf3x3o/til_modern_day_numerals_and_algebra_were/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":211,"user_id":"AeriusPills95"},{"content":"TIL On 13 September 2002, the first known use of the word selfie in any paper or electronic medium appeared in an Australian internet forum \u2013 Karl Kruszelnicki's 'Dr Karl Self-Serve Science Forum' \u2013 in a post by Nathan Hope.","created_at":1612786125.0,"id":"lf3mpg","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf3mpg/til_on_13_september_2002_the_first_known_use_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":43,"user_id":"crk365"},{"content":"TIL About the Moriori Genocide, in which the Taranaki Tribe of the South Island of New Zealand slaughtered almost all of the peaceful and non-violent Moriori of the Chatham Archipelago.","created_at":1612784315.0,"id":"lf32ep","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf32ep/til_about_the_moriori_genocide_in_which_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":111,"user_id":"humaniteer"},{"content":"TIL that between 1840 and 1960, every U.S. President elected at 20-year intervals has died In office","created_at":1612783974.0,"id":"lf2yrm","n_comments":34,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf2yrm/til_that_between_1840_and_1960_every_us_president/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":63,"user_id":"ParanoidCommie"},{"content":"TIL in 2015, a plane made an emergency landing after the crew received an indication of smoke in the cargo hold. It turns out to be caused by the 2,186 sheep farting onboard.","created_at":1612783556.0,"id":"lf2uj6","n_comments":323,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf2uj6/til_in_2015_a_plane_made_an_emergency_landing/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":27299,"user_id":"qmzwnxo"},{"content":"Today I Learned the best preserved dinosaur fossil is 110 million years old and still has its skin","created_at":1612782822.0,"id":"lf2mgl","n_comments":26,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf2mgl/today_i_learned_the_best_preserved_dinosaur/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":535,"user_id":"tomas_el_tomohawk"},{"content":"TIL that after 20 years in a coma, a man was claimed to be aware and suffering from locked-in syndrome. These claims were proven to be a hoax.","created_at":1612779283.0,"id":"lf1nmw","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf1nmw/til_that_after_20_years_in_a_coma_a_man_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":138,"user_id":"askmeaboutmysciatica"},{"content":"TIL that the Yaghan people of Tierra del Fuego had a unique, now-extinct breed of \"dog\" that was domesticated from a fox-like South American canid called the culpeo","created_at":1612778775.0,"id":"lf1hwq","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf1hwq/til_that_the_yaghan_people_of_tierra_del_fuego/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":624,"user_id":"oldspice75"},{"content":"TIL that UK TV viewing figures are calculated from a sample of just 5300 households, who report everything they watch and aren\u2019t allowed to publicly disclose their participation.","created_at":1612775781.0,"id":"lf0kpl","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf0kpl/til_that_uk_tv_viewing_figures_are_calculated/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":71,"user_id":"Obi-WanKenOC"},{"content":"TIL Koko, the signing Gorilla had a partner. Ndume was loaned to Koko's owners on condition that he be returned to the zoo upon Koko's death, to start a new family, which they refused to do, claiming that Ndume(the Gorilla) overheard the discussion about him moving, and became upset about it","created_at":1612774204.0,"id":"lf037n","n_comments":48,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lf037n/til_koko_the_signing_gorilla_had_a_partner_ndume/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":293,"user_id":"Ainsley-Sorsby"},{"content":"TIL NASA\u2019s Mars Curiosity Rover labels different regions it travels through based on Earth themes, like Scottish towns, and now names of French towns.","created_at":1612773078.0,"id":"lezr6q","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lezr6q/til_nasas_mars_curiosity_rover_labels_different/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":66,"user_id":"Voldemort57"},{"content":"TIL the deadliest school massacre in US history was in 1927 in Bath, Michigan when a school was blown up by a member of the school board, Andrew Kehoe","created_at":1612771168.0,"id":"lez5us","n_comments":85,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lez5us/til_the_deadliest_school_massacre_in_us_history/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":947,"user_id":"Chicano_Ducky"},{"content":"TIL About Frank \"Cannonball\" Richards, a carnival performer whose act involved being shot in the stomach by a cannonball. He lived to the age of 81.","created_at":1612769387.0,"id":"leykuz","n_comments":62,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leykuz/til_about_frank_cannonball_richards_a_carnival/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":365,"user_id":"ExTelite"},{"content":"TIL that Super Bowl XXVII was originally to be hosted in Tempe, Arizona, but was moved after voters rejected an initiative to recognize MLK Day. After it eventually passed, the NFL awarded Super Bowl XXX to Tempe three years later.","created_at":1612768077.0,"id":"ley5pb","n_comments":19,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ley5pb/til_that_super_bowl_xxvii_was_originally_to_be/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":170,"user_id":"morsodo99"},{"content":"TIL that Joseph Kahahawai's was killed for being a suspect in Hawaii's Massie Trial. He was murdered by a US Navy Lieutenant and a Socialite. His killers served one hour in \"jail\". 1932.","created_at":1612767323.0,"id":"lexvnq","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lexvnq/til_that_joseph_kahahawais_was_killed_for_being_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":90,"user_id":"FogHorn650"},{"content":"TIL that a week after Jim Croce died at 30 in a plane crash, his widow received a letter from him promising to stop performing, get a master's degree, and write short stories and movie scripts. It ended \"it's the first sixty years that count and I've got 30 left.\"","created_at":1612763624.0,"id":"lewju6","n_comments":308,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lewju6/til_that_a_week_after_jim_croce_died_at_30_in_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":17223,"user_id":"PatFlynnEire"},{"content":"TIL of the En-Gedi Scroll, a piece of parchment that was believed to include texts of the Torah, but it couldn't be studied because it was burnt, until it was confirmed 45 years after its discovery using an X-Ray tomography that revealed the text.","created_at":1612763093.0,"id":"lewdc5","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lewdc5/til_of_the_engedi_scroll_a_piece_of_parchment/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":116,"user_id":"NirgalFromMars"},{"content":"TIL: Tomatoes are self-pollinating, meaning insects or wind aren't required. Instead they have flowers that contain both the male and female parts, so more than one plant is not needed for reproduction. The pollen falls within the flower to pollinate itself.","created_at":1612762461.0,"id":"lew5gs","n_comments":34,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lew5gs/til_tomatoes_are_selfpollinating_meaning_insects/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":326,"user_id":"Antscannabis"},{"content":"TIL that Wyoming Death row Inmates played baseball for their lives in 1910. Star Joseph Seng left it all on the Field.","created_at":1612762008.0,"id":"levzok","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/levzok/til_that_wyoming_death_row_inmates_played/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":117,"user_id":"CommunicationBrave35"},{"content":"TIL that the Hudson's Bay Company's chartered monopoly - exclusive trading rights within the entire Hudson Bay watershed - was more than ten times the size of the Holy Roman Empire at its height.","created_at":1612760609.0,"id":"levhs2","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/levhs2/til_that_the_hudsons_bay_companys_chartered/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":44,"user_id":"The_Canoeist"},{"content":"TIL that tobacco smoke enemas were used to stimulate breathing in apparently-drowned people and in the 18th century \"Tobacco resuscitation kits consisting of a pair of bellows and a tube were ... placed at various points along the Thames.\"","created_at":1612760501.0,"id":"levgdp","n_comments":18,"percentage_upvoted":0.79,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/levgdp/til_that_tobacco_smoke_enemas_were_used_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":43,"user_id":"Pootle001"},{"content":"TIL of Animal Planet\u2019s Puppy Bowl, which airs every Super Bowl Sunday featuring 2 teams of pups that carry toys to their side of a miniature field. It serves the purpose of appreciating the pups and the shelters/people who help them. All dogs in it can be adopted during the show. (New link: Rule 3)","created_at":1612760017.0,"id":"leva3w","n_comments":19,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leva3w/til_of_animal_planets_puppy_bowl_which_airs_every/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":252,"user_id":"Thepickledhamwarrior"},{"content":"TIL about Elina Powell, a black nurse who served during WWII. She was assigned to work at a POW camp, like most African-American nurses at the time, and fell in love with a German POW there. They married and had children despite it being illegal in both the U.S and Germany during this time period.","created_at":1612759389.0,"id":"lev2ci","n_comments":178,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lev2ci/til_about_elina_powell_a_black_nurse_who_served/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":12168,"user_id":"JHopeHoe"},{"content":"TIL that there are eight replicas of the Statue of Liberty spread across Paris. The largest of all the replicas was a gift to the French three years after the original statue was gifted to the United States. There is also a 1:1 flame that is an unofficial memorial to Princess Diana.","created_at":1612759166.0,"id":"leuzjb","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leuzjb/til_that_there_are_eight_replicas_of_the_statue/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":154,"user_id":"FlatBrush7085"},{"content":"TIL that the infamous CGI plane crash at the end of \"Air Force One\" was an unfinished shot. The VFX team had run out of time because director Wolfgang Petersen was fixated on adjusting the brightness of an F-16's tail light.","created_at":1612759110.0,"id":"leuyux","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leuyux/til_that_the_infamous_cgi_plane_crash_at_the_end/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":105,"user_id":"goodcheapandfast"},{"content":"TIL about debris leftover from space missions. Over 23,000 pieces of space junk orbiting the Earth, weighing more than 8,000 tons in total.","created_at":1612758625.0,"id":"leusw4","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leusw4/til_about_debris_leftover_from_space_missions/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":45,"user_id":"stimgsti"},{"content":"TIL that the Petrified Forest National Park has a \"Conscience Pile\" where returned petrified wood, stolen from the park over the years, are now stored. They can't be replaced to their original locations, even if the sender includes a detailed map, because it would spoil the park's research.","created_at":1612755301.0,"id":"letmmo","n_comments":26,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/letmmo/til_that_the_petrified_forest_national_park_has_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":177,"user_id":"RynTebba"},{"content":"TIL Pangolins are the world's most trafficked mammal","created_at":1612758041.0,"id":"leulr6","n_comments":28,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leulr6/til_pangolins_are_the_worlds_most_trafficked/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":130,"user_id":"pradyotghate"},{"content":"TIL Merv Griffin's wife, Julann came up with the format for Jeopardy! in response to the U.S. quiz show scandals of a few years earlier in 1963, when she proposed this idea to him: \u201cWell, why don\u2019t you give them the answers? And make people come up with the questions?\u201d","created_at":1612756689.0,"id":"leu4cx","n_comments":42,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leu4cx/til_merv_griffins_wife_julann_came_up_with_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":846,"user_id":"johnnylgarfield"},{"content":"TIL that DALI, the idol group that performed the iconic anime opening song 'Moonlight Densetsu' from Sailor Moon, disbanded after only a year (1991-1992)","created_at":1612756305.0,"id":"letzeo","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.69,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/letzeo/til_that_dali_the_idol_group_that_performed_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":19,"user_id":"Tobikage1990"},{"content":"TIL that NFL Sunday Ticket was largely the idea of Jon Taffer, the host of Bar Rescue.","created_at":1612755475.0,"id":"letoqw","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.78,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/letoqw/til_that_nfl_sunday_ticket_was_largely_the_idea/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":23,"user_id":"black_flag_4ever"},{"content":"TIL of the Lo Mustang earthquake, a magnitude 8.8 tremor that killed an estimated 30% of Nepal's population in 1505.","created_at":1612754290.0,"id":"let9wc","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/let9wc/til_of_the_lo_mustang_earthquake_a_magnitude_88/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":66,"user_id":"LithiumLost"},{"content":"TIL Boy, four, unearths 16th Century gold pendant in Essex. It is believed to be worth up to \u00a32.5m.","created_at":1612754256.0,"id":"let9g5","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.72,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/let9g5/til_boy_four_unearths_16th_century_gold_pendant/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":52,"user_id":"Freak-out-time"},{"content":"TIL Leonardo Da Vinci \u2018could write, draw and paint with both hands\u2019","created_at":1612753467.0,"id":"lesz5l","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lesz5l/til_leonardo_da_vinci_could_write_draw_and_paint/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":54,"user_id":"hi_its_lizzy616"},{"content":"TIL the areas that are most known for their beer today, i.e. Bavaria, Czechia, Belgium, and the Netherlands, were also the areas that during the early middle ages had the first ever production of hopped beer in history. Also home brewing was much more common than monastery or commercial brewing.","created_at":1612753014.0,"id":"lest78","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lest78/til_the_areas_that_are_most_known_for_their_beer/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":28,"user_id":"MandLaser"},{"content":"TIL the \"velociraptors\" from Jurassic Park were actually based on deinonychus, not velociraptors, but Crichton liked the name better and it stuck.","created_at":1612752659.0,"id":"lesono","n_comments":27,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lesono/til_the_velociraptors_from_jurassic_park_were/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":257,"user_id":"raptorhaps"},{"content":"TIL about Cartoon Renewal Studios, a company dedicated to the preservation of classic off-copyright animation using state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence systems to transform rare early animation into full 1080-HD presentations.","created_at":1612752547.0,"id":"lesna5","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lesna5/til_about_cartoon_renewal_studios_a_company/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":140,"user_id":"mepage"},{"content":"TIL a vultures' stomach acid is so corrosive, it can digest anthrax.","created_at":1612751630.0,"id":"lesbim","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lesbim/til_a_vultures_stomach_acid_is_so_corrosive_it/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":101,"user_id":"SonOfQuora"},{"content":"TIL the only reason Native Americans are called \"Indians\" is because Christopher Columbus wrongly inferred that he had reached the shores of South Asia...","created_at":1612750859.0,"id":"les1ln","n_comments":64,"percentage_upvoted":0.57,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/les1ln/til_the_only_reason_native_americans_are_called/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":24,"user_id":"burnteggssoccerwrite"},{"content":"TIL Vikings never wore horned helmets, it is a myth that started in the 1870s. In reality, their helmets are iron with an eye guard.","created_at":1612750255.0,"id":"lertkj","n_comments":44,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lertkj/til_vikings_never_wore_horned_helmets_it_is_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":196,"user_id":"Super_ACF"},{"content":"TIL The red dye used in the flag that flew over Fort McHenry and inspired the Star Spangled banner was originally discovered by squeezing tiny parasitic scale creatures known as cochineal, known for habiting prickly pear cacti. Cochineal are now bred and cultivated for color and quality.","created_at":1612749490.0,"id":"lerjc0","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lerjc0/til_the_red_dye_used_in_the_flag_that_flew_over/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":70,"user_id":"RynTebba"},{"content":"TIL a man sued PepsiCo, alleging he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew can. PepsiCo's defense won by proving that a mouse would dissolve inside the soda in the days after being put in the can.","created_at":1612745962.0,"id":"leqbmq","n_comments":203,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leqbmq/til_a_man_sued_pepsico_alleging_he_found_a_mouse/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2577,"user_id":"SonOfQuora"},{"content":"TIL Stephenson 2-18 (St2-18) is currently the largest star known. It is 2,150 times the size of the sun. The stars size corresponds to a volume about 10 billion times greater than the sun.","created_at":1612749363.0,"id":"lerhrq","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lerhrq/til_stephenson_218_st218_is_currently_the_largest/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":115,"user_id":"gobigred5"},{"content":"TIL of the documentary Defilada. It is a Polish documentary with an anti-totalitarian message against North Korea, yet was well-received in the country.","created_at":1612748942.0,"id":"lerchj","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lerchj/til_of_the_documentary_defilada_it_is_a_polish/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":38,"user_id":"Kakislap"},{"content":"TIL after surviving the 70 foot fall in the 1618 Defenestration of Prague, Philip Fabricius was ennobled as the Baron of Highfall.","created_at":1612748270.0,"id":"ler4em","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ler4em/til_after_surviving_the_70_foot_fall_in_the_1618/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":71,"user_id":"Geogatherion"},{"content":"TIL: in 'The Snowplow Game' 1982, icy conditionscaused the game to remained scoreless until the fourth quarter, when the snowplow operator cleared a spot on the snowy fieldallowing the Patriots to kick the game winning field goal and a 3\u20130 win","created_at":1612748128.0,"id":"ler2ok","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.7,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ler2ok/til_in_the_snowplow_game_1982_icy/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":21,"user_id":"eliteprephistory"},{"content":"TIL that the Smithville EF5 tornado of 2011 flung a SUV into a water tower, causing a six inch deep and 32 inches wide dent.","created_at":1612747750.0,"id":"leqy33","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leqy33/til_that_the_smithville_ef5_tornado_of_2011_flung/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":28,"user_id":"ResidentRunner1"},{"content":"TIL Elvin Bishop's \"Fooled Around and Fell in Love\" was sung by his background singer Mickey Thomas. Bishop felt his gravelly voice didn't suit the song and asked Thomas to take lead. It was Bishop's biggest hit, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1976.","created_at":1612747334.0,"id":"leqt2u","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leqt2u/til_elvin_bishops_fooled_around_and_fell_in_love/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":251,"user_id":"sonicdivine"},{"content":"TIL there are \"Greek\" and \"Trojan\" camps of asteroids in orbit with Jupiter, and because this convention was devised after they were named, each camp has a \"Spy\" from the other side.","created_at":1612745947.0,"id":"leqbgg","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leqbgg/til_there_are_greek_and_trojan_camps_of_asteroids/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":39,"user_id":"Alsetman"},{"content":"TIL that the only distillery in Lincoln County Tennessee produces the only legally defined Tennessee whiskey made not using the Lincoln County process.","created_at":1612745901.0,"id":"leqaxw","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.72,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leqaxw/til_that_the_only_distillery_in_lincoln_county/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":17,"user_id":"Rossum81"},{"content":"TIL about decommissioned National Park Service (NPS) sites. Mackinac was the second National Park after Yellowstone 1875, but 1895 was delisted from NPS and given to Michigan as their first state park. Link is list of 26 abolished NPS sites.","created_at":1612745321.0,"id":"leq3xs","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leq3xs/til_about_decommissioned_national_park_service/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":68,"user_id":"Duilio05"},{"content":"TIL that in 1964, three physicists who just got their PhDs were tasked with developing a working design for a nuclear weapon using only unclassified information. The goal is to see if a country can develop a nuclear weapon without aid. They accomplished it within 2 and a half years.","created_at":1612745229.0,"id":"leq2uz","n_comments":919,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leq2uz/til_that_in_1964_three_physicists_who_just_got/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":36821,"user_id":"ruiruiruiruiruirui"},{"content":"TIL that losing the 2001 World Series saved Enrique Wilson's life. Had the Yankees won, he would've stayed in New York for the victory parade and flown back to the Dominican Republic on AA587, which crashed with all lives lost.","created_at":1612744944.0,"id":"lepzg0","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lepzg0/til_that_losing_the_2001_world_series_saved/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":52,"user_id":"Ridin_the_GravyTrain"},{"content":"TIL that in the '50s P&G used a supercomputer for designing Pringles to ensure that the chips' aerodynamics would keep them in place during packaging and that they would not break when being stacked on top of each other.","created_at":1612744772.0,"id":"lepxdb","n_comments":41,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lepxdb/til_that_in_the_50s_pg_used_a_supercomputer_for/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":329,"user_id":"AlexMazo"},{"content":"TIL the candy desk has been a tradition of the United States Senate since 1968","created_at":1612744752.0,"id":"lepx56","n_comments":38,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lepx56/til_the_candy_desk_has_been_a_tradition_of_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":190,"user_id":"DestroyerOfMils"},{"content":"TIL that the 80s cartoon spin off of \"Happy Days\" by Hanna Babera, \"Fonz and The Happy Days Gang\" about the \"Happy Days\" characters with a time machine created a Hollywood urban legend that it was supposed to be a \"Doctor Who\" cartoon. This ended up being false, but the myth outlasted the show.","created_at":1612743483.0,"id":"lephpu","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.75,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lephpu/til_that_the_80s_cartoon_spin_off_of_happy_days/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":20,"user_id":"Rich_Suspect_4910"},{"content":"TIL that the same day Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped for the first time on the surface of the Moon, Luna 15, a Soviet robotic mission to collect samples from the Moon before the US, failed and crashed 344 miles away into the side of a mountain.","created_at":1612743466.0,"id":"lephhs","n_comments":44,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lephhs/til_that_the_same_day_neil_armstrong_and_buzz/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":802,"user_id":"amaklp"},{"content":"TIL The term \"blowing smoke up your arse\" originated in the 1700's when Doctors would quite literally blow smoke up a persons behind as a way to resuscitate them. Usually after drowning.","created_at":1612741016.0,"id":"leop05","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leop05/til_the_term_blowing_smoke_up_your_arse/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":152,"user_id":"Snozzcumberbatch"},{"content":"TIL South Carolina did not choose its presidential winner by popular vote until the election of 1868.","created_at":1612740657.0,"id":"leokwt","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leokwt/til_south_carolina_did_not_choose_its/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":34,"user_id":"neworleanssaintsfan"},{"content":"TIL that Benjamin Melendez, the head of a Puerto Rican group who brokered the 1971 gang truce in New York's Bronx and Harlem, was part of a \"crypto-Jew\" family who practiced their beliefs in secret.","created_at":1612740558.0,"id":"leojnq","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leojnq/til_that_benjamin_melendez_the_head_of_a_puerto/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":42,"user_id":"Torley_"},{"content":"TIL that apparently during the mid-1880s, horse diving used to be a popular attraction.","created_at":1612740535.0,"id":"leojfz","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leojfz/til_that_apparently_during_the_mid1880s_horse/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":29,"user_id":"Lizbelli"},{"content":"TIL about the Pittsburgh \u201cBathtub\u201d - a famously flood-prone section of highway in downtown Pittsburg. Despite it flooding for the past 40+ years, no viable solutions exist to fix it","created_at":1612740134.0,"id":"leof2d","n_comments":45,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leof2d/til_about_the_pittsburgh_bathtub_a_famously/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":223,"user_id":"jakedasnake1"},{"content":"TIL the Chrysler Building in Manhattan is exempt from city taxes. It was built on land donated to the private college Cooper Union in 1902, which was tuition-free from its founding in 1859 to 2014. The building has paid rent to the college since opening in 1930.","created_at":1612739930.0,"id":"leocu0","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leocu0/til_the_chrysler_building_in_manhattan_is_exempt/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":141,"user_id":"aaj617"},{"content":"TIL that Detroit is actually North of Windsor and the Canadian border.","created_at":1612739720.0,"id":"leoajx","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leoajx/til_that_detroit_is_actually_north_of_windsor_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":50,"user_id":"mewithoutyou59"},{"content":"TIL of the 'Monument to the Equator' in 'Middle of the World City' in Ecuador. The monument highlights the exact location of the Equator, except after it was built it was discovered that it's over 200 m north of the equator.","created_at":1612739638.0,"id":"leo9mm","n_comments":22,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leo9mm/til_of_the_monument_to_the_equator_in_middle_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":124,"user_id":"Slartibartfast39"},{"content":"TIL About Love Land, a proposed sex theme park in China. The park was to include displays of giant genitalia and naked bodies, and host an exhibition on the history of human sexuality along with sex technique workshops.","created_at":1612739614.0,"id":"leo9cl","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leo9cl/til_about_love_land_a_proposed_sex_theme_park_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":80,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL of the Bandung Conference, a meeting between Asian and African countries during the Cold War to strengthen relations and to condemn Western and Soviet Imperialism towards their nations.","created_at":1612738822.0,"id":"leo0hx","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leo0hx/til_of_the_bandung_conference_a_meeting_between/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":98,"user_id":"verostein"},{"content":"TIL The \"California Route\" to the summit of Mt Fitz Roy in Patagonia was first climbed in 1968 by five American hippies who called themselves The Fun Hogs. One of them later founded Patagonia (originally called Chouinard, his last name), and another founded The North Face (in '64).","created_at":1612738528.0,"id":"lenx79","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lenx79/til_the_california_route_to_the_summit_of_mt_fitz/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":212,"user_id":"jcallany"},{"content":"TIL that the Easter Island heads, or Moai, are actually full-length figures. The bodies have been buried by shifting soil and sediment, creating the illusion that each sculpture stops at the neck.","created_at":1612738201.0,"id":"lentho","n_comments":56,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lentho/til_that_the_easter_island_heads_or_moai_are/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":643,"user_id":"Midnightlemon"},{"content":"TIL Harvey Ross Ball invented the yellow Smiley Face in 1963. It was intended to be morale boosting for insurance companies. He was paid $45 for 10 minutes work.","created_at":1612737910.0,"id":"lenqz8","n_comments":19,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lenqz8/til_harvey_ross_ball_invented_the_yellow_smiley/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":179,"user_id":"amansaggu26"},{"content":"TIL that London (~51\u00b0 N) is farther north than all the US States except Alaska (~49\u00b0 N).","created_at":1612737755.0,"id":"lenpe9","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lenpe9/til_that_london_51_n_is_farther_north_than_all/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":43,"user_id":"arctic_fox05"},{"content":"TIL that during Woodstock '94, Jesse James Dupree took the stage with a bottle of whiskey, lit up a joint, set a stool on fire, cut it up with a chainsaw, pulled out a rifle and shot it in the air, accidentally cut himself and bled heavily until security finally dragged him off of the stage.","created_at":1612737573.0,"id":"lennf9","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lennf9/til_that_during_woodstock_94_jesse_james_dupree/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":103,"user_id":"goodcheapandfast"},{"content":"TIL that in 1581 there was an African samurai named Yasuke.","created_at":1612736771.0,"id":"lenf1e","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.77,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lenf1e/til_that_in_1581_there_was_an_african_samurai/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":33,"user_id":"DDOM7212"},{"content":"TIL almost a third of the American soldiers at Valley Forge spoke English as a second language","created_at":1612735425.0,"id":"len10z","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/len10z/til_almost_a_third_of_the_american_soldiers_at/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":240,"user_id":"RaytheonAcres"},{"content":"TIL there's a republic in Europe where Buddhism is the prevalent religion. Its people constitute the only indigenous ethnicity of Europe with Asian features","created_at":1612734877.0,"id":"lemv9r","n_comments":19,"percentage_upvoted":0.79,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lemv9r/til_theres_a_republic_in_europe_where_buddhism_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":47,"user_id":"canuvich"},{"content":"TIL according to the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, each signatory state must \u201cavoid the harmful contamination\u201d of celestial bodies","created_at":1612734343.0,"id":"lempzi","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lempzi/til_according_to_the_outer_space_treaty_of_1967/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":45,"user_id":"ObjectiveMall"},{"content":"TIL that Nascar vehicles have realistic headlight decals instead of actual headlights due to weight restrictions.","created_at":1612733117.0,"id":"leme0o","n_comments":34,"percentage_upvoted":0.76,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leme0o/til_that_nascar_vehicles_have_realistic_headlight/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":16,"user_id":"BoosherCacow"},{"content":"TIL About the dancing plague of 1518. There was an outbreak of dancing after a woman started dancing and others joined in, and the dancing did not seem to die down for days. There are even reports that some people danced until they died.","created_at":1612731635.0,"id":"lem0mb","n_comments":24,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lem0mb/til_about_the_dancing_plague_of_1518_there_was_an/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":98,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL that the Persians were capable of conquering such vast terrain because of their superior horsemanship and powerful cavalry. This made them stronger than anyone else in Western Asia and allowed them to easily defeat enemies and take over the land.","created_at":1612730503.0,"id":"lelr6s","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lelr6s/til_that_the_persians_were_capable_of_conquering/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":61,"user_id":"Word_11"},{"content":"TIL the skeletons of medieval English archers were deformed from years of archery. The high poundage of war bows, coupled with years of training in their use from a young age, led to skeletons having over-developed shoulder and arm bones to compensate for the growth of muscle around those areas.","created_at":1612730238.0,"id":"lelp1s","n_comments":1353,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lelp1s/til_the_skeletons_of_medieval_english_archers/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":44284,"user_id":"izzitty"},{"content":"TIL that during the 1970s, North Korea abducted dozens, if not hundreds, of Japanese citizens from the beaches of Japan and forced them to teach North Korean spies. The youngest confirmed victim was 13 years old.","created_at":1612729577.0,"id":"lelju3","n_comments":86,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lelju3/til_that_during_the_1970s_north_korea_abducted/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":786,"user_id":"DAJ1"},{"content":"TIL The so called \"Valley of Death\" is a real place located in the Crimean Peninsula and was named after the disastrous charge made by the British Light Brigade during the battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 during the Crimean War.","created_at":1612729313.0,"id":"lelhru","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.75,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lelhru/til_the_so_called_valley_of_death_is_a_real_place/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":19,"user_id":"Unable-Dragonfly1298"},{"content":"TIL Singapore has more population than New Zealand despite only 1/374 the size.","created_at":1612729001.0,"id":"lelffd","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lelffd/til_singapore_has_more_population_than_new/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":28,"user_id":"Snorlaxtan"},{"content":"TIL Astronomers from Johns Hopkins University, studying spectral analysis of over 200,000 galaxies, initially determined the average color of the universe to be a greenish white. Later study corrected this to a slight beige. A vote followed by press coverage christened the final color \"Cosmic Latte\"","created_at":1612727959.0,"id":"lel6kb","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lel6kb/til_astronomers_from_johns_hopkins_university/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":199,"user_id":"codamission"},{"content":"TIL that the Windows 95 product key algorithm was entirely based on the key just being divisible by 7.","created_at":1612727696.0,"id":"lel4jj","n_comments":24,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lel4jj/til_that_the_windows_95_product_key_algorithm_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":160,"user_id":"TeflonJacket"},{"content":"TIL The search to recover debris from the Challenger disaster in 1986 also resulted in the discovery of 13 shipwrecks, two lost airplanes and 25 kilos of cocaine","created_at":1612726572.0,"id":"lekvxg","n_comments":1042,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lekvxg/til_the_search_to_recover_debris_from_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":65577,"user_id":"gaslightindustries"},{"content":"TIL that San Marino is obliged to use Italy's mint, and is forbidden to cultivate tobacco. In exchange for these limitations, Italy provides San Marino an annual stipend of 250 tonnes of sea salt, 40 tonnes of tobacco and 20 tonnes of cigarettes.","created_at":1612726546.0,"id":"lekvq9","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lekvq9/til_that_san_marino_is_obliged_to_use_italys_mint/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":376,"user_id":"progressinmotion"},{"content":"TIL Bruce Springsteen wrote 'Fire' for Elvis Presley to record. After seeing his idol in concert, Bruce wrote the song, and sent Elvis a demo, but Elvis died before receiving it.","created_at":1612726018.0,"id":"lekror","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lekror/til_bruce_springsteen_wrote_fire_for_elvis/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":143,"user_id":"Sybil_et_al"},{"content":"TIL In the early 1960s, following the decision to build a new High Dam at Aswan, Egypt. it was decided that Ramses\u2019s temples (Abu Simbel) would be cut into more than a thousand blocks and relocated to a higher spot to protect it from floodwaters.","created_at":1612722338.0,"id":"lek0j0","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lek0j0/til_in_the_early_1960s_following_the_decision_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":48,"user_id":"Much_Jackfruit5160"},{"content":"TIL about \"cattle mutilation\": thousands of worldwide cases where cattle have been found inexplicably dead with surgical wounds, specific body parts removed, and their blood drained. Reports go back to the 17th century, and despite federal investigations, no well-accepted explanation exists","created_at":1612723970.0,"id":"lekc4p","n_comments":52,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lekc4p/til_about_cattle_mutilation_thousands_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":85,"user_id":"Snowball_Furball"},{"content":"TIL The dutchie in Musical Youth's Pass the Dutchie doesn't refer to a cannabis joint, a dutchie was a type of cooking pot. The title was altered from the song which it was based on called Pass the Koutchie, which was about passing around a cannabis pipe.","created_at":1612717088.0,"id":"leizbi","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leizbi/til_the_dutchie_in_musical_youths_pass_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":33,"user_id":"haddock420"},{"content":"TIL the USSR considered Darwinian evolution a lie created by \"bourgeois capitalism\", and instead opted for Lamarckian evolution for political reasons. The failure of Soviet biologists to acknowledge natural selection resulted in a series of crop failures and food shortages.","created_at":1612715834.0,"id":"leiqps","n_comments":196,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leiqps/til_the_ussr_considered_darwinian_evolution_a_lie/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2126,"user_id":"JimCalinaya"},{"content":"TIL about four-eyed fish. While they do not have four eyes, their two eyes are each divided into two sections, one above the other, allowing them to see above and below the water at the same time.","created_at":1612715612.0,"id":"leip5f","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leip5f/til_about_foureyed_fish_while_they_do_not_have/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":60,"user_id":"314159265358979326"},{"content":"TIL Bryan Cranston ministered a wedding in a small plane that was flying over the Hollywood sign.","created_at":1612714775.0,"id":"leij6u","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leij6u/til_bryan_cranston_ministered_a_wedding_in_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":48,"user_id":"RBGolbat"},{"content":"TIL that nuclear bombs spread radioactive isotopes across the entire planet. Now experts use to spot art forgeries.","created_at":1612714397.0,"id":"leigix","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leigix/til_that_nuclear_bombs_spread_radioactive/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":112,"user_id":"kouteki"},{"content":"TIL that in 2008, a huge fire destroyed 118,000 to 175,000 audio masters at a vault owned by Universal Music Group in Hollywood, which included artists like Elton John and Louis Armstrong","created_at":1612714272.0,"id":"leifjj","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leifjj/til_that_in_2008_a_huge_fire_destroyed_118000_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":120,"user_id":"SmellyFenris"},{"content":"TIL that Panj Pyare or the first Khalsa Sikhs came from across India and Pakistan and not a single one of them was from the Indian part of Punjab.","created_at":1612713706.0,"id":"leibaw","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.45,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leibaw/til_that_panj_pyare_or_the_first_khalsa_sikhs/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":0,"user_id":"Kohlisatthewheel"},{"content":"TIL Kenny G plays the saxophone solo on the roof at Kathy Beth Terry\u2019s house party in Katy Perry's music video Last Friday Night. However, Kenny G does not play the saxophone on the song\u2019s actual recording","created_at":1612711788.0,"id":"lehwrt","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.72,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lehwrt/til_kenny_g_plays_the_saxophone_solo_on_the_roof/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":35,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"TIL that macadamia nuts are named for Dr. John Macadam (who was not involved in their discovery and naming), and not after a place called Macadamia","created_at":1612708170.0,"id":"leh4ji","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leh4ji/til_that_macadamia_nuts_are_named_for_dr_john/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":63,"user_id":"BrokenEye3"},{"content":"TIL on segregated public transit black passengers sometimes had to ride up in the front of the car.","created_at":1612707515.0,"id":"legz8r","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.73,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/legz8r/til_on_segregated_public_transit_black_passengers/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":12,"user_id":"tcitco7"},{"content":"TIL it wasn\u2019t until after WWII that Americans developed the habit of brushing their teeth regularly","created_at":1612707462.0,"id":"legytd","n_comments":24,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/legytd/til_it_wasnt_until_after_wwii_that_americans/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":144,"user_id":"tinyjerryseinfeld"},{"content":"TIL that Frank Abignale, who was a master conman and subject of the 2002 movie Catch Me If you Can (played by Leonardo di Caprio), once collected money by putting an out-of-service sign over a collection box. He was surprised that it worked, stating later, \"How can a drop box be out of service?\"","created_at":1612706563.0,"id":"legr1w","n_comments":48,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/legr1w/til_that_frank_abignale_who_was_a_master_conman/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":160,"user_id":"cell_cycle"},{"content":"TIL that Eminem co-wrote and guest starred in a song with Notorious B.I.G called Dead Wrong","created_at":1612706193.0,"id":"legnph","n_comments":18,"percentage_upvoted":0.47,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/legnph/til_that_eminem_cowrote_and_guest_starred_in_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":0,"user_id":"KingCrandall"},{"content":"TIL that YouTube was created because co-creator Jawed Karim couldn\u2019t easily find a place to view a clip of the Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime breast incident online","created_at":1612699927.0,"id":"lef1oz","n_comments":219,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lef1oz/til_that_youtube_was_created_because_cocreator/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3944,"user_id":"gordy06"},{"content":"TIL that the Catholic Church owns 177 million acres of land making it the largest non-governmental land owner in the world.","created_at":1612697586.0,"id":"leedkd","n_comments":59,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leedkd/til_that_the_catholic_church_owns_177_million/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":356,"user_id":"es_price"},{"content":"TIL of the maned rat from Africa. The only poisonous rodent, and only mammal to use toxins from another species to defend itself. If threatened, its mane erects and exposes an area for the predator to bite that has absorbent hairs it has smeared with poison from the bark of the poison arrow tree.","created_at":1612697200.0,"id":"lee977","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lee977/til_of_the_maned_rat_from_africa_the_only/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":186,"user_id":"Sansabina"},{"content":"TIL 'The Spy Who Shagged Me' in the Austin Powers series is an Academy Award nominated film (for best makeup). It also won a Grammy for Madonna's 1999 song 'Beautiful Stranger' (for best song written for a motion picture, TV or other visual media).","created_at":1612697175.0,"id":"lee8xb","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lee8xb/til_the_spy_who_shagged_me_in_the_austin_powers/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":283,"user_id":"MorsesTheHorse"},{"content":"TIL James Garfield lived 79 days after being shot by an assassin by being fed through his anus","created_at":1612697113.0,"id":"lee8b6","n_comments":39,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lee8b6/til_james_garfield_lived_79_days_after_being_shot/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":150,"user_id":"notsurethisisright"},{"content":"TIL: Continental plates split apart as quickly as your fingernails grow","created_at":1612696917.0,"id":"lee6db","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lee6db/til_continental_plates_split_apart_as_quickly_as/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":102,"user_id":"jesuisdeepak"},{"content":"TIL the Japanese Company Spiber Inc. has managed to produce synthetic protein-based fibers similar to spider silk for use in textiles and other materials.","created_at":1612696584.0,"id":"lee30g","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lee30g/til_the_japanese_company_spiber_inc_has_managed/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":162,"user_id":"ChiggaOG"},{"content":"TIL: Guy Fieri, before Food Network fame, used to be the spokesman for Flowmaster","created_at":1612696498.0,"id":"lee1yj","n_comments":28,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lee1yj/til_guy_fieri_before_food_network_fame_used_to_be/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":230,"user_id":"wyrman332"},{"content":"TIL: Less than 3% of the world's population lives south of the tropic of Capricorn","created_at":1612694684.0,"id":"ledi9l","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ledi9l/til_less_than_3_of_the_worlds_population_lives/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":66,"user_id":"wallabeen"},{"content":"TIL that bread shortages, and a significant increase in its price, were major causes of the French Revolution.","created_at":1612692530.0,"id":"lecuwt","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lecuwt/til_that_bread_shortages_and_a_significant/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":136,"user_id":"FishFollower74"},{"content":"TIL there is a galaxy shaped like a hockey stick","created_at":1612691456.0,"id":"leciqx","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leciqx/til_there_is_a_galaxy_shaped_like_a_hockey_stick/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":45,"user_id":"sh1nyburr1t0"},{"content":"TIL American currency went as high as $10,000, with $5,000, $1,000 and $500 bills also in circulation. They were discontinued in 1969 for \u201clack of use.\u201d","created_at":1612690877.0,"id":"lecc1u","n_comments":87,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lecc1u/til_american_currency_went_as_high_as_10000_with/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":453,"user_id":"wagnole1"},{"content":"TIL Bill Watterson of Calvin and Hobbes, and Charles M Schulz of Peanuts, briefly sparred in newspaper editorials taking digs at each other - Watterson mocking Schulz' commercialization of Peanuts, and Schulz calling Bill Watterson \"ridiculous\", and Calvin and Hobbes simply \"fun to look at\".","created_at":1612690779.0,"id":"lecaxf","n_comments":21,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lecaxf/til_bill_watterson_of_calvin_and_hobbes_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":62,"user_id":"moeburn"},{"content":"TIL During World War II, \u201cItaly\u2019s Popolo D\u2019Italia newspaper reported that the Loch Ness Monster had been killed by a direct bomb hit in a German air raid,\u201d when J. MacFarlan-Barrow and his three children saw Nessie while boating in 1941, the Daily Mail made a point that Nessie had survived.\u201d","created_at":1612689452.0,"id":"lebvso","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lebvso/til_during_world_war_ii_italys_popolo_ditalia/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":103,"user_id":"hanky1979"},{"content":"TIL of the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, a minesweeper from the Netherlands. It evaded Japanese detection during its retreat in WWII by disguising itself as an island with foliage, and the hull was painted to mimick rocks","created_at":1612688919.0,"id":"lebpou","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lebpou/til_of_the_hnlms_abraham_crijnssen_a_minesweeper/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":75,"user_id":"Jesuschrist2011"},{"content":"Today I learned that tree canopies avoid touching each other due to \"crown shyness.\u201d","created_at":1612688786.0,"id":"lebo2p","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lebo2p/today_i_learned_that_tree_canopies_avoid_touching/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":104,"user_id":"gagspettibeatmalls"},{"content":"TIL That since 2007, at least 20 detached human feet have been found on the coasts of the Salish Sea in BC, Canada, and Washington, US. Prior to the recent rush of feet washing ashore, there have been earlier instances, such as a leg in a boot that was found on a Vancouver beach in 1887.","created_at":1612687566.0,"id":"leb9f9","n_comments":36,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leb9f9/til_that_since_2007_at_least_20_detached_human/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":115,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL that Shoji Kawamori, the creator of the franchise Macross that was inspired by Gundam, was one of the forerunners for popularizing the concept of virtual idols with Lynn Minmay and Sharon Apple, and later designed toys that would later be incorporated into Hasbro's Transformers toyline","created_at":1612687445.0,"id":"leb7py","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.78,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leb7py/til_that_shoji_kawamori_the_creator_of_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":35,"user_id":"Wrenger"},{"content":"TIL at President Andrew Jackson's funeral \"....a pet parrot commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house.\u201d","created_at":1612687276.0,"id":"leb5so","n_comments":32,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leb5so/til_at_president_andrew_jacksons_funeral_a_pet/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":688,"user_id":"crosleyxj"},{"content":"TIL in 1936 Orson Welles produced and directed a version of Shakespeare's Macbeth with an all-Black cast.","created_at":1612686667.0,"id":"leaz4x","n_comments":142,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/leaz4x/til_in_1936_orson_welles_produced_and_directed_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3957,"user_id":"mellowmonk"},{"content":"TIL The Eastman Kodak company adopted and used a 13 month calendar from 1928 until 1989. Company founder George Eastman was so passionate about the calendar that he open an American office for the International Fixed Calendar League and petitioned the League of Nations for it's adoption","created_at":1612683968.0,"id":"lea3ad","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lea3ad/til_the_eastman_kodak_company_adopted_and_used_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":83,"user_id":"WarriorBeard6"},{"content":"TIL that when the PS2 was being launched, it received special import regulations because of its GPU's capability to generate high quality images at high speeds, a shared trait with missile guidance systems.","created_at":1612682653.0,"id":"le9nq1","n_comments":32,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le9nq1/til_that_when_the_ps2_was_being_launched_it/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":273,"user_id":"AMusingMule"},{"content":"TIL until the early seventies green the cigars of choice in the USA were green.","created_at":1612681687.0,"id":"le9c72","n_comments":22,"percentage_upvoted":0.48,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le9c72/til_until_the_early_seventies_green_the_cigars_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":0,"user_id":"Sutarmekeg"},{"content":"TIL that, when Don Cheadle was first offered the role of War Machine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he was told he only had an hour to decide on the 12-year commitment. When Cheadle responded that he was at his kid's birthday party, the Marvel rep said, \"Oh! 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Probably inspired by Italian masters known by their first name such as Raphael or Michelangelo, he would deliberately sign with his alone.","created_at":1612679752.0,"id":"le8nx8","n_comments":18,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le8nx8/til_that_everyone_remembers_rembrandt_by_his/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":365,"user_id":"ShabtaiBenOron"},{"content":"TIL Columbus' 1492 voyage was in search of a new path to Asia's spices including the desired black pepper. Not found in the new world, instead he discovered what we now know as bell and chili peppers.","created_at":1612679421.0,"id":"le8jve","n_comments":36,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le8jve/til_columbus_1492_voyage_was_in_search_of_a_new/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":72,"user_id":"LegendLarrynumero1"},{"content":"TIL about structural coloration, the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible light. Peacock feathers are actually pigmented brown!","created_at":1612676194.0,"id":"le7gg8","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le7gg8/til_about_structural_coloration_the_production_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":94,"user_id":"plaidman42"},{"content":"TIL about Nicholas Senn, which in 1886, invented the diagnosis of gastrointestinal perforation by inflation with hydrogen gas through the anus.","created_at":1612675647.0,"id":"le79vp","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le79vp/til_about_nicholas_senn_which_in_1886_invented/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":49,"user_id":"PoufPoal"},{"content":"TIL that Plato believed in extramission theory which stated that human vision was achieved by eye beams projected from the eyes. These beams were reputedly the source of power of the basilisk, whose gaze was lethal.","created_at":1612675333.0,"id":"le75yt","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le75yt/til_that_plato_believed_in_extramission_theory/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":60,"user_id":"mandelbomber"},{"content":"TIl I learned that many of the leading experts in psychology and psychiatry dispute the validity of DID (dissociative identity disorder)","created_at":1612675179.0,"id":"le744z","n_comments":72,"percentage_upvoted":0.65,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le744z/til_i_learned_that_many_of_the_leading_experts_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":26,"user_id":"deglazethefond"},{"content":"TIL about osteophagy, the practice in which animals (usually herbivores) eat bones to supplement phosphorus deficient diets","created_at":1612675167.0,"id":"le740f","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le740f/til_about_osteophagy_the_practice_in_which/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":45,"user_id":"WestBrink"},{"content":"TIL of Nance Legins-Costley, the first Black person freed from bondage by Abraham Lincoln, in 1841, long before the attorney became the nation\u2019s president and more than 20 years before the Emancipation Proclamation. The case pushed a theretofore ambivalent Lincoln toward an anti-slavery stance.","created_at":1612661237.0,"id":"le274t","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le274t/til_of_nance_leginscostley_the_first_black_person/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":33,"user_id":"mepage"},{"content":"TIL that the shortest-lived NFL team was the Tonawanda Kardex, who were in the league for only one game","created_at":1612672941.0,"id":"le6c8h","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.62,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le6c8h/til_that_the_shortestlived_nfl_team_was_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":7,"user_id":"upvoter222"},{"content":"TIL The actor who played \"Flounder\" in Animal House, Stephen Furst, was a pizza delivery boy in Hollywood when he landed the role. He taped a photo of himself inside the lid of each pizza he delivered in the hopes of being discovered.","created_at":1612672465.0,"id":"le66gc","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le66gc/til_the_actor_who_played_flounder_in_animal_house/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":236,"user_id":"jcallany"},{"content":"TIL that despite selling 30 million albums and having 9 top ten hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival were only together for four years.","created_at":1612669682.0,"id":"le57kz","n_comments":2756,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le57kz/til_that_despite_selling_30_million_albums_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":75519,"user_id":"Notlandshark"},{"content":"TIL that Henry of Champagne, King of Jerusalem, once fell off a balcony of his castle. He would have survived though, if it wasn't for his servant, a dwarf named Scarlet, who jumped out to save him, but ended up landing on him instead.","created_at":1612668105.0,"id":"le4myt","n_comments":19,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le4myt/til_that_henry_of_champagne_king_of_jerusalem/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":294,"user_id":"RichRaichu5"},{"content":"TIL that California is home to world\u2019s oldest, tallest, and the largest trees.","created_at":1612667690.0,"id":"le4hyz","n_comments":143,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le4hyz/til_that_california_is_home_to_worlds_oldest/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1819,"user_id":"96West"},{"content":"TIL About the battle of Spion Kop, an indecisive battle between the Boer republics and the British, during which both Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi participated as non-combatants.","created_at":1612666482.0,"id":"le425j","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le425j/til_about_the_battle_of_spion_kop_an_indecisive/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":34,"user_id":"CzarDinosaur"},{"content":"TIL that Sunny Isles Beach in Florida has more skyscrapers over 150m than Pittsburgh, PA, despite having 1/15th of the population","created_at":1612664144.0,"id":"le381v","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le381v/til_that_sunny_isles_beach_in_florida_has_more/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53,"user_id":"Ganesha811"},{"content":"TIL that the most expensive manuscript in existence is the Codex Leicester, a notebook written by Leonardo Da Vinci. When adjusted for inflation, it is worth $53 million and is currently owned by Bill Gates. The original Book of Mormon and a Letter from Zeng Gong to his friend follow in 2nd and 3rd.","created_at":1612664042.0,"id":"le36to","n_comments":60,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le36to/til_that_the_most_expensive_manuscript_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":559,"user_id":"famously_decent"},{"content":"TIL because of a Legal Battle over the rights of Spawn characters, Spawn and Medieval Spawn aren't fully owned by the same person, despite one being a variation on the other. Todd McFarlane owns Spawn, while Medieval Spawn is split between McFarlane and Neil Gaiman.","created_at":1612663980.0,"id":"le361t","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le361t/til_because_of_a_legal_battle_over_the_rights_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":107,"user_id":"scottishdrunkard"},{"content":"TIL the Roman emperor Commodus would have people without feet tied together and brought to the arena, where he would pretend they were giants and club them to death.","created_at":1612661458.0,"id":"le29s2","n_comments":40,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le29s2/til_the_roman_emperor_commodus_would_have_people/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":107,"user_id":"neworleanssaintsfan"},{"content":"TIL that the historic villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama with their steeply pitched thatched roofs are the only examples of their kind in Japan","created_at":1612661373.0,"id":"le28rb","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le28rb/til_that_the_historic_villages_of_shirakawago_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":131,"user_id":"KarinaZD"},{"content":"TIL of Charlie no-face, an urban legend of a monster who takes walks during the nights of Pennsylvania, in reality the man (named Raymond Robinson) had a severely disfigured face because of a childhood accident that he couldn't go in public without causing a panic, so he took night walks.","created_at":1612661292.0,"id":"le27sf","n_comments":317,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le27sf/til_of_charlie_noface_an_urban_legend_of_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":8812,"user_id":"PeJae"},{"content":"TIL about ParkWest, an Detroit-based gallery that only sells art in international waters during cruises. They purport to sell original artworks at steep discounts but in reality get bidders drunk to buy reproductions for thousands more than they\u2019re worth. Plus, cruise lines are in on the scam.","created_at":1612660401.0,"id":"le1wjy","n_comments":722,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le1wjy/til_about_parkwest_an_detroitbased_gallery_that/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":17154,"user_id":"DerivableDyer"},{"content":"TIL Theodore Roosevelt's great-great grandfather on his mother's side was the first governor of Georgia, Archibald Bulloch.","created_at":1612659773.0,"id":"le1oed","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.75,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le1oed/til_theodore_roosevelts_greatgreat_grandfather_on/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":27,"user_id":"t2guns"},{"content":"TIL that out of 30,000 known edible crops, only 170 crops are grown on a commercially significant scale today and just 3 staple crops (rice, wheat & maize) provide 40 % of our daily calories intake.","created_at":1612658732.0,"id":"le1az5","n_comments":347,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le1az5/til_that_out_of_30000_known_edible_crops_only_170/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":8075,"user_id":"Capable-Amphibian"},{"content":"TIL that the Vatican has an astronomical observatory","created_at":1612658475.0,"id":"le17qb","n_comments":33,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le17qb/til_that_the_vatican_has_an_astronomical/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":67,"user_id":"idratherbflying"},{"content":"TIL that Ida B. Wells investigated unreported lynchings across the United States at the threat of her own life in the 1890s for her book, \"A Red Record\".","created_at":1612657190.0,"id":"le0rku","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le0rku/til_that_ida_b_wells_investigated_unreported/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":52,"user_id":"DivineAccidents"},{"content":"TIL In 2003, Brazil passed a law outlawing alcohol sales in stadiums. FIFA asked Brazil to undo that law as Budweiser was a major sponsor of the 2014 World Cup. In 2012, Brazil passed \"Budweiser Bill\" to allow alcohol sales in the World Cup.","created_at":1612657179.0,"id":"le0rgg","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le0rgg/til_in_2003_brazil_passed_a_law_outlawing_alcohol/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":76,"user_id":"shashankgaur"},{"content":"TIL That actually none of the POW's that escaped in the infamous Great Escape were actually American and that a special task force was put together after the war to hunt down those responsible for shooting 50 of the recaptured prisoners.","created_at":1612656536.0,"id":"le0k0j","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le0k0j/til_that_actually_none_of_the_pows_that_escaped/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":54,"user_id":"Unable-Dragonfly1298"},{"content":"TIL That while Robbie Williams has had 14 number one singles (7 solo, 7 as part of Take That) the single that has sold the most in the UK, Angles, only ever reached number 4 in the UK charts.","created_at":1612656482.0,"id":"le0jbw","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.78,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le0jbw/til_that_while_robbie_williams_has_had_14_number/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":27,"user_id":"westerbypl"},{"content":"TIL that George H.W. Bush disliked broccoli so much that he banned it from Air Force One. Afterwards broccoli growers sent the First Lady 10 tonnes of broccoli, most of it was donated away.","created_at":1612655912.0,"id":"le0bvb","n_comments":171,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/le0bvb/til_that_george_hw_bush_disliked_broccoli_so_much/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2320,"user_id":"Mad_Chemist_"},{"content":"TIL the Allies fought French forces on two occasions in WW2: during the attack on Mers-el-Kebir and Operation Torch. The hostilities resulted in around 3800 deaths, mostly on the French side.","created_at":1612654764.0,"id":"ldzyem","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldzyem/til_the_allies_fought_french_forces_on_two/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":37,"user_id":"SuperTowel076"},{"content":"TIL that Roman Colosseum had 80 entrances 76 doors were for the public 4 of them, placed in the cardinal points, were the most important ones. Important characters entered the north and south gate. The \"Gate of Life\" was in the east and, in the west, \"The Gate of Death.\"","created_at":1612653796.0,"id":"ldznqk","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldznqk/til_that_roman_colosseum_had_80_entrances_76/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":122,"user_id":"Word_11"},{"content":"TIL in Pakistan when Uber joined the market, Car Dealership owners signed up their free cars to take advantage of payments given for loss of business.","created_at":1612653655.0,"id":"ldzlut","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldzlut/til_in_pakistan_when_uber_joined_the_market_car/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":53,"user_id":"evilpk2"},{"content":"[TIL] All interviews shown in the movie Intersellar were real interviews with people that lived through the Dust Bowl in the 1930's. These are not actors. This happened to them.","created_at":1612653646.0,"id":"ldzlpu","n_comments":57,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldzlpu/til_all_interviews_shown_in_the_movie_intersellar/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1377,"user_id":"Ninnux"},{"content":"TIL in 2014, New York City had $16 Million in unpaid parking tickets from foreign diplomats. The largest offender was Egypt, with about $1.9 Million. Diplomatic immunity is the main reason that those tickets remained outstanding.","created_at":1612651298.0,"id":"ldyvm3","n_comments":520,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldyvm3/til_in_2014_new_york_city_had_16_million_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":9161,"user_id":"throwawayblueline"},{"content":"TIL That Spaceballs wasn\u2019t the first Star Wars spoof. There was a 12 minute short called Hardware Wars that was shot for $8,000 in an abandoned laundromat. The film featured toasters, flashlights, tin foil and other low budget effects.","created_at":1612651172.0,"id":"ldytwc","n_comments":24,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldytwc/til_that_spaceballs_wasnt_the_first_star_wars/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":187,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL about Crypto AG, a Swiss company that produced encryption devices and sold them to 120 countries for 50 years. In 2020, their products were revealed to have contained backdoors that allowed them to be compromised by Crypto AG's real secret owners - BND and CIA.","created_at":1612649881.0,"id":"ldyghn","n_comments":143,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldyghn/til_about_crypto_ag_a_swiss_company_that_produced/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2381,"user_id":"KurtRussellLaughing"},{"content":"TIL the word \u201cmile\u201d originally comes from the Latin phrase \u201cmilia passuum\u201d which means \u201c1000 paces\u201d as paces was the way Romans measured distances.","created_at":1612648381.0,"id":"ldy137","n_comments":74,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldy137/til_the_word_mile_originally_comes_from_the_latin/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":430,"user_id":"TheManInTheShack"},{"content":"TIL banks have used security questions for over 100 years. In a 1906 speech, Baltimore banker William Hayden explained his bank requested new account holders' birthplace, residence, mother's maiden name, occupation and age for security measures to supplement signature records.","created_at":1612646920.0,"id":"ldxnkn","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldxnkn/til_banks_have_used_security_questions_for_over/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":129,"user_id":"MorsesTheHorse"},{"content":"TIL That \"It's now or never\" from Elvis is a cover of \"O sole mio\". He had the idea to make his own version while doing his army service in Germany.","created_at":1612646896.0,"id":"ldxnd6","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.79,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldxnd6/til_that_its_now_or_never_from_elvis_is_a_cover/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":38,"user_id":"ExpatriadaUE"},{"content":"TIL about Sporus, a young boy from Ancient Rome who Nero lusted over after the death of his wife. Sporus was castrated in order to preserve his feminine qualities and was forced to marry Nero. Several years later, Sporus escaped public humiliation under Vitellius' reign by committing suicide.","created_at":1612646638.0,"id":"ldxl78","n_comments":35,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldxl78/til_about_sporus_a_young_boy_from_ancient_rome/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":206,"user_id":"throwingupcats"},{"content":"TIL the human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small quantities at levels that rise and fall with the day, scientists now reveal. Past research has shown that the body emits visible light, 1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive.","created_at":1612645775.0,"id":"ldxdbf","n_comments":349,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldxdbf/til_the_human_body_literally_glows_emitting_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":5317,"user_id":"AbhigyanKumar"},{"content":"TIL The largest fossilised human faeces ever found is known as the Lloyds Bank coprolite. A paleoscatologist said: \"This is the most exciting piece of excrement I've ever seen... In its own way, it's as irreplaceable as the Crown Jewels\". In 2003, it was dropped and broke into 3 pieces.","created_at":1612645224.0,"id":"ldx83a","n_comments":79,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldx83a/til_the_largest_fossilised_human_faeces_ever/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":330,"user_id":"AkashicRecorder"},{"content":"TIL that eight years after JFK\u2019s assassination, Jackie Kennedy avoided the public unveiling of their White House portraits, but the Nixons graciously agreed to a secret, private tour for her and her kids. It was her only return visit.","created_at":1612645057.0,"id":"ldx6i6","n_comments":2080,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldx6i6/til_that_eight_years_after_jfks_assassination/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":95711,"user_id":"valandsend"},{"content":"TIL about Sir Upendranath Brahmachari, who saved millions of lives by developing a cure for Kala-Azar in 1920's. He was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize in medicine but is not recognized by the government and the people","created_at":1612644632.0,"id":"ldx2tu","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldx2tu/til_about_sir_upendranath_brahmachari_who_saved/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":235,"user_id":"Chintan_Mehta"},{"content":"TIL that Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the longest place name in the world.","created_at":1612643624.0,"id":"ldwu8g","n_comments":18,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldwu8g/til_that_taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":42,"user_id":"Intagvalley"},{"content":"TIL that Oscar Wilde had a pet lobster and used to take it for walks on campus.","created_at":1612643468.0,"id":"ldwsxd","n_comments":21,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldwsxd/til_that_oscar_wilde_had_a_pet_lobster_and_used/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":90,"user_id":"I_luv_thongs"},{"content":"TIL Brazil is the only country that passes through both the equator and a tropic","created_at":1612643024.0,"id":"ldwpcn","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldwpcn/til_brazil_is_the_only_country_that_passes/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":87,"user_id":"F4310_3M"},{"content":"TIL that the only word in English that ends in -mt is \"dreamt\", and its extensions like daydreamt and redreamt.","created_at":1612642499.0,"id":"ldwkzh","n_comments":274,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldwkzh/til_that_the_only_word_in_english_that_ends_in_mt/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2403,"user_id":"HollowKnightRaymond"},{"content":"TIL that lead is a byproduct of radioactive decay.","created_at":1612639101.0,"id":"ldvtqf","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldvtqf/til_that_lead_is_a_byproduct_of_radioactive_decay/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":95,"user_id":"nDJwmusic"},{"content":"TIL Disney composer Alan Menken came from a family of dentists and trained at medical school. He was a poor student, \"wild hippie\" and barely finished NYU. 8 Oscars, 10 Grammys, 7 Golden Globes later, Menken is now a star at NYU with a doctorate and scholarship in his name","created_at":1612623760.0,"id":"lds3e0","n_comments":68,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lds3e0/til_disney_composer_alan_menken_came_from_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3085,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"TIL Michael Jackson was planning on buying Marvel with Stan Lee in the late '90s, but it never happened.","created_at":1612617863.0,"id":"ldqqe1","n_comments":64,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldqqe1/til_michael_jackson_was_planning_on_buying_marvel/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":874,"user_id":"nfhii"},{"content":"TIL the Appalachian Mountains span three countries\u2014the United States, Canada, and France","created_at":1612614150.0,"id":"ldprbs","n_comments":116,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldprbs/til_the_appalachian_mountains_span_three/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1145,"user_id":"dftba8497"},{"content":"TIL - Disney Recycled Movie Scenes. Examples: Robin Hood, The Jungle Book, Winnie the Pooh, The Sword the n the Stone, Beauty and the Beast...","created_at":1612612855.0,"id":"ldpeos","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.75,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldpeos/til_disney_recycled_movie_scenes_examples_robin/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":27,"user_id":"PuzzleheadedYard5"},{"content":"TIL that Fans of Mass Effect trolled Bioware by sending them 400 cupcakes with the message \"The cakes are vanilla, and so is all the icing... no matter what choice you make, it'll all have the same generic flavor.\"","created_at":1612607852.0,"id":"ldnz10","n_comments":707,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldnz10/til_that_fans_of_mass_effect_trolled_bioware_by/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":13544,"user_id":"Yanrogue"},{"content":"TIL In a 1915 federal case against \"fancy mixed nuts\" that were argued by competitors to be an inferior grade, the court declined to accept a trade standard, saying: \"...such a vague and indefinite standard... to establish by the testimony of men engaged in the business of handling nuts.\"","created_at":1612607331.0,"id":"ldnszo","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldnszo/til_in_a_1915_federal_case_against_fancy_mixed/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":150,"user_id":"cscanlin"},{"content":"TIL that when the chimpanzee Sami escaped from the Belgrade Zoo for the second time in less than a week, thousands of people cheered him on.","created_at":1612607216.0,"id":"ldnrwa","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldnrwa/til_that_when_the_chimpanzee_sami_escaped_from/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":161,"user_id":"thisCantBeBad"},{"content":"TIL that F1 teams don\u2019t own their tires, and at the end of each race teams have to return the tires to Pirelli. Even used tires must be returned to prevent industrial espionage.","created_at":1612605313.0,"id":"ldn6xz","n_comments":200,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldn6xz/til_that_f1_teams_dont_own_their_tires_and_at_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":4266,"user_id":"atomp95"},{"content":"TIL that Montenegro was technically at war with Japan for a hundred years. After not mentioning Montenegro in the Peace Treaty in 1905, the country disbanded, with Japan ending hostilities as a recognition Montenegrin independence in 2006.","created_at":1612603983.0,"id":"ldmsmn","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldmsmn/til_that_montenegro_was_technically_at_war_with/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":126,"user_id":"widonja"},{"content":"TIL of Wayan Nyo, a 90 year old Philippino fisherman, who began cleaning trash out of the ocean after the filth ruined his ability to catch fish anymore. It is estimated he has removed 65,000 pieces of trash with the help of his canoe.","created_at":1612600643.0,"id":"ldlqmq","n_comments":20,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldlqmq/til_of_wayan_nyo_a_90_year_old_philippino/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1426,"user_id":"addydaddy_47"},{"content":"TIL Julia Child passed away from kidney failure at her retirement home, Casa Dorinda in Montecito, California, on August 13, 2004, shortly after eating French onion soup, made from one of her own recipes by her longtime assistant.","created_at":1612599860.0,"id":"ldlheb","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.81,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldlheb/til_julia_child_passed_away_from_kidney_failure/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":175,"user_id":"CyberSibey"},{"content":"TIL Coca-Cola is the longest-standing sponsor of the Olympics, having supported every edition of the Games since 1928.","created_at":1612596024.0,"id":"ldk735","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldk735/til_cocacola_is_the_longeststanding_sponsor_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":197,"user_id":"coderstool"},{"content":"TIL All of the character in 'Scooby Doo' were based on character in the 50s TV show 'The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.' Shaggy was originally a beatnik, then a hippy. Legendary DJ Casey Kasem originally balked at voicing a hippie but grew to love the character as Shaggy evolved thru the series.","created_at":1612595450.0,"id":"ldjzoh","n_comments":108,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldjzoh/til_all_of_the_character_in_scooby_doo_were_based/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1068,"user_id":"Bluest_waters"},{"content":"TIL that chlorine trifluoride, the most vigorous fluorinating agent known, can set asbestos on fire and explodes on contact with water.","created_at":1612595179.0,"id":"ldjw8h","n_comments":30,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldjw8h/til_that_chlorine_trifluoride_the_most_vigorous/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":114,"user_id":"oneblackened"},{"content":"TIL there was a multi-camera sitcom spin-off of NYPD Blue called \"Public Morals\", starring Donal Logue and Bill Brochtrup, reprising his role as John Irvin. The show received highly negative reviews and was canceled after one episode.","created_at":1612593697.0,"id":"ldjd0z","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldjd0z/til_there_was_a_multicamera_sitcom_spinoff_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":47,"user_id":"SupperSquirter"},{"content":"TIL that between 1978 and 1983, British security forces infiltrated most Hong Kong political groups to keep them under surveillance. When journalists revealed the existence of the program, all records were destroyed.","created_at":1612592358.0,"id":"ldivsq","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldivsq/til_that_between_1978_and_1983_british_security/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":92,"user_id":"RexSueciae"},{"content":"TIL that 90s TV presenter Noel Edmonds believes that he is constantly accompanied by two melon-sized \"spiritual energy\" balls, which appear over his shoulders. He has asserted that the orbs appear only on digital photographs.","created_at":1612591958.0,"id":"ldiqev","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldiqev/til_that_90s_tv_presenter_noel_edmonds_believes/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":50,"user_id":"Die_Nameless_Bitch"},{"content":"TIL that due to poor sales, the game Beyond Good & Evil was sold in a promotional pack with mozzarella cheese.","created_at":1612591501.0,"id":"ldikf4","n_comments":26,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldikf4/til_that_due_to_poor_sales_the_game_beyond_good/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":63,"user_id":"trinitymonkey"},{"content":"TIL that out of all 6 landings on the moon, Neil Armstrong performed the softest one with only .54 m/s of vertical velocity","created_at":1612591401.0,"id":"ldij5i","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldij5i/til_that_out_of_all_6_landings_on_the_moon_neil/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":68,"user_id":"RUacronym"},{"content":"TIL that the vocabulary of Maltese is heavily influenced by both Arabic and Italian. As a result, there are some sentences comprehensible by Arabic-speakers but not by Italian-speakers, and vice versa.","created_at":1612591301.0,"id":"ldihue","n_comments":19,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldihue/til_that_the_vocabulary_of_maltese_is_heavily/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":156,"user_id":"neworleanssaintsfan"},{"content":"TIL That the battle of Peleliu was almost a complete disaster for the USMC and has since become a almost forgotten battle of WWII.","created_at":1612590521.0,"id":"ldi7d7","n_comments":17,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldi7d7/til_that_the_battle_of_peleliu_was_almost_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":29,"user_id":"Unable-Dragonfly1298"},{"content":"TIL Foo Fighters recorded their new album in an old house. Grohl called it \"an environment where strange things kept happening\". They captured unexplainable video footage but due to a non-disclosure agreement with the house's owner, who was selling the property, the footage cannot be shown.","created_at":1612589854.0,"id":"ldhz7l","n_comments":18,"percentage_upvoted":0.77,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldhz7l/til_foo_fighters_recorded_their_new_album_in_an/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":80,"user_id":"noelccnoel"},{"content":"TIL that a species of Australian Nocturnal Ground Parrots thought to be extinct for 100 years were found by one man after 15 years of searching. His search began when he found one feather of this bird on a truck and traced it back to the farm of an Old Indigenous Gentleman.","created_at":1612589458.0,"id":"ldhtzk","n_comments":236,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldhtzk/til_that_a_species_of_australian_nocturnal_ground/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":19442,"user_id":"FT05-biggoye"},{"content":"TIL that an ancient Roman oracle once prophesied that \"Caligula had no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse across the Bay of Baiae\". After becoming emperor, Caligula ordered ships to construct the largest pontoon bridge in history, and rode his horse across the Bay of Baiae.","created_at":1612588607.0,"id":"ldhixy","n_comments":1313,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldhixy/til_that_an_ancient_roman_oracle_once_prophesied/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":88701,"user_id":"NA_DeltaWarDog"},{"content":"TIL about The Tree of Life in Bahrain which is more than 400 years old. Despite Bahrain having little to no rain throughout the year, the tree is abundantly covered in green leaves but it is not certain how the tree survives.","created_at":1612587860.0,"id":"ldh8q7","n_comments":29,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldh8q7/til_about_the_tree_of_life_in_bahrain_which_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":153,"user_id":"iamBreadPitt"},{"content":"TIL that the reason cellular signal is so bad in poor weather is because raindrops and water vapor reflect radio waves and convert them into heat energy before they can reach your phone. The same goes for clouds, snow, and fog.","created_at":1612587105.0,"id":"ldgyvm","n_comments":39,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldgyvm/til_that_the_reason_cellular_signal_is_so_bad_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":410,"user_id":"Squaragus_Asparagus"},{"content":"TIL that a town in Colorado offers an open air funeral pyre as an option instead of cremation or regular burial","created_at":1612586700.0,"id":"ldgt14","n_comments":149,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldgt14/til_that_a_town_in_colorado_offers_an_open_air/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2318,"user_id":"lovelyb1ch66"},{"content":"TIL That Martha Washington's Great Granddaughter was Mary Anna Custis Lee, the wife of Confederate military leader Robert E. Lee.","created_at":1612584997.0,"id":"ldg6zo","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldg6zo/til_that_martha_washingtons_great_granddaughter/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":70,"user_id":"AlexanderTox"},{"content":"TIL that \"Moon Trees\" exist. They are the product of around 500 different seed types that were flown up to the moon and back aboard the Apollo 14 mission, then planted at various locations in the US and abroad.","created_at":1612584850.0,"id":"ldg538","n_comments":56,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldg538/til_that_moon_trees_exist_they_are_the_product_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1282,"user_id":"zeebagel"},{"content":"TIL about the Hawaiin volcano Mauna Kea, the tallest peak in the state. It is the tallest mountain in the world if measured from it's underwater base, can receive snowfall in the winter, and is believed to have a small area of permafrost.","created_at":1612584441.0,"id":"ldfzoh","n_comments":28,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldfzoh/til_about_the_hawaiin_volcano_mauna_kea_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":162,"user_id":"jakedasnake1"},{"content":"TIL When Filmation was making the He-man cartoon, they refused to animate a vehicle called the Ball Buster","created_at":1612583603.0,"id":"ldfnu0","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldfnu0/til_when_filmation_was_making_the_heman_cartoon/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":101,"user_id":"BigBobby2016"},{"content":"TIL that Henry VIII\u2019s chief minister Thomas Cromwell was executed on his orders on the same day as his fifth wedding, an action he later regretted","created_at":1612582714.0,"id":"ldfbbs","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldfbbs/til_that_henry_viiis_chief_minister_thomas/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":40,"user_id":"Mad_Chemist_"},{"content":"TIL: Mark Wahlberg got paid $1.5 million extra for 'All the Money in the World' reshoots because he had final say over his costars and allegedly refused to approve Christopher Plummer to replace Kevin Spacey.","created_at":1612582034.0,"id":"ldf2al","n_comments":26,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldf2al/til_mark_wahlberg_got_paid_15_million_extra_for/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":75,"user_id":"Bart_Dart"},{"content":"TIL Mexico was the only country to protest against the German annexation of Austria","created_at":1612581594.0,"id":"ldevl0","n_comments":263,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldevl0/til_mexico_was_the_only_country_to_protest/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":10928,"user_id":"PonchoHung"},{"content":"TIL that during the 1937 Japanese invasion of China, two Japanese officers had a contest to see who could most quickly kill 100 people with a sword. Both officers exceeded their goal so neither was deemed the winner. They then decided to redo the contest to kill 150.","created_at":1612581539.0,"id":"ldeuun","n_comments":84,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldeuun/til_that_during_the_1937_japanese_invasion_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":335,"user_id":"EtOHMartini"},{"content":"TIL in 24 hours, the International Space Station makes 16 orbits of Earth, traveling through 16 sunrises and sunsets","created_at":1612579615.0,"id":"lde44x","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lde44x/til_in_24_hours_the_international_space_station/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":104,"user_id":"lavary"},{"content":"TIL Paul Edmund Strzelecki, a Polish gentleman, saved over 200,000 children during the Irish famine.","created_at":1612579458.0,"id":"lde1um","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lde1um/til_paul_edmund_strzelecki_a_polish_gentleman/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":234,"user_id":"UnstatesmanlikeChi"},{"content":"TIL that Swiss law mandates rabbit companionship, and most shelters/breeders/veterinarians will only deal with bunnies in pairs.","created_at":1612578303.0,"id":"lddlsv","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lddlsv/til_that_swiss_law_mandates_rabbit_companionship/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":79,"user_id":"Clare_Not_A_Bear"},{"content":"TIL about Simon Stylites, a 5th century Christian ascetic who lived on top of a small pillar for 37 years. He inspired many to do the same for many years after his death.","created_at":1612577433.0,"id":"ldd9uo","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldd9uo/til_about_simon_stylites_a_5th_century_christian/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":95,"user_id":"WestphaliaReformer"},{"content":"TIL that former Smiths frontman, Morrissey sold other artists albums such as Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Patti Smith and others, autographed with only his own signature, at his merch stand at his live solo shows.","created_at":1612576629.0,"id":"ldcxu6","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldcxu6/til_that_former_smiths_frontman_morrissey_sold/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":59,"user_id":"TR_Ollington"},{"content":"TIL That six time Superbowl champion quarterback Tom Brady was drafted by pro baseball\u2019s Montreal Expos in 1995, and Brady himself felt that he was a better baseball player than quarterback.","created_at":1612576331.0,"id":"ldctsi","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldctsi/til_that_six_time_superbowl_champion_quarterback/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":57,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL of Al Pease, a Canadian racing driver who managed to end up 43 laps behind in a 90 lap F1 Race. Two years later, he returned to F1 with a literal museum exhibit (it had been on display during Expo 67) and became the only man to be black flagged for being too slow.","created_at":1612575353.0,"id":"ldcfzr","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldcfzr/til_of_al_pease_a_canadian_racing_driver_who/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":79,"user_id":"Padgriffin"},{"content":"TIL that NYC once had a \"Divorce Coercion Gang\" made up of Ultra Orthodox Jews who would kidnap and torture Jewish men who were refusing to divorce their wives","created_at":1612575232.0,"id":"ldce14","n_comments":384,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldce14/til_that_nyc_once_had_a_divorce_coercion_gang/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2881,"user_id":"thenewyorkgod"},{"content":"TIL the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is expected to be part of the navy fleet for 90 years until the year 2105. Gerald R. Ford is future-proof as it can be equipped with laser-directed energy weapons known as free-electron laser or FEL.","created_at":1612574425.0,"id":"ldc2k8","n_comments":55,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldc2k8/til_the_uss_gerald_r_ford_aircraft_carrier_is/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":122,"user_id":"MarineKingPrime_"},{"content":"TIL: In 1836, Alabama became the first state to officially make Christmas a state holiday then followed by Louisiana and Arkansas.","created_at":1612573532.0,"id":"ldbpgi","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldbpgi/til_in_1836_alabama_became_the_first_state_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":40,"user_id":"ShunpeiChan"},{"content":"TIL that during the 1529 Siege of Vienna, Sultan Sulieman commander of the Ottoman forces boasted that he would be having breakfast in Vienna's cathedral within two weeks of the start of the siege. When the day came the defenders sent the Sultan a letter, telling him his breakfast was getting cold.","created_at":1612573236.0,"id":"ldbkz2","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldbkz2/til_that_during_the_1529_siege_of_vienna_sultan/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":355,"user_id":"verostein"},{"content":"TIL The smelliest substance on earth, Tioacetone (CH3)2CS, smells so bad that it can effect areas up to a half-mile in radius. \"When it was accidentally made it was followed by cases of vomiting, nausea and unconsciousness in a radius of 0.75 kilometres (0.47 mi) around the laboratory\"","created_at":1612573101.0,"id":"ldbiwe","n_comments":193,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldbiwe/til_the_smelliest_substance_on_earth_tioacetone/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2755,"user_id":"Diorules"},{"content":"TIL about a bridge in Durham, North Carolina that was built at a height of 11 feet 8 inches. A local business has dubbed the bridge \"The Can Opener\" and has recorded over 150 crashes involving large trucks that do not have the clearance to pass under the bridge.","created_at":1612572403.0,"id":"ldb8zj","n_comments":59,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldb8zj/til_about_a_bridge_in_durham_north_carolina_that/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":241,"user_id":"zachwilly"},{"content":"TIL that the FBI began spying on Malcolm X after declaring himself a communist opposed to the Korean War in a letter to President Harry Truman. This surveillance lasted until Malcolm X's death in 1965.","created_at":1612570702.0,"id":"ldambm","n_comments":39,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldambm/til_that_the_fbi_began_spying_on_malcolm_x_after/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":156,"user_id":"dcdiehardfan"},{"content":"TIL that the reason companies refer to the Super Bowl as the \"Big Game\" is because the NFL has had the name trademarked since 1969, and some companies may need to pay over 50 million dollars to use the term.","created_at":1612570445.0,"id":"ldaixa","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldaixa/til_that_the_reason_companies_refer_to_the_super/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":78,"user_id":"An_Epic_Pancake"},{"content":"TIL A teasmade is a machine for making tea automatically, which was once common in the UK. They generally include an analogue alarm clock and are designed to be used at the bedside, to ensure tea is ready first thing in the morning. Crude versions existed as far back as Victorian times.","created_at":1612570068.0,"id":"ldadti","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ldadti/til_a_teasmade_is_a_machine_for_making_tea/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":155,"user_id":"garamond89"},{"content":"TIL that although Aristoteles wrote many books, there was one that was dedicated to his son Nicomachus. Among all his teachings, ethics was the most valuable gift he wanted to bequeath.","created_at":1612569581.0,"id":"lda6yi","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lda6yi/til_that_although_aristoteles_wrote_many_books/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":91,"user_id":"Word_11"},{"content":"TIL that well-preserved garlic was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, AKA King Tut (c. 1325 BC).","created_at":1612569274.0,"id":"lda31f","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lda31f/til_that_wellpreserved_garlic_was_found_in_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":52,"user_id":"garamond89"},{"content":"TIL That a study on the sport of quidditch determined the incidence of injury in the sport to be 4.06 per 1,000 hours, with over 20% of the injuries being concussions. Also it was found that the risk of all injury appears no greater than other established sports, despite the mixed gender nature.","created_at":1612569125.0,"id":"lda18h","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.71,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lda18h/til_that_a_study_on_the_sport_of_quidditch/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":35,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL Chickens don\u2019t produce one egg at a time. Instead, producing hens normally have several eggs in various stages of development.","created_at":1612568724.0,"id":"ld9w0z","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld9w0z/til_chickens_dont_produce_one_egg_at_a_time/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":122,"user_id":"ImaginarySel4"},{"content":"TIL when French activist, feminist and playwright Olympe de Gouges wrote \"Declaration of the Rights of women and the Female Citizen\" in 1791, in response to \"Declaration of the Rights of Men\" of 1789 which came after French Revolution; she was accused of treason and executed.","created_at":1612568488.0,"id":"ld9sy7","n_comments":34,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld9sy7/til_when_french_activist_feminist_and_playwright/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":469,"user_id":"PoetryAnxietyTherapy"},{"content":"TIL The Great Slave Auction (2nd/3rd Mar 1859) was an auction of enslaved Africans in Georgia, USA. A slaveholder authorised the sale of 436 men, women, children and infants to be sold over the course of 2 days. The auction is regarded as the largest single sale of enslaved people in US history.","created_at":1612566094.0,"id":"ld8xed","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld8xed/til_the_great_slave_auction_2nd3rd_mar_1859_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":63,"user_id":"amansaggu26"},{"content":"TIL The Berlin Palace was used for a Soviet war movie (\"the Battle of Berlin\") in which the Stadtschloss served as a backdrop, with live artillery shells fired at it for the realistic cinematic impact","created_at":1612566560.0,"id":"ld93wf","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld93wf/til_the_berlin_palace_was_used_for_a_soviet_war/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":47,"user_id":"Melodic_Astronaut938"},{"content":"TIL An 11 year old girl could not afford running shoes, so she wrapped her feet in tape and drew a Nike logo on it. She won several gold medals in local competitions.","created_at":1612566973.0,"id":"ld99f2","n_comments":321,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld99f2/til_an_11_year_old_girl_could_not_afford_running/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":4162,"user_id":"amansaggu26"},{"content":"TIL The Eureka Moment (also known as 'Aha! moment) refers to the common human experience of suddenly understanding a previously incomprehensible problem or concept. Some research suggests it acts as a memory advantage. It is unclear where exactly it occurs in the brain.","created_at":1612566145.0,"id":"ld8y41","n_comments":35,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld8y41/til_the_eureka_moment_also_known_as_aha_moment/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1080,"user_id":"amansaggu26"},{"content":"TIL that there is an alive 'castrato'. Javier Medina was chemically castrated due to leukemia at the age of 8 years, later in life he began his musical formation in choirs becoming the first castrato the the world has heard in almost a century.","created_at":1612566111.0,"id":"ld8xn2","n_comments":64,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld8xn2/til_that_there_is_an_alive_castrato_javier_medina/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":401,"user_id":"totcastj"},{"content":"TIL that scientists accidentally overdosed an elephant on cocaine by using the square of the radius of its organs instead of the cube to calculate the amount of cocaine to give it, overdosing and killing the elephant.","created_at":1612565935.0,"id":"ld8v28","n_comments":52,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld8v28/til_that_scientists_accidentally_overdosed_an/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":54,"user_id":"Traveledfarwestward"},{"content":"TIL of the Motorsport Gymkhana. A race where you compete for the fastest time possible, avoiding obstacles and even going off jumps. Even Motorcross legend Travis Pastrana has taken part.","created_at":1612565698.0,"id":"ld8s1m","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.77,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld8s1m/til_of_the_motorsport_gymkhana_a_race_where_you/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":36,"user_id":"Majoroniell"},{"content":"TIL that chickens used to be fitted with tiny glasses to prevent eye-pecking and cannibalism. Rose-colored glasses were especially popular as they were thought to prevent chickens from seeing blood and becoming enraged.","created_at":1612565379.0,"id":"ld8o2d","n_comments":420,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld8o2d/til_that_chickens_used_to_be_fitted_with_tiny/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":11455,"user_id":"AsphaltsParakeet"},{"content":"TIL that the world's strongest super-acid is the Fluoroantimonic acid HSbF6. It's 2\u00d710^(19)(20 quintillion) times stronger than pure sulfuric acid which makes it extremely corrosive. It evolves highly toxic vapors and dissolves all organic compounds such as everything in a human body in few seconds.","created_at":1612564245.0,"id":"ld8aho","n_comments":145,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld8aho/til_that_the_worlds_strongest_superacid_is_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":784,"user_id":"The_Questionist69"},{"content":"TIL Bonnie Tyler's \"Total Eclipse of the Heart\" was meant to be part of a vampire musical based on the film, Nosferatu.","created_at":1612563425.0,"id":"ld80uc","n_comments":91,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld80uc/til_bonnie_tylers_total_eclipse_of_the_heart_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":941,"user_id":"saint_of_thieves"},{"content":"TIL Pedro Pascal (of The Mandalorian) has appeared in the Law & Order franchise four times, playing a different character in each episode","created_at":1612562910.0,"id":"ld7uqp","n_comments":90,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld7uqp/til_pedro_pascal_of_the_mandalorian_has_appeared/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":597,"user_id":"skipmacd"},{"content":"TIL about Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, an English officer who fought in the Boer War, WWI and WWII. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg and hip and also tunneled out of a POW camp and survived a plane crash.","created_at":1612561490.0,"id":"ld7eh5","n_comments":21,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld7eh5/til_about_sir_adrian_carton_de_wiart_an_english/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":272,"user_id":"jstohler"},{"content":"TIL I learned that the popular Bell Gothic font was commissioned by AT&T in 1938, specifically to be used in small sizes on low-quality paper, like a telephone directory.","created_at":1612561410.0,"id":"ld7dkx","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld7dkx/til_i_learned_that_the_popular_bell_gothic_font/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":70,"user_id":"fotogneric"},{"content":"TIL Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a cornerstone text for the women\u2019s rights movement in 1792, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and Frankenstein author Mary Shelley was her daughter.","created_at":1612557825.0,"id":"ld6djt","n_comments":22,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld6djt/til_mary_wollstonecraft_wrote_a_cornerstone_text/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":808,"user_id":"mmmyesplease---"},{"content":"TIL \u2014 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Conway Twitty's court case against the IRS ends with footnote 14 in which the IRS wrote \"Ode to Conway Twitty\" despite Twitty winning.","created_at":1612555459.0,"id":"ld5sa0","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld5sa0/til_country_music_hall_of_fame_inductee_conway/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":36,"user_id":"751assets"},{"content":"TIL because France prohibits alcohol sponsorship of sport, the Guinness Six Nations rugby championship is branded there as 'Six Nations Greatness'","created_at":1612549634.0,"id":"ld4f9d","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld4f9d/til_because_france_prohibits_alcohol_sponsorship/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":117,"user_id":"cpc3435"},{"content":"TIL Logitech is called Logicool in Japan because there was already a company named 'Logitec'","created_at":1612542245.0,"id":"ld2tq0","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld2tq0/til_logitech_is_called_logicool_in_japan_because/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":78,"user_id":"inf1425"},{"content":"TIL of August Engelhardt, a German who created a cult called Sonnenorden that revolved around worshiping the sun and coconuts. To him, the sun and God and the coconut were much the same indivisible holy entity, much as the trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one and the same in Catholicism.","created_at":1612538382.0,"id":"ld1yj7","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld1yj7/til_of_august_engelhardt_a_german_who_created_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":70,"user_id":"dajna"},{"content":"TIL that rye and oats were originally weeds which grew in wheat fields, over time their seeds evolved to mimic wheat kernels so closely, they inadvertently became a crop themselves.","created_at":1612537544.0,"id":"ld1ro1","n_comments":671,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld1ro1/til_that_rye_and_oats_were_originally_weeds_which/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":25422,"user_id":"go_gather_the_guns"},{"content":"TIL Lewis and Clark named Butter Island because they ran out of butter.","created_at":1612535948.0,"id":"ld1e9d","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld1e9d/til_lewis_and_clark_named_butter_island_because/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":58,"user_id":"mattsmithDW"},{"content":"TIL Swordfish once had 2 swords ( 1 on top jaw 1 on bottom jaw )","created_at":1612535325.0,"id":"ld18zr","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld18zr/til_swordfish_once_had_2_swords_1_on_top_jaw_1_on/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":42,"user_id":"ClawyTheDinoRaptor"},{"content":"TIL that the West Indie's top cricketer Kraigg Brathwaite was scrawny as a kid, and got bullied by his Combermere School (Barbados) bus mates. A girl, 4 years his senior, protected him. She beat up the bullies & took Kraigg on her lap. Her name: Robyn Fenty, a.k.a. Rihanna.","created_at":1612533709.0,"id":"ld0uq5","n_comments":151,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld0uq5/til_that_the_west_indies_top_cricketer_kraigg/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":4290,"user_id":"getrailed"},{"content":"TIL: The common California Navel Orange is a sterile mutation of regular oranges originating in Brazil. Because they don't have seeds, Navel Oranges must proliferate via grafting. Thus, thousands of modern CA Navel Oranges originated from the same branches of just a few parent trees","created_at":1612531864.0,"id":"ld0dxt","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld0dxt/til_the_common_california_navel_orange_is_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":319,"user_id":"GrammarGnostic"},{"content":"TIL Ed Sheeran granted a dying fans wish, which was to hear him sing, by singing to her minutes before she died","created_at":1612531612.0,"id":"ld0bph","n_comments":143,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/ld0bph/til_ed_sheeran_granted_a_dying_fans_wish_which/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2779,"user_id":"Edderkoppsuppe"},{"content":"TIL Torakusa Yamaha founded Yamaha in 1887 due to his obsession with western technology and science. After successfully fixing a school\u2019s reed organ, he realized the business opportunity of instrument brand, since at the time there were no Japanese makers of Western instruments","created_at":1612529538.0,"id":"lczrgw","n_comments":58,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lczrgw/til_torakusa_yamaha_founded_yamaha_in_1887_due_to/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1994,"user_id":"yaboodooect"},{"content":"Today I learned that the Five (Mafia) Families of New York are still active today, along the same family (or faction) lines that began over 100 years ago","created_at":1612528133.0,"id":"lczdqz","n_comments":77,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lczdqz/today_i_learned_that_the_five_mafia_families_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":523,"user_id":"DownvoteStu"},{"content":"TIL about the Welcome Stranger, the biggest alluvial gold nugget found. Discovered in 1869 in Australia, the nugget had a gross weight of over 241 lbs. It was sold to the London Chartered Bank of Australia for \u00a39,381; as of 2019, the nugget would be worth $3.4 million.","created_at":1612527394.0,"id":"lcz68j","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcz68j/til_about_the_welcome_stranger_the_biggest/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":137,"user_id":"WouldbeWanderer"},{"content":"TIL about Dolophones conifera, known as the wrap-around spider. It can flatten and wrap its body around trees limbs for camouflage.","created_at":1612526429.0,"id":"lcywbh","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcywbh/til_about_dolophones_conifera_known_as_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":62,"user_id":"MorsesTheHorse"},{"content":"TIL that the members of the Brat Pack group of actors dislike the label because it comes from a news article which portrayed them as unprofessional. They consider it damaging to their careers and friendship as they stopped seeing each other after the article was published.","created_at":1612525303.0,"id":"lcykl2","n_comments":11,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcykl2/til_that_the_members_of_the_brat_pack_group_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":95,"user_id":"astarisaslave"},{"content":"TIL - Hair knows when you sleep. Hair Follicles Track the Body's Clock","created_at":1612523848.0,"id":"lcy5b1","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcy5b1/til_hair_knows_when_you_sleep_hair_follicles/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":56,"user_id":"PuzzleheadedYard5"},{"content":"TIL the song \u2018Midnight Train to Georgia' was about Farrah Fawcett and Lee Majors","created_at":1612521618.0,"id":"lcxf4v","n_comments":3,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcxf4v/til_the_song_midnight_train_to_georgia_was_about/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":66,"user_id":"ScrappleSandwiches"},{"content":"Today I learned that, according to the legend created by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, Punxsutawney Phil is immortal. Normal groundhogs live for ~7 years, but Phil drinks a special \"groundhog punch\" at the annual Groundhog Picnic that adds 7 years to his life, the story goes.","created_at":1612520856.0,"id":"lcx5w6","n_comments":39,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcx5w6/today_i_learned_that_according_to_the_legend/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":147,"user_id":"Popular-Swordfish559"},{"content":"TIL the US Navy operated a base in Newfoundland Canada from 1941 until 1994","created_at":1612520643.0,"id":"lcx3fm","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcx3fm/til_the_us_navy_operated_a_base_in_newfoundland/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":58,"user_id":"FunAcanthopterygii0"},{"content":"TIL That Edible Bird's Nests Are Among The Most Expensive Animal Products Consumed By Humans, With Some Nests Going for More Than $3,000 Per Pound","created_at":1612517764.0,"id":"lcw2te","n_comments":26,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcw2te/til_that_edible_birds_nests_are_among_the_most/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":76,"user_id":"asromatifoso"},{"content":"TIL: a \u201cfair\u201d coin toss doesn\u2019t truly have a 50/50 chance of landing on either side, but rather a 51% chance of showing the side originally facing up, according to a 2004 Stanford study on angular dynamics","created_at":1612516837.0,"id":"lcvru3","n_comments":66,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcvru3/til_a_fair_coin_toss_doesnt_truly_have_a_5050/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":713,"user_id":"minneDomer"},{"content":"TIL That two people died during the production of France's version of the show 'Survivor'. A contestant died from medical complications following a challenge, and then the doctor who treated him committed suicide a few days later.","created_at":1612516464.0,"id":"lcvn4f","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcvn4f/til_that_two_people_died_during_the_production_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":204,"user_id":"DystopianAdvocate"},{"content":"TIL The first woman mathematician recorded by history was Hypatia of Alexandria (AD 350 - 415).","created_at":1612514161.0,"id":"lcuuy0","n_comments":37,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcuuy0/til_the_first_woman_mathematician_recorded_by/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":433,"user_id":"Minifig81"},{"content":"TIL that Himalayan pink salt is pink because it contains rust.","created_at":1612513923.0,"id":"lcurx6","n_comments":43,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcurx6/til_that_himalayan_pink_salt_is_pink_because_it/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":110,"user_id":"logansworth"},{"content":"TIL Beverly Hills, originally a Spanish lima bean ranch, was founded by a group of investors who failed to find oil and, upon finding water instead, founded the town. Black and Jewish people were forbidden from owning property.","created_at":1612513216.0,"id":"lcuj7j","n_comments":170,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcuj7j/til_beverly_hills_originally_a_spanish_lima_bean/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2764,"user_id":"OliverTate2"},{"content":"TIL the song 'Scotty Doesn't Know' from the film EuroTrip reached #53 on the US Billboard Pop chart.","created_at":1612512856.0,"id":"lcuevj","n_comments":70,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcuevj/til_the_song_scotty_doesnt_know_from_the_film/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":564,"user_id":"MorsesTheHorse"},{"content":"TIL of Iranian painter Mohamed Sciddel who was commissioned to paint murals in the main church in Uruapan, Michoac\u00e1n and decided to live the rest of his life in Mexico to promote art in the region after being exiled from Iran following the 1979 revolution","created_at":1612510260.0,"id":"lctgwl","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lctgwl/til_of_iranian_painter_mohamed_sciddel_who_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":185,"user_id":"lunar_sideboob"},{"content":"TIL that the original version of Witch Doctor features a high-pitched Witch Doctor. The composer and singer for both voices re-used the technique when he created Alvin & The Chipmunks later that year.","created_at":1612510034.0,"id":"lcte05","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.83,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcte05/til_that_the_original_version_of_witch_doctor/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":36,"user_id":"Seglegs"},{"content":"TIL about the Hotel Arbez, a hotel along the international border between France and Switzerland, with part of the hotel in each country. During WWII, German soldiers were allowed to use the French side but strictly prohibited from accessing the Swiss part of the hotel.","created_at":1612509680.0,"id":"lct9kc","n_comments":24,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lct9kc/til_about_the_hotel_arbez_a_hotel_along_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":415,"user_id":"MorsesTheHorse"},{"content":"TIL German racing driver Hans Heyer holds the dubious record of not qualifying for a race, not finishing a race, and being disqualified from the same race, all achieved during his only entry in F1 at the 1977 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.","created_at":1612506560.0,"id":"lcs314","n_comments":18,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcs314/til_german_racing_driver_hans_heyer_holds_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":184,"user_id":"Captain_Mazhar"},{"content":"TIL during the French Revolution, Catholicism was briefly replaced by the Cult of Reason. Notre Dame\u2019s altar was dismantled and replaced by an altar to Liberty and \u201cTo Philosophy\u201d inscribed above it\u2019s doors. The Festival of Reason had girls in Roman costumes, impersonating the Goddess of Reason","created_at":1612505862.0,"id":"lcrttp","n_comments":150,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcrttp/til_during_the_french_revolution_catholicism_was/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1235,"user_id":"AnAppariti0n"},{"content":"TIL the U.S Armed Forces is the only military with a top-level domain, a legacy of the United States' military's role in the creation of the Internet.","created_at":1612505737.0,"id":"lcrryk","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcrryk/til_the_us_armed_forces_is_the_only_military_with/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":85,"user_id":"EliasVeturias"},{"content":"TIL Despite roads in Hong Kong and Macau being left hand drive, the 34 mile 'bridge' that connects them is right hand drive","created_at":1612502972.0,"id":"lcqp8y","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcqp8y/til_despite_roads_in_hong_kong_and_macau_being/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":60,"user_id":"The_Muleteer"},{"content":"TIL that to clean out the sewer pipes that tended to block, the mayor of the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe instituted a synchronized flush. Residents who did not comply were fined.","created_at":1612502753.0,"id":"lcqmel","n_comments":396,"percentage_upvoted":0.97,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcqmel/til_that_to_clean_out_the_sewer_pipes_that_tended/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":17708,"user_id":"Intagvalley"},{"content":"TIL about the ancient Egyptian practice in which pharaohs and occasionally other high court nobility would have servants killed after the pharaohs' deaths to continue to serve them in the afterlife.","created_at":1612502223.0,"id":"lcqf49","n_comments":8,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcqf49/til_about_the_ancient_egyptian_practice_in_which/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":58,"user_id":"stimgsti"},{"content":"TIL at the height of the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan commissioned the creation of a unified script to be used by all languages within the empire. Called 'Phags-pa script, it was the official script for about 100 years, before falling out of use towards the end of the Yuan Dynasty in the 1350s.","created_at":1612501790.0,"id":"lcq8yz","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcq8yz/til_at_the_height_of_the_mongol_empire_kublai/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":152,"user_id":"mucow"},{"content":"TIL of Frederick Rutland, a British pioneer of naval aviation who exchanged information with Japan during the Second World war. He would give up his technical knowledge on aircraft carriers and set up a small spy ring in Hawaii. After the Pearl Harbor attack he was arrested and interned.","created_at":1612494075.0,"id":"lcn4c4","n_comments":9,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcn4c4/til_of_frederick_rutland_a_british_pioneer_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":47,"user_id":"verostein"},{"content":"TIL, that in 1987 MLB pitcher Charlie Kerfeld signed a 1 year contract with the Houston Astros for $110,037.37 AND 37 boxes of orange Jell-O, to be used in future pranks.","created_at":1612500751.0,"id":"lcpsu5","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcpsu5/til_that_in_1987_mlb_pitcher_charlie_kerfeld/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":225,"user_id":"OlScratchJohnson"},{"content":"TIL that \"world\u2019s leading source of high-grade uranium\" was accidentally found in 1966 by a bunch of oil dudes who took a Geiger counter on a plane so they could write off their fishing trips as business expenses.","created_at":1612494575.0,"id":"lcnbqe","n_comments":194,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcnbqe/til_that_worlds_leading_source_of_highgrade/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":3803,"user_id":"ISpyStrangers"},{"content":"TIL about James Niehues, or \"The Man Behind the Maps\". He is known as the \"Rembrandt of Snow\" and is responsible for hand-painting the ski resort maps that we see in brochures all over the world over the past 30+ years.","created_at":1612493937.0,"id":"lcn1rj","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcn1rj/til_about_james_niehues_or_the_man_behind_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":120,"user_id":"tapetalucida"},{"content":"TIL darker manes are correlated to higher testosterone in male lions, resulting in higher levels of aggression and muscle mass. They also get preferential mating with females and other males tend to avoid fighting them. Additionally, they tend to have larger bellies and be well fed.","created_at":1612490927.0,"id":"lclvfw","n_comments":45,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lclvfw/til_darker_manes_are_correlated_to_higher/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":362,"user_id":"SonOfQuora"},{"content":"TIL that a Monument to the Victims of the 1898 Sinking of the USS Maine was raised in Havana, Cuba in 1926. It was altered in 1961 to refer to the dead as victims of Imperialism, and still stands today.","created_at":1612490649.0,"id":"lclrje","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lclrje/til_that_a_monument_to_the_victims_of_the_1898/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":109,"user_id":"AspireAgain"},{"content":"TIL - about the Evolutionary Timeline of Homo Sapiens and The oldest-recovered DNA of an early human relative comes from Sima de los Huesos, the \u201cPit of Bones.\u201d At the bottom of a cave in Spain\u2019s Atapuerca Mountains scientists found thousands of teeth and bones from 28 different individuals.","created_at":1612490314.0,"id":"lclmd0","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lclmd0/til_about_the_evolutionary_timeline_of_homo/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":61,"user_id":"PuzzleheadedYard5"},{"content":"TIL that after the Harlem River was rerouted over 100 years ago, a neighborhood called Marble Hill became separated from Manhattan. Despite now being geographically attached to the Bronx, it is still legally part of Manhattan.","created_at":1612489446.0,"id":"lcla9h","n_comments":1,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcla9h/til_that_after_the_harlem_river_was_rerouted_over/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":88,"user_id":"BigJ32001"},{"content":"TIL that Garrett Morgan invented the three-position traffic signal and the smoke hood, which was an early precursor to the gas mask. He also discovered and developed a chemical hair-processing and straightening solution.","created_at":1612487349.0,"id":"lckgl1","n_comments":6,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lckgl1/til_that_garrett_morgan_invented_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":108,"user_id":"dcdiehardfan"},{"content":"TIL There is a sub-genre of music called Sovietwave, which is Synthwave with asthetic influences from the USSR Era","created_at":1612486968.0,"id":"lckb0i","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lckb0i/til_there_is_a_subgenre_of_music_called/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":79,"user_id":"Andres_HernandezV"},{"content":"TIL a popular book Japanese book in the 18th century describing European technology, science and knowledge was entitled \"Red Hair Chitchat.\"","created_at":1612486539.0,"id":"lck4fx","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.85,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lck4fx/til_a_popular_book_japanese_book_in_the_18th/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":67,"user_id":"9999monkeys"},{"content":"TIL about the Battle of Kosovo, between Serbs and their allies and the invading Ottomans. Both leaders were killed and both armies were largely wiped out.","created_at":1612485537.0,"id":"lcjpso","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.87,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcjpso/til_about_the_battle_of_kosovo_between_serbs_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":33,"user_id":"9999monkeys"},{"content":"TIL If a Hamster is feeling excessively stressed, it may eat kill and eat its babies. This is more likely to occur in young hamster mothers.","created_at":1612484208.0,"id":"lcj6uk","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.89,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcj6uk/til_if_a_hamster_is_feeling_excessively_stressed/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":55,"user_id":"amansaggu26"},{"content":"TIL that in the late 1940s and early 1950s NIST's predecessor NBS was accused of colluding with battery manufactures after they declared AD-X2, a additive to extend the life of batteries a fraud.","created_at":1612484017.0,"id":"lcj44f","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcj44f/til_that_in_the_late_1940s_and_early_1950s_nists/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":32,"user_id":"CrestronwithTechron"},{"content":"TIL about The Dari\u00e9n Project - an attempt by an independent Scotland to colonise Central America in the late 1690s by establishing New Caledonia. The 'Empire' failed resulting in thousands of deaths, Scottish nobility almost being bankrupted, and ultimately the Union of England and Scotland in 1707.","created_at":1612482542.0,"id":"lcij84","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcij84/til_about_the_dari\u00e9n_project_an_attempt_by_an/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":113,"user_id":"dorgoth12"},{"content":"TIL that OutKast's \"Ms. Jackson,\" heavily inspired by Andre 3000 and Erykah Badu's former relationship, was a sore spot for Badu--but her mother, Kolleen Gipson, loved it so much that she bought a \"MSJACKSON\" vanity license plate","created_at":1612480938.0,"id":"lchxjc","n_comments":21,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lchxjc/til_that_outkasts_ms_jackson_heavily_inspired_by/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":301,"user_id":"sutkurak"},{"content":"TIL although mustard gas was banned after WWI, research of the chemical warfare agent was reinvigorated by WWII and discovered to be a potential treatment of cancer. Dr. Stewart Francis Alexander observed autopsies that indicated exposure to mustard gas resulted in lymphoid and myeloid suppression.","created_at":1612480048.0,"id":"lchlte","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lchlte/til_although_mustard_gas_was_banned_after_wwi/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":39,"user_id":"drewpager"},{"content":"TIL of the 1636-37 Tulip Mania speculative bubble, during which 1 Tulip bulb was exchanged for 2 lasts of wheat, 4 lasts of rye, 4 fat oxen, 8 swine, 12 sheep, 2 hogsheads of wine, 4 tuns of beer, 2 tuns of butter, 1000lbs. of cheese, a bed, a suit of clothes, and a silver cup.","created_at":1612479974.0,"id":"lchkw7","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lchkw7/til_of_the_163637_tulip_mania_speculative_bubble/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":72,"user_id":"adamchain"},{"content":"TIL that in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai were the incarnations of destiny. Also related to Tekmor (\"proof, ordinance\") and with Ananke (\"destiny, necessity\"), who were primordial goddesses in my mythical cosmogonies they controlled the mother thread of life of every mortal.","created_at":1612478276.0,"id":"lcgyyi","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcgyyi/til_that_in_ancient_greek_religion_and_mythology/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":45,"user_id":"Word_11"},{"content":"TIL that pet dogs (or wolves) have been a part of human culture since before writing, alcohol, or even agriculture.","created_at":1612477862.0,"id":"lcgtut","n_comments":61,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcgtut/til_that_pet_dogs_or_wolves_have_been_a_part_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":577,"user_id":"SomaYoga"},{"content":"TIL about the Creeper computer worm. Created in 1971, it is thought to be the first self-replicating computer virus. The program was not malicious since it didn't damage data, but it did display a message on the teletype that said, \"I'm the creeper: catch me if you can.\"","created_at":1612477475.0,"id":"lcgp9i","n_comments":2,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcgp9i/til_about_the_creeper_computer_worm_created_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":99,"user_id":"MorsesTheHorse"},{"content":"TIL: The world's first penis transplant occurred in 2006. However, it was not \"successful\", as the man and his wife had severe \"psychological\" issues with it and they had to cut it off 2 weeks later. They found there was no issue with the body accepting it.","created_at":1612477389.0,"id":"lcgo9v","n_comments":43,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcgo9v/til_the_worlds_first_penis_transplant_occurred_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":165,"user_id":"Kingflares"},{"content":"TIL the idea toilets drain differently in Northern and Southern Hemispheres derives from a MIT professor in 1962. The controversy became so large his obituary read, \u201cDr. Ascher Shapiro wanted to get a handle on how fluids move whether they were swirling down the bathtub drain...or the human body\".","created_at":1612476711.0,"id":"lcggcl","n_comments":4,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcggcl/til_the_idea_toilets_drain_differently_in/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":32,"user_id":"WhileFalseRepeat"},{"content":"TIL Modern Hollywood was started by a group of independent filmmakers who moved to California in the 1910s to get away from Thomas Edison\u2019s total monopoly on all aspects (scripts, cameras, theaters, actors) of the early, east coast film industry.","created_at":1612476413.0,"id":"lcgcut","n_comments":903,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcgcut/til_modern_hollywood_was_started_by_a_group_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":31323,"user_id":"mcpopnfresh"},{"content":"TIL the Treaty on the European Union contains a mutual defense clause: 7. If a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other Member States shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power, in accordance with Article 51 of the UN C","created_at":1612476608.0,"id":"lcgf4u","n_comments":10,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcgf4u/til_the_treaty_on_the_european_union_contains_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":65,"user_id":"nicknameSerialNumber"},{"content":"TIL of Margaret Corbin. When her husband went into battle in the American Revolution, she went along side him. When he was killed she took his post and was able to fire, clean and aim the cannon with great ease and speed.","created_at":1612476294.0,"id":"lcgbfp","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcgbfp/til_of_margaret_corbin_when_her_husband_went_into/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1011,"user_id":"bbbmmmnnn"},{"content":"TIL just before you start exercising, you will have an \"anticipatory rise\" in heart rate and cardiac output because your subconcious brain knows you will be active soon and triggers your sympathetic nervous system to prepare.","created_at":1612476290.0,"id":"lcgbe3","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcgbe3/til_just_before_you_start_exercising_you_will/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":222,"user_id":"slimmaslam"},{"content":"TIL that a Jimmy Buffett quote (\"Without Geography you are nowhere\") is featured on a large road sign in the Ladakh region of northernmost India. It is part of Project HIMANK which constructs and maintains roads, including the world's highest motorable roads, close to the India-China border.","created_at":1612476061.0,"id":"lcg8ne","n_comments":0,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcg8ne/til_that_a_jimmy_buffett_quote_without_geography/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":37,"user_id":"abaganoush"},{"content":"TIL: Pigs can eat humans and there were numerous animal trials in the Middle Ages involved pigs accused of eating children.","created_at":1612475874.0,"id":"lcg6a9","n_comments":37,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcg6a9/til_pigs_can_eat_humans_and_there_were_numerous/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":112,"user_id":"ricknightwood13"},{"content":"TIL Tom Brady's great-uncle was the first American POW in WW2","created_at":1612475281.0,"id":"lcfzpa","n_comments":12,"percentage_upvoted":0.78,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcfzpa/til_tom_bradys_greatuncle_was_the_first_american/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":34,"user_id":"BeastSmitty"},{"content":"TIL there's a beetle whose larvae stage lures frogs to eat them, but then eats the frog instead. They can even eat the frog after the frog ingests and regurgitates them.","created_at":1612474948.0,"id":"lcfvz1","n_comments":19,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcfvz1/til_theres_a_beetle_whose_larvae_stage_lures/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":245,"user_id":"michilio"},{"content":"TIL before becoming a singer, Ke$ha was a model student with near-perfect SAT scores and was accepted into Barnard College. Her break-through persona was described as \"deliberately unpolished\".","created_at":1612474560.0,"id":"lcfrmg","n_comments":62,"percentage_upvoted":0.86,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcfrmg/til_before_becoming_a_singer_keha_was_a_model/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":190,"user_id":"cottagecow"},{"content":"TIL that piranhas bark.","created_at":1612474513.0,"id":"lcfr3k","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.82,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcfr3k/til_that_piranhas_bark/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":21,"user_id":"SugarCookieBear"},{"content":"TIL dairy cows typically are born with horns, they must be \"de-horned\" when young, and that dairy farmers over time use selective breeding to eliminate the recessive gene that causes horns in both male and female cattle.","created_at":1612473634.0,"id":"lcfhj3","n_comments":24,"percentage_upvoted":0.9,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcfhj3/til_dairy_cows_typically_are_born_with_horns_they/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":93,"user_id":"alphabetikalmarmoset"},{"content":"TIL the movie \"Lake Placid\" is set at a place named \"Lake Black\". The only reference to 'placid' in the movie is the line: \"they wanted to call it 'Lake Placid,' but somebody said that name was taken.\"","created_at":1612472329.0,"id":"lcf3e4","n_comments":42,"percentage_upvoted":0.92,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcf3e4/til_the_movie_lake_placid_is_set_at_a_place_named/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":317,"user_id":"jack-o-licious"},{"content":"TIL that a chip shop was ordered to remove its banner that hails it as the birthplace of the deep fried Mars bar for \u201cthe good of the wider community\u201d","created_at":1612471543.0,"id":"lcevet","n_comments":39,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcevet/til_that_a_chip_shop_was_ordered_to_remove_its/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":180,"user_id":"Mad_Chemist_"},{"content":"TIL that a bridge built in the 90s over the Choluteca River, Honduras was hit by Hurricane Mitch and whilst the bridge survived, the river below it was rerouted and no longer flowed under the bridge.","created_at":1612471521.0,"id":"lcev70","n_comments":55,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcev70/til_that_a_bridge_built_in_the_90s_over_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":2500,"user_id":"haribo001"},{"content":"TIL That Famous Actor Peter Dinklage used to play in a punk band named \u201cWhizzy\u201d","created_at":1612471458.0,"id":"lceul9","n_comments":30,"percentage_upvoted":0.84,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lceul9/til_that_famous_actor_peter_dinklage_used_to_play/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":933,"user_id":"ChefNarwhal"},{"content":"TIL that the beautiful \"watermelon snow\" is a phenomenon caused by algae which enjoy living in freezing cold water.","created_at":1612470394.0,"id":"lceka5","n_comments":27,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lceka5/til_that_the_beautiful_watermelon_snow_is_a/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":329,"user_id":"BaronVonBroccoli"},{"content":"TIL our closest non-primate relative is the flying lemur. They are one of the inaccurately named animals as they cannot fly and are not lemurs but colugos","created_at":1612462213.0,"id":"lccmyd","n_comments":7,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lccmyd/til_our_closest_nonprimate_relative_is_the_flying/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":248,"user_id":"qasqaldag"},{"content":"TIL that Georgia was so dominant in the world of Chess that the USSR, favourites of the 23rd Chess Olympiad, replaced player Nana Ioseliani with a Russian player to avoid the implactions the Georgians were better players than Russians. The team came in second and Ioseliani became a Women Grandmaster","created_at":1612459684.0,"id":"lcc307","n_comments":25,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcc307/til_that_georgia_was_so_dominant_in_the_world_of/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":61,"user_id":"cleangreenscreen"},{"content":"TIL the oldest rapid transit system in the world was the Metropolitan Railway (precursor to the London Underground) in London, opened in 1863. For reference, America was in the midst of the American Civil War in the same year.","created_at":1612457968.0,"id":"lcbopn","n_comments":16,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lcbopn/til_the_oldest_rapid_transit_system_in_the_world/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":127,"user_id":"aguafr3sca"},{"content":"TIL Supreme Court Justices William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor met each other as students while at Stanford University. Rehnquist proposed, but was denied by O'Connor. Over 30 years later, they both ended up on the Supreme Court together.","created_at":1612447894.0,"id":"lc999j","n_comments":101,"percentage_upvoted":0.96,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc999j/til_supreme_court_justices_william_rehnquist_and/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1215,"user_id":"BenNSyder"},{"content":"TIL that houses in Bermuda have white stepped roofs to harvest rain water and store it, as the island has no fresh-water springs, rivers or lakes.","created_at":1612447435.0,"id":"lc94wn","n_comments":239,"percentage_upvoted":0.98,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc94wn/til_that_houses_in_bermuda_have_white_stepped/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":4048,"user_id":"Chuny77"},{"content":"TIL the anatomical name for the tailbone, coccyx, is derived from the ancient Greek word for cuckoo because when viewed from the side, it resembles the beak of the cuckoo bird.","created_at":1612444438.0,"id":"lc8b9i","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.95,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc8b9i/til_the_anatomical_name_for_the_tailbone_coccyx/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":93,"user_id":"Xerxes2004"},{"content":"TIL South Africa has 3 capital cities: Cape Town (legislative capital), Pretoria (seat of the executive branch of government) and Bloemfontein (judicial capital).","created_at":1612444231.0,"id":"lc88yp","n_comments":14,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc88yp/til_south_africa_has_3_capital_cities_cape_town/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":161,"user_id":"iamBreadPitt"},{"content":"TIL The way food is served alters the perception of its flavor. It is likely that a pecan pie taste sweeter if you ate it off of a white plate as opposed to a black one, and if it were presented as a circular piece instead of a triangular one.","created_at":1612444086.0,"id":"lc87ey","n_comments":23,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc87ey/til_the_way_food_is_served_alters_the_perception/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":153,"user_id":"coderstool"},{"content":"TIL a piece of paper CAN be folded more than 8 times. The world record is 12, for a piece of paper 4000' long.","created_at":1612442421.0,"id":"lc7p3m","n_comments":32,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc7p3m/til_a_piece_of_paper_can_be_folded_more_than_8/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":197,"user_id":"nrith"},{"content":"TIL George Throckmorton accused King Henry VIII, to his face, of sleeping with his in-laws","created_at":1612442211.0,"id":"lc7mvl","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.88,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc7mvl/til_george_throckmorton_accused_king_henry_viii/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":35,"user_id":"Benthegeolologist"},{"content":"TIL Female Trouts Can Fake Orgasms so that they can get multiple males to fertilize their eggs","created_at":1612442057.0,"id":"lc7l67","n_comments":15,"percentage_upvoted":0.8,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc7l67/til_female_trouts_can_fake_orgasms_so_that_they/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":63,"user_id":"0p71mu5"},{"content":"TIL Thaumatin a natural sweetener and flavor enhancer is 2000 times more potent than sugar. It is produced in the katemfe fruit in response to an attack upon the plant by viroid pathogens.","created_at":1612441470.0,"id":"lc7ev6","n_comments":5,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc7ev6/til_thaumatin_a_natural_sweetener_and_flavor/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":66,"user_id":"coderstool"},{"content":"TIL that Gouverneur Morris, United States founding father and author of the phrase \u201cWe the People of the United States of America\u201d died from infection after attempting to use a whalebone implement as a catheter.","created_at":1612438236.0,"id":"lc6fg7","n_comments":13,"percentage_upvoted":0.91,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc6fg7/til_that_gouverneur_morris_united_states_founding/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":131,"user_id":"JeffTheJockey"},{"content":"TIL that in 2008, a stamp was issued by the country of Albania to honor John Belushi, who was of Albanian heritage","created_at":1612434180.0,"id":"lc53oy","n_comments":38,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc53oy/til_that_in_2008_a_stamp_was_issued_by_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":1024,"user_id":"winkelschleifer"},{"content":"TIL despite the widespread modern belief that the Library of Alexandria was burned once and cataclysmically destroyed, the Library actually declined gradually over the course of several centuries.","created_at":1612432986.0,"id":"lc4peq","n_comments":27,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc4peq/til_despite_the_widespread_modern_belief_that_the/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":770,"user_id":"cocoman2121"},{"content":"TIL the Business Ryokan Asahi, a hotel in Japan, offers a room for only 92 cents a night. A requirement for booking this room is that you agree to be livestreamed during your stay.","created_at":1612432306.0,"id":"lc4h3f","n_comments":40,"percentage_upvoted":0.94,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc4h3f/til_the_business_ryokan_asahi_a_hotel_in_japan/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":350,"user_id":"CarlieQue"},{"content":"TIL about a French diplomat, Bernard Boursicot, who worked at the French embassy as an accountant in Beijing in 1964 who had a 20-year affair with a Chinese actress, who turned out to be both a spy and a man in drag. The diplomat claims not to have known that his lover was actually a man.","created_at":1612431932.0,"id":"lc4cjy","n_comments":81,"percentage_upvoted":0.93,"permalink":"/r/todayilearned/comments/lc4cjy/til_about_a_french_diplomat_bernard_boursicot_who/","subreddit":"todayilearned","title":"","upvotes":409,"user_id":"alt_account_123fish"},{"content":"TIL former president of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov wrote a book called \u201cRuhnama\u201d about his life and teachings, making it a requirement for all students to read. 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