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“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL composer Andre Tchaikovsky requested his skull be donated to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use in theatrical performances. In 2008, David Tennant used the skull in Hamlet.

runixracoon , BBC Report

Final score:

481points

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Jrog 1 year ago

Mind you, it's not the famous Tchaikovsky of Swan's Lake fame (that would be Pyotr Ilyich). Andrè Tchaikovsky is a moderately successful post-war pianist, mostly famous for the skull story.

248points

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL Actor Kevin Bacon pays off DJ’s when he attends weddings so that they won’t play “Footloose.”

LazeLinez , Gage Skidmore Report

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451points

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CH1990 1 year ago

I would too (please don't downvote me)

292points

Sensitive-Ad9508 , John Mainstone Report

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL that the longest running lab experiment is the Pitch Drop experiment. It demonstrates how tar is the most viscous liquid being 100 billion times more viscous than water. Only 9 drops have fallen in the 95 years since it began in 1927.

Final score:

448points

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Chich 1 year ago

They have a live feed, Only 8ish years to go. Grab the popcorn. http://thetenthwatch.com/feed/

212points

nejicanspin , Make-A-Wish Foundation Report

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL that one of the rarest Yu-Gi-Oh cards in existence is Tyler the Great Warrior. It was created by Tyler Gressle, a boy that had a rare form of liver cancer. He got to create his own card through Make-A-Wish Foundation and they printed one card just for him. He made a full recovery.

Final score:

433points

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eirini 1 year ago

Great warrior indeed!

115points

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL after a seizure left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997) wrote the bestselling book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking to select each letter as an assistant recited the alphabet to him.

chumloadio , Jean-Louis Sieff Report

Final score:

409points

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waddles 1 year ago (edited)

she did all this work just to be called “an assistant”

384points

Pfeffer_Prinz , Zoologische Sammlung der Universität Rostock Report

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL in 1822 a stork arrived in Germany with an arrow through its neck. The wood was from central Africa, over 3000 miles away. This convinced zoologists that birds migrated in the winter, and disproved other theories such as underwater hibernation, or transformation into other animals (like mice).

Final score:

400points

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Greta Kolding 1 year ago

Turn into mice?

171points

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL Tomatoes are native to the Americas, so there was no such thing as tomato sauce in Italy until at least the 16th century.

ExplicitlyMellow , Greta Hoffman Report

Final score:

369points

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Greta Kolding 1 year ago

Knowledge is to know that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is to refrain from putting it in the fruit salad.

22points

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL an Iowa Supermarket employee went missing in 2009 while at work, only to have his decomposed body discovered in a gap between a freezer and a wall 10 years later in 2019.

just2good , Northwest Retail Report

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338points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

No one noticed the smell? The back of the freezer would be hot? Would he not have been cooked?

256points

Lagavulin16_neat , Carol M. Highsmith Report

#10

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL that photographer Carol Highsmith donated tens of thousands of her photos to the Library of Congress, making them free for public use. Getty Images later claimed copyright on many of these photos, then accused her of copyright infringement by using one of her own photos on her own site.

Final score:

336points

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James016 1 year ago

Nice show of greed there from Getty. How were they even allowed to claim copyright?

319points

#11

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL sleep helps clean our brain. Or in the words of the journal Science, “Observations showed that when mice sleep, channels between neurons in their brains expand, allowing cerebrospinal fluid to flush out detritus, such as proteins that in human beings are associated with Alzheimer’s disease.”

Cute_Umpire , Ivan Oboleninov Report

Final score:

320points

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waddles 1 year ago

how dirty IS my brain

15points

#12

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL in response to infamously high suicide rates at Mapo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea, the bridge was adorned with suicide prevention messages and uplifting photos. These measures weren't enacted by the government, however, instead the entire project was financed by Samsung's life insurance division.

evilclownattack , skytetes Report

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320points

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Green Tree 1 year ago

Samsung is about 1/5th of South Korea’s total economy and essentially runs the country

149points

#13

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL Lobsters don’t die of old age due to an enzyme called ‘telomerase’ that increases the number of divisions their cells can make, allowing them to repair their bodies and live extraordinarily long lives.

unswsydney , Bart Braun Report

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317points

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waddles 1 year ago

and then you eat them for f*****g dinner

185points

#14

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL there is a mall in the capital of the country Moldova called Malldova.

Brainbus , Photobank MD Report

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316points

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indiecognition 1 year ago

I know a country that's even more Mali

75points

#15

TIL: In Australia there are 'Firehawks', which are birds that intentionally set forest fires as a hunting technique

Forward-Dog-1761 Report

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264points

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Corvus 1 year ago

As if the spiders and snakes weren't enough!

159points

#16

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL In 1965, an excavation team discovered the Sword of Goujian in a tomb in Hubei, China. Encased in a nearly air-tight wooden box next to a skeleton. The sword is over 2500 years old but was in perfect condition, test affirmed that the blade could easily cut a stack of twenty pieces of paper.

MightGuy420x , Siyuwj Report

Final score:

262points

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Fat Harry 1 year ago

Was the test to cut a stack of twenty pieces of paper?

128points

#17

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL Playing too much tetris can result in the "Tetris effect" where after playing a lot of Tetris you see tetris pieces falling when you close your eyes.

ketaminekid , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

251points

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Vinchenski 1 year ago

I actually had this once but with that Candy Crush game when it first came out. I got that addicted, I was sitting in a meeting at work one day and distinctly recall seeing a candy crush level in my head and trying to work it out. I missed a good 5 minutes of the meeting until I snapped myself out of it. Never played it again. That freaked me out.

174points

#18

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL the true story of Moby Dick. A whale sunk a crew’s main ship - leaving 3 sailboats. They’d live if they sailed to a nearby island. Out of fear from (false) stories of cannibalism, they tried going back to the mainland. In tragic irony, they got lost at sea and had to resort to cannibalism.

anon , Augustus Burnham Shute Report

Final score:

251points

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Scott 1 year ago

The part that always got me about it is the island they were closest to but chose to avoid due to fear of cannibalism were the Marquesas, which are now seen as tropical paradises. Also, I'm related to George Pollard, the captain of the Essex, as well as Owen Coffin, who was Pollard's cousin and eaten by the survivors. There's an amazing book about it called "In the Heart of the Sea."

12points

New_Blacksmith_115 Report

#19

TIL that the first person ever diagnosed with autism is still alive

Final score:

250points

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Corvus 1 year ago

Before we began to better understand autism, children on the spectrum were generally treated as being "unruly" or "problematic", which only made their lvies more miserable...

172points

#20

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL when snowflakes hit water they create a screeching sound too high for humans (but not some sea animals) to hear. When a flake hits the water, an air bubble is released that oscillates in the 50-200 khz range well above a human's range. Snow hitting water can increase underwater sound by 30 db.

Black_Magic_M-66 , Rachel Claire Report

Final score:

245points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

Even snow screams? We are living in a nightmare.

199points

#21

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL the average gas pump handle is almost 12,000 times dirtier than the average public toilet seat.

corn_dog_22 , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

229points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

Who's sitting on pump handles?

157points

#22

TIL: Traditionally Japanese do not eat salmon sushi and it was invented in the 80's by the Norwegians to to try to sell more of their over abundance of Salmon.

greenappletree Report

Final score:

226points

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Zedrapazia 1 year ago

Either way it's delicious

111points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#23

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL Hong Kong digs up the dead after 6 years for cremation due to lack of space.

siva-pc , Rob Young Report

Final score:

223points

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Şendoğan Yamakoğlu 1 year ago

If you cannot rest in peace, stand in peace then...

72points

#24

TIL like "R.I.P." many ancient Romans had "NFFNSNC", non fui, fui, non sum, non curo, inscribed on their graves meaning “I was not; I was; I am not; I do not care”. A epicurist philosophy.

gonejahman Report

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210points

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Jrog 1 year ago

R.I.P does NOT stand, as many believe, as "Rest in Peace". It stands for "Requiescat in pace", that is Latin for rest in peace. Due to the coincidence of the first letters being the same in English and Latin, many people think the acronym stems from the English phrase, while it actually dates back to a dozen centuries before the creation of English language.

135points

#25

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL The inventor of the television was a 15 year old farm boy who got the idea for scanning an image in rows from the back and forth motion of plowing a field.

chapstickninja , Harris & Ewing Report

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203points

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Corvus 1 year ago

I watched a documentary about it - he came up with the idea, but the all the credit went to the rich businessman with powerful connections, who used the technology illegally to make the first broadcasts.

120points

#26

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL that Over 50 percent of the world's population relies on rice for 80 percent of it's food requirements.

guitar_jed , Polina Tankilevitch Report

Final score:

200points

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Tom Hardeveld 1 year ago (edited)

50% of statistics are wrong, and that is only half of it

7points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#27

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL In the UK, the distinction between an actor and an extra is defined by agreements between the actors trade unions and the various commercial production bodies. These state that once a performer says 13 or more words in any scene, they must become a contracted actor in that production.

twoshillings , upyernoz Report

Final score:

199points

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Jaaawn 1 year ago (edited)

My grandmother and I were extras in a BBC period drama series. It was so fun, like travelling back in time for a few days!

131points

Gloria Bethallen 1 year ago

Ooh cool. Which one?

6points

Alan Christensen 1 year ago (edited)

The Screen Actors Guild has similar rules. I was an extra who got tapped to deliver a line. I got paid $900 for a speaking part (that wasn't used) rather than my $75/day as an extra. Oh, and my car, which was used in the background, made $125/day as a prop.

19points

Official Cat 1 year ago

What movie was it?

1point

David 1 year ago

"in any scene". Budget producers out there instructing the screen writers to make the whole movie be 13 word tweet style scenes so everyone gets paid as an extra. (which could actually be quite funny if it was well written)

7points

Charlene Woelk 1 year ago

That would actually be a fun theatre production idea.

0points

VonBlade 1 year ago

For the curious, that photo has been nicked from Flickr, was taken in Syria, and the photographer can't remember the name of the Arabic language film they were acting in. Saved you all some hunting on line :)

6points

Isidien Gudmundsdottir 1 year ago

Silent movies must have been cheap to make then? No?...ok.

5points

Ches Yamada 1 year ago

There's a Monty Python sketch about this that is hilarious.

5points

Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

A friend of mine did temporary voice work on the first Happy Feet movie, as a standin for Elijah Wood. And he apparently did such a good impression of Wood that one of his "temporary" lines was accidentally left in the final movie. By then it was too late to change it, so the studio came back to him saying "yeah, you have a legally recognised acting role now; he's a big chunk of extra pay".

2points

Circa 1 year ago

Why that photo?

2points

Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

To show off shiny boots?

3points

Renee Stephens 1 year ago

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in the US has similar regulations.

1point

Vera Diblikova 1 year ago

Nice boots

0points

Bobby 1 year ago

Extra Motion Picture Activities.

0points

Lupita Nyong'heaux 1 year ago

i want those boots...

0points

Piggy Tee 1 year ago

Wtf is that photo???

0points

#28

TIL of Viktor Belenko, the Soviet pilot who defected with the MiG-25 (most advanced Soviet interceptor of its time), who initially assumed that his CIA handlers were keeping him in an elaborate tourist trap made to impress foreigners because he couldn't comprehend the sheer abundance he was seeing.

sexyloser1128 Report

Final score:

199points

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HARRY KOPPERS 1 year ago

one thing that convinced him to defect was that the US had a Communist party (touted in the USSR press) but the USSR didn't allow a Democratic party.

76points

#29

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL Velcro is actually a brand name, and they launched campaigns to get people to stop saying "Velcro". The correct term is actually "hook and loop".

KingKult , Velcro Report

Final score:

188points

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Garett Auriemma 1 year ago

Kleenex, Photoshop, Xerox, Frisbee and Google say “good luck.”

363points

#30

TIL that the common LED light was awarded a Nobel Prize. The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources

VickyWelsch Report

Final score:

188points

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2picklesinabun 1 year ago

I'm not smart enough to understand this very well 😂

61points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#31

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL that alcohol consumption in the U.S. was almost 300% higher in the 1800s, and that whiskey at the time was cheaper than beer, coffee or milk.

johntentaquake , Open Grid Scheduler Report

Final score:

169points

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Colin Matthews 1 year ago

Its largely because many of the others weren't as common as today, and water wasnt always reliably clean

102points

jamescookenotthatone , kafkamuseum Report

#32

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL Very little of Franz Kafka's works were published during his lifetime and he burned 90% of his work. Works like The Trial and The Castle were saved when the executor of Kafka's will ignored Kafka's request to have his remaining works destroyed.

Final score:

165points

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Robert Trebor 1 year ago

executor

218points

#33

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL A $250,000 diamond placed on the nose of an F1 car was lost in a crash in the 2004 Monaco GP. It's still missing today.

erockskop , Formula1 Report

Final score:

158points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

Probably an insurance scam, there is a reasonable theory about it that did the rounds.

123points

thefuckouttaherelol4 , Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright Report

#34

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL the Wright Brothers were perpetual bachelors, and that Orville Wright disowned their sister Katherine after she married and had a family of her own, feeling he had been "betrayed".

Final score:

158points

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Crazy Meerkat Lady 1 year ago

That's just not wright. I'll see myself out.

48points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#35

TIL that turkeys can sometimes reproduce asexually, forming near-clones of themselves.

WaryLouka Report

Final score:

150points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

I know a lot of people who should try reproducing asexually. They should certainly go f**k themselves.

258points

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#36

“Today I Learned”: 35 Interesting Things People Didn’t Learn In School (New Pics) TIL most coffee creamers are made mostly of just water, oil, and sugar. There is no milk or cream. Some brands have casein , which is a milk derived ingredient.

1nv151bl3one , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

29points

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Fat Harry 1 year ago

Certainly the one I buy has milk products in it. In fact, I don't think it would be legal to call it "creamer" here if it didn't, much as American "cheese" has to be sold as "cheese product" or "cheese style".

22points