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“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics)

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When we come across something intriguing, we often feel the urge to share our excitement and pass it along. But instead of interrupting our roommates with random tidbits of information in the middle of a TV show, we can now turn to the internet.

There's a subreddit called 'Today I Learned' (or TIL for short) and its 30.4 million members make it the fifth-largest community on the platform. People go there to share all the new and fascinating stuff that blows their minds, and since its inception in 2008, the place has become like an encyclopedia.

From cheating in professional sports to kids' gaming habits, here are the best recent posts from TIL.

(Additionally, for those who want to learn more, check out Bored Panda's previous articles on the subreddit, which can be found here, here, and here.)

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#1

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL of the lesbian Blood Sisters, who, starting in San Diego in 1983, gave their own blood and organised blood drives to make up the shortfall after gay men were banned from donating because of the AIDS crisis.

TelescopiumHerscheli , gcn.ie Report

Final score:

456points

ShyWahine 1 year ago

Good on them for their outpouring of love and support !!!

106points

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#2

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL about Brady Feigl and his doppelganger, Brady Feigl. In addition to sharing a name and extreme similarities in appearance, each was a minor league baseball pitcher and had the same elbow surgery performed by the same doctor. A DNA test confirmed no relation.

MorsesTheHorse , Inside Edition Report

Final score:

360points

Den Ver 1 year ago (edited)

If the DNA test, "confirmed no relation", which one of them is the alien that hatched out of a pod? (see documentary, Body Snatchers)

179points

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#3

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL Hirsoshima, Japan is one of the few places outside of the US that celebrates Martin Luther King Jr day, due to his outspoken views on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament.

4241342413 , Rowland Scherman Report

Final score:

338points

John L 1 year ago

Ah, now that is a fact I didn't know....

110points

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#4

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL To "protect the truth," a woman recorded hundreds of thousands of hours of TV news between 1977 and 2012. Her archives grew to about 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes stacked in her home and apartments she rented to store them. Upon her death, the Internet Archive agreed to digitize the volumes.

theotherbogart , makelessnoise Report

Final score:

285points

Den Ver 1 year ago

Far better than QAnon followers idea of the truth.

129points

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#5

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL in Nome, Alaska in 1925, a diphtheria epidemic struck and there was no antitoxin left. Land, air, and sea routes were unavailable, so 20 mushers and 150 sled dogs relayed the serum across 674 miles in 5 1/2 days, in subzero temperatures, near-blizzard conditions and hurricane-force winds.

WouldbeWanderer , U.S. Bureau of Land Management Report

Final score:

258points

Unknown 1 year ago

Balto

150points

JC 1 year ago

Actually Balto only ran the very last, shortest, and easiest leg, but gets all the credit since he was the one who actually arrived in the town.

39points

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crowspectre 2.0 (he/they) 1 year ago

Actually Togo but yeah

18points

Nastassja Ficko Soklič 1 year ago

Actually, Togo.

8points

AilouRos 1 year ago

Actually Togo

2points

rose red 1 year ago

Togo

0points

mysticalasDUCK 1 year ago

I had a book about him as a child

0points

Subtlelikeawreckingball 1 year ago

And Togo ... Togo's leg of the journey was the longest and most dangerous, but Balto gets the most recognition for bringing it across the finish line

42points

scag$y 1 year ago

They made an awesome movie of it called (as you might expect) 'Togo' starring a whole bunch of awesome doggos (and Willem Dafoe). Really great movie.

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GoGoPDX 1 year ago

Yes, Togo was the real hero, but didn't ever get credit until recently

5points

TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago (edited)

It would have been longer, but Leonhard Seppala took a shortcut over a frozen lake to cut off several kilometers. Red a very interesting article about the Nome run in a magazine

3points

Abby Heather 1 year ago

Thank you!!! Togo deserved just as much credit!

2points

K R 1 year ago

They all deserve the credit. Not just the two named.

8points

Tiny Dancer 1 year ago

Not that it isn't a cool fact and all, but if most of the commentators can name two of the sled dogs and their perspective movies, I'm thinking it might not be as unknown as the others, lol!

8points

norabest321 1 year ago

This is why the Iditarod started. It's like a marathon in that somebody did this epic human endurance distance crossing for a good reason. Marathon: dude runs 26 miles to say We Won! Iditarod: medicine was needed a billion miles away and some awesome people and dogs ran it all the way in 5 days. And Togo should have his own statute next to Balto.

7points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

Over 150 dogs have died running the Iditarod (and that's just the ones since they started recording dog deaths, there were many others). Most of these died from asphyxiation pneumonia caused by inhaling their own vomit -a horrible way to go as they gasped for oxygen while freezing to death on the ice.

3points

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Ian Webling 1 year ago

Only to be met with: "We don't believe in vaccines."

4points

Legless_snake 1 year ago

Togo deserves the credit here

4points

Sharon Ingram 1 year ago

You learned that TODAY? That was part of my education in middle school 55 years ago. And I read the Reader's Digest Condensed Version when I was 10 or 11.

2points

Beachbum 1 year ago

That is what we call Balto!

1point

Freelove 1 year ago

"Today I learned"!?! TODAY?? TODAY you learned about this incredibly famous story that an equally famous children's movie was made about???

1point

Rinso the Red 1 year ago

Birth of the Iditarod Dog Sled race

1point

Detective Miller's Hat 1 year ago

Doesn't everyone know that story?

1point

The naugthy panda 1 year ago (edited)

I think this is also how the husky breed got renown again.

1point

Haywood Jablome 1 year ago

Balto! I saw the statue once and a bunch of euro-trash was vandalizing it : /

1point

Unknown 1 year ago

Central Park?? His nose has been booped millions of times, judging from the shiny color

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the_avenging_knight 1 year ago

I think this ones pretty well known.

0points

Luci goldberg 1 year ago

Route has recently changed due to lack of snow along the Iditarod Trail. Climate change touches all life.

0points

Shelly Graham 1 year ago

It's why we have the "Iditarod", it's to honor those who did the impossible. It's an impressive achievement then and now!

0points

James Pelley 1 year ago

TOGO! This dog was the actual hero! The c**p that he had to through was unbelievable! He was actually thrown over a river so he could pull the rest of the team across!

0points

Sandra Bartsch 1 year ago

There is a movie about this

0points

Mrs. EW 1 year ago

Yeah, this wasn’t unknown until recently.

0points

Dorothy Stovall 1 year ago

BALTO!

0points

Eiram 1 year ago

Wow, not American or a child... because there have been dozens of movies, tv shows, and the yearly Ididarod race which usually makes this common knowledge for anyone in the US culture.

0points

Cal the dragon (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)

Good doggos!

0points

Tiffi 1 year ago

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0points

Kim Landfather 1 year ago

Balto nothing…Togo was the real hero. Look it up.

0points

Isabella K 1 year ago

German and austrians out there: who remembers reading the reclam book "die staffette" in school? Still impressed more than 25 years later...

0points

Nastassja Ficko Soklič 1 year ago

Togo led the sled dogs and he was a hero. But he was outshined by Balto, who was much more known than Togo.

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#6

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL about "Terminal Lucidity." The unexpected return of mental clarity and memory shortly before the death of patients suffering from severe psychiatric and neurologic disorders.

Due-Reading6335 , Olga Kononenko Report

Final score:

245points

Jaaawn 1 year ago

I have experienced this several times whilst giving palliative care to people with dementia and Alzheimer's.

166points

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#7

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL At the second Tour de France, the first four finishers were disqualified because they took the train.

BenFilippo , Pixabay Report

Final score:

242points

ShyWahine 1 year ago

Ha - they thought they were slick!

86points

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#8

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that in the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the total number of deaths, including deaths from cancer due to radiation exposure, is 1.

loskenoros , Digital Globe Report

Final score:

229points

2x4b523p 1 year ago

Also a few hundred older men volunteered for the cleanup to spare young people, as they would likely die of old age before they would develop radiation related cancer.

328points

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#9

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL of Baseball Hall of Famer Rube Waddell, who, despite his skill, showed various unpredictable behaviours including leaving midgame to go fishing, and was also incredibly easily distracted by shiny objects, puppies (who he would leave the field to play with), and fire trucks, which he would chase.

a3poify , National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Report

Final score:

220points

Keerthi Vardhan 1 year ago

That was a dog spirit posession. That explains pretty much all the behavior and also why he was good with the ball.

62points

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#10

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL more than 1 in 10 Americans have no close friends. The share of Americans who have zero close friends has been steadily rising. From 3% of the population in 1991 to 12% in 2021. The share who have 10 or more close friends has also fallen - from 33% to 13%.

grandlewis , Mint_Images Report

Final score:

219points

Trillian 1 year ago

OK 10 close friends sounds exhausting. Who has the time for that?

21points

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#11

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL In 1971, the Texas legislature unanimously passed a resolution honoring "Boston Strangler" Albert DeSalvo for his work in "population control." Representative Tom Moore Jr. introduced the bill to prove that they pass legislation with no due diligence given to researching the issues beforehand.

History-Guy111111 , Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Report

Final score:

216points

pusheen buttercup 1 year ago

You know what else is population control... Abortion and birth control

23points

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#12

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL Zhang Zongchang, a Chinese warlord, had proclaimed that he would return only in a coffin if he was defeated in battle. When his forces were pushed back in a campaign, he was true to his word—he was paraded through the streets, sitting in his coffin and smoking a cigar.

hmmmkd , en.wikipedia.org Report

Final score:

198points

Den Ver 1 year ago

Another very stable genius.

85points

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#13

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL The "shower effect" of having more creative ideas in the shower or doing moderately boring activities is a real thing. Physicists and authors reported 20% of their most creative ideas and solutions to problems came with a wandering mind. Later papers termed this "the shower effect".

Geek_Nan , Ron Lach Report

Final score:

195points

Zia Barrett 1 year ago

My better ideas seem to turn up when dozing off, the time between disappearing beneath blanket and sleeping. Have to keep a notebook between pillows.

72points

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#14

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL onions are toxic to dogs. They can cause hemolytic anemia and result in death. A 45-lb. dog would only have to eat one medium to large onion to experience dangerous toxicity levels.

TypicalOverthinker , Arina Krasnikova Report

Final score:

189points

Den Ver 1 year ago (edited)

And grapes are also apparently harmful to dogs.

116points

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#15

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL Hans Gruber, the villain of Die Hard who appears on numerous “greatest movie villains of all time” lists (AFI, Empire, etc.), was theater actor Alan Rickman's first film role.

--TheForce-- , 20th Century Fox Report

Final score:

179points

Cthulhu is Alive 1 year ago

Alan Rickman is sorely missed

196points

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#16

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that to get the pear or apple into a bottle of brandy, they place the empty bottles over the budding fruit at the start of the season, and allow it to grow into the bottle all summer.

Great-Tical , en.wikipedia.org Report

Final score:

178points

ADHORTATOR 1 year ago (edited)

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#17

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL Caligula, the third emperor of Rome, once declared war on the sea itself, commanding his men to collect seashells as proof of victory.

FriskAsriel , PierreSelim Report

Final score:

167points

Arn Edwards 1 year ago

That is nothing. The US once had a President that wanted to nuke hurricanes.

22points

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#18

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL most so-Called “Medieval Torture Devices” are fake actually made up by hoaxers, showmen, and con artists in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

ricenola , Andreea Report

Final score:

159points

JoMeBee 1 year ago

I hope this is true--otherwise they were some seriously sick people back then. I guess still pretty messed up to think them up even if the devices weren't actually used.

88points

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#19

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that Frank Prentice a survivor of the Titanic, stated that the scent of the iceberg was detectable before the collision occurred.

LastOfOldOrder , en.wikipedia.org Report

Final score:

153points

Den Ver 1 year ago (edited)

So ... the Smell-O-Scope I saw on Futurama could have worked.

84points

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#20

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that an achene is a single-seeded fruit, and that strawberry "seeds" are achenes. Each little strawberry achene is its own tiny fruit, and the entire rest of the strawberry is an accessory fruit. A single strawberry is actually approximately 200 little fruits attached to a big fruit.

lIllIllIllIllIllIII , John Lodder Report

Final score:

153points

Cthulhu is Alive 1 year ago

My Dad is allergic to the seeds on a strawberry. He can eat them if they've been taken out

48points

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#21

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL Bill Watterson used to sneak signed Calvin & Hobbes collections onto the shelves of his hometown bookstore, but stopped doing so when he discovered they were being sold online for high prices.

Skeleton_Pilots , Alan Levine Report

Final score:

151points

Paul C. 1 year ago

I love Calvin and Hobbes! No interesting point to make, I just love Calvin and Hobbes!

172points

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#22

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL The ~1mm large animal known as Trichoplax can regenerate from just a handfull of cells and if its chopped up, the individual pieces will try to find each other and join back together.

jimi15 , Bernd Schierwater Report

Final score:

150points

JoMeBee 1 year ago

Biological microbots!

48points

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#23

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that when Weird Al wrote I Want A New Duck in 1985, he went to the library and researched ducks for a week.

ElderCunningham , alyankovic Report

Final score:

150points

Kattenkinders 1 year ago

No one can accuse him for not knowing what he's singing about😂

74points

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#24

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that a Dutch woman was denied Swiss naturalization despite having lived there for 39 years, because her 'neighbours' deemed her too annoying and not integrated into Swiss society since she often critized Swiss tradition of hanging large bells on cows' necks.

br-rand , Charles Hutchins Report

Final score:

146points

ADHORTATOR 1 year ago

that says a lot about the Swiss

78points

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#25

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that an 84-year-old man named Park Byeong-gu has eaten nothing but instant ramen for over 41 years.

Gary_the_mememachine , www.koreatimes.co.kr Report

Final score:

143points

DennyS (denzoren) 1 year ago

This guy needs to be on every cup noodle package.

109points

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#26

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that a Kia/Hyundai whistleblower was awarded $24 million USD for reporting the companies' failure to recall unsafe cars and share accurate recall information with the government.

RollingNightSky , vanitjan Report

Final score:

141points

Barbra E. Nyberg 1 year ago

Oh lovely, i have a kia...

26points

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#27

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that the record for longest time without sleep was set in 1963 when 17 year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake on purpose for 11 straight days.

Knoblord_McCheese , Professor Ross Report

Final score:

132points

Zia Barrett 1 year ago

My panic attacks once kept me awake three days a few years ago, I was having trouble stringing thoughts together and hallucinating by that point. Eesh, 11 days...

97points

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#28

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that in the early 90's Bart Simpson T shirts were banned at many schools across the country (United States).

sharks_w_lasers , Shawn Rossi Report

Final score:

131points

Eastendbird 1 year ago (edited)

In 1992 George HW Bush said he wanted to make the American family "less like The Simpsons and more like The Waltons". Writers on the programme had Bart comment "We're just like The Waltons, we're praying for the end of the depression too."

131points

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#29

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL Canadian artist Michael Snow sued the Toronto Eaton Centre mall in 1982 after they put Christmas bows on an art installation of flying geese which he had sculptured. This led to a landmark court case, and a leading Canadian decision on artists moral rights. Snow ultimately ended up winning.

waitingforthesun92 , IYY Report

Final score:

125points

STress 1 year ago

It's Canada, of course Snow will be the winner. Let's see him winning in Hawaii or Jamaica...

70points

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#30

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL the average minor spends about 7 hours per week with their father, but about 15 hours a week on video games.

AdSnoo9734 , Ralston Smith Report

Final score:

118points

Bisexual Axolotls 1 year ago

Jokes on you, I play video games WITH my father.

19points

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#31

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL of aphantasia a condition where people are unable to form mental images in their head. People with aphantasia are also less likely to have an inner monologue.

agreeingstorm9 , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

47points

Enlee Jones 1 year ago

My inner monologue never shuts up.

69points

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#32

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that when it comes to natural disasters, Michigan is the safest state in the US.

BaconVonMeatwich , Brad West Report

Final score:

46points

Haywood Jablome 1 year ago

Safest from natural disasters, but not from Detroit

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#33

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that famed herpetologist Robert Merten documented his death by twig snake bite in his journal, which took 18 days to prove fatal. He wrote near the end that it was "the only appropriate demise for a herpetologist".

RadarElGato , Edwin Lopez Report

Final score:

46points

Den Ver 1 year ago

Anybody know how psychologists William Masters and Virginia Johnson died?

20points

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#34

TIL Creedence Clearwater Revival was only active for four years (1968-1972), with seven studio albums. They still hold the record for most singles (nine) to reach the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 without ever scoring a #1.

Final score:

46points

Paul C. 1 year ago

So good to see John Fogerty has at last regained the rights to the CCR music.

29points

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#35

TIL - One of the first wireless TV remotes was developed by Zenith in 1956. A small hammer in the remote would hit one of 4 aluminum bars, generating an ultrasonic sound that was beyond the range of human hearing.

edfitz83 Report

Final score:

45points

JAT 1 year ago

Hope the owners didn't have dogs

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#36

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL igloos can have an interior temperature of 19-61 degrees Fahrenheit amid exterior temperatures of -45 degrees. And if constricted properly they can withstand the weight if someone standing on top of them.

Texas_Rockets , Steven Roberge Report

Final score:

44points

StumblingThroughLife 1 year ago (edited)

Or minus 7 to 16 degrees Celsius for those who don't use the Fahrenheit scale in their Country.

59points

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#37

TIL that although you can buy different grades of isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol, 70% is actually most effective for disinfecting; the added water helps it to dissolve more slowly, penetrate cells, and kill bacteria.

abxuwnnm111 Report

Final score:

43points

Raymond Core 1 year ago

Alcohol is hydroscopic and when 100% alcohol is exposed to the atmosphere it will absorb water until saturated at 70%. It also takes less energy to refine to 70% than 100%.

16points

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#38

TIL that Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster M45, or "The Seven Sisters", one of which is invisible according to Japanese tradition, hence Subaru logo only has six stars.

AlbaneseGummies327 Report

Final score:

43points

Barbra E. Nyberg 1 year ago

The term Pleiades comes from the ancient Greeks. It means Seven Sisters. Nautical lore tells of the 7th Sister "being lost". It isn't just Japanese tradition. I wonder how many other ancient cultures watched that star "being lost" and came up with a story about it?

22points

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#39

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL wheeled luggage was first seen as a niche women’s product until the 1970s. Department stores initially refused selling wheeled luggage for fear it would make men feel “wimpy”.

BasementDweller3000 , Tranmautritam Report

Final score:

42points

V33333P 1 year ago

Fun fact to add to that: wristwatches were seen as female only til after WWI when pilots and soldiers realized they were more convenient than pocket watches

27points

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#40

TIL In 2000, 10 year old Brazilian Paulo Pavesi was rushed to the hospital after a fall and pronounced dead. Evidence showed the doctors had falsely pronounced him dead to harvest his organs for black market sale. Paulo was still alive when his organs were removed.

Gloomy__Revenue Report

Final score:

39points

Melissa 1 year ago

How the hell did they get away with murdering a child?! That poor boy and his family :(

22points

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#41

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL After hurricane Katrina Brad Pitt set up the Make It Right Foundation to build homes for those effected. The project had famous architects but the homes were not designed or constructed for a New Orleans environment. By 2022 only 6 of the 109 houses were deemed to be in "reasonably good shape."

jamescookenotthatone , WWLTV Report

Final score:

38points

JoMeBee 1 year ago

That's what happens when you ask an architect to do an engineer's job. But I bet they looked cool...

36points

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#42

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that the social huntsman spiders live in complex family groups up to 150-strong, led by a dominant matriarch. A single mum establishes a family and her offspring from one to four clutches remain with her until they are almost one year old.

miolmok , Catching The Eye Report

Final score:

38points

Libstak 1 year ago

Huntsman spiders also form bonded pairs and if you find one you best be looking for their partner, in my experience this is always the case.

7points

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#43

TIL The largest preserved impact crater in our solar system is on the Dark Side of the Moon. An "anomaly" of heavy metal the size of Hawaii is buried beneath, which apparently alters the Moon's gravitational field.

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Final score:

38points

Fraxinus excelsior 1 year ago

Moonbase Alpha-Space 1999

13points

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#44

TIL Bermuda has no natural water source. Each house collects rainwater using white, stepped roofs.

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Final score:

38points

ColorEd 1 year ago

Why do they need to be white?

12points

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#45

TIL during WWII, Rolex allowed allied PoWs to order watches with the company taking each man’s word as his bond and duly sending the watch. This boosted morale in taking payment on account implied confidence the Allies would win the war.

Die_Nameless_Bitch Report

Final score:

37points

ADHORTATOR 1 year ago

when Rolex watches were affordable....

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#46

TIL That Sri Lanka was connected to India by a walkable land bridge known as 'Adams Bridge' until it was destroyed by a cyclone in 1480CE, leaving a chain of limestone shoals behind.

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Final score:

36points

Donkeywheel 1 year ago

To be clear: this was never an actual bridge. It was en emerged passage when the sea level was lower in the past 100,000 years. It was absolutely not destroyed by a cyclone, it was just submerged when the sea level rose. Also, it is absolutely not man made, this is just a religious belief.

47points

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#47

Today I Learned that “kosher salt” is used for drying meat in a way that makes the meat kosher. It isn’t that the salt is kosher (it is) but that it’s used for koshering meat.

late_to_the_game_17 Report

Final score:

36points

Donkeywheel 1 year ago

What is kosher salt?

10points

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#48

TIL Americans were forbidden to travel to China until 1979, when President Jimmy Carter made the decision to normalize relations with China.

Ok_Copy5217 Report

Final score:

34points

ShyWahine 1 year ago

Really? That wasn't that wasn't all that long ago....

12points

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#49

TIL During the Second Punic War, it's been suggested that upwards of 300,000 Roman soldiers were killed by Hannibal's army. At the Battle of Cannae alone, about 20% of Rome's fighting age men were killed (up to 70k), and by the end of the war, 1 in 6 of Rome's adult male population was dead.

Final score:

32points

Hotdogking 1 year ago

Interesting. Thanks for the Hannibal Lecture. (I shall show myself out)

67points

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#50

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL the fastest heartbeat ever recorded was 600 beats per minute.

royalewithcheese14 , Luan Rezende Report

Final score:

32points

ColorEd 1 year ago

Human or animal?

21points

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#51

TIL that there is a genus of bees nicknamed “vulture bees” that are stingless and eat carrion (dead animal meat) instead of pollen. They still produce edible honey and can be found in North and South America.

I_am_Guy_Incognito Report

Final score:

32points

JoMeBee 1 year ago

Yum! Roadkill honey!

33points

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#52

TIL adult diapers outsell baby diapers in Japan.

dailyplanetdaily Report

Final score:

31points

Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago

A baby may need them only a few years, a adult for 10, 20 or more years.

31points

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#53

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL actress Hattie McDaniel, the first ever African-American to win an Oscar, had one final wish when she was dying from cancer: to be buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in LA. Her final wish was ultimately denied, as the cemetery had a strict all-white policy at the time.

dennismarr , GothEric Report

Final score:

30points

ColorEd 1 year ago (edited)

What does Johnny Ramone has to do with that?

66points

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#54

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL, The oil from a right whale would operate an average American car for 8 years.

RealMainer , Todd Cravens Report

Final score:

30points

Andy-Pandy-Panda 1 year ago

But it can keep the beautiful whale operational for ~70 years. A much better use.

9points

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#55

TIL Redbull declared a man's plan to cross the Atlantic in 1m boat 'inspirational, but mad’ and declined to sponsor him.

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Final score:

29points

Elmo_from_hell 1 year ago

If even Redbull declines, then the idea must truly be mad

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#56

TIL that after Sam Cooke sang "A Change is Gonna Come" on The Tonight Show (Feb 7, 1964), the network lost the only recording of the performance. Cooke elected never to perform it again in his lifetime (he was murdered in Dec of '64), due to the song's complexity and ominous nature.

MulciberTenebras Report

Final score:

29points

Heather Gomez 1 year ago

It's a great song. A talented artist lost because of racism.

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#57

TIL that less than 1% of nuns in the US are under 40 and the average sister is 80 years old.

BizarroCullen Report

Final score:

29points

JoMeBee 1 year ago

This is not surprising given that women are autonomous and actually have options these days...

43points

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#58

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL in the 2003 SpongeBob episode "Mid-Life Crustacean", Mr. Krabs is invited to join a panty raid with SpongeBob and Patrick. The episode was removed from streaming services in 2018 by Nickelodeon, Paramount+, and Amazon.

AnthillOmbudsman , Nickelodeon Report

Final score:

28points

Melissa 1 year ago

Are you feeling it, Mr. Krabs?

3points

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#59

“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics) TIL that Joe Jackson would hold a belt as the Jackson 5 rehearsed, ready to strike his children if they stepped out of line. Michael Jackson was terrified of his father. “I have thrown up in his presence because when he comes in the room and this aura comes and my stomach starts hurting."

lightblue_sky , Sergio Savarese Report

Final score:

27points

Zia Barrett 1 year ago

If I remember, he also fainted when his father showed up to concerts several times and his bodyguards carried him away from his father's presence, and that he preferred being on stage in front of large crowds because his father couldn't get him up there.

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#60

TIL of Deli Mike, a Turkish Airlines Airbus A340 notable for her temperamental behavior. Known for “pranking” passengers and crew, she would turn lights on and off and refuse to retract the landing gear seemingly at random. One story went that staff fixed a faulty instrument panel by talking to her.

Padgriffin Report

Final score:

27points

Paul C. 1 year ago

Just as a point of note, I'm not so sure that a plane being "temperamental" is such a good thing.

39points

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#61

TIL that 8 of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence were born in the British Isles.

DurhamOx Report

Final score:

27points

JoyfulZebra 1 year ago

That's not really surprising

27points

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#62

TIL there is clear evidence that one of the largest volanic eruptions in human history took place in the mid-15th century, but scientists still have no idea where it happened.

Final score:

26points

JoMeBee 1 year ago

Under water?

11points

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#63

TIL that 70 to 80% of hemophiliacs being treated with blood products prior to 1985 became infected with HIV.

DanelleDee Report

Final score:

26points

Katy McMouse 1 year ago

My mum had a medical condition that depleted her blood on a fairly regular basis. For years, she refused blood transfusions for fear of receiving infected blood. It wasn't until the mid to late nineties that she gave in and started receiving transfusions, and even then, she was afraid.

13points

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#64

TIL In 1942, German submarines sunk a British passenger ship. They surfaced to collect survivors, announced their presence to the allies and sailed under a Red Cross flag. The U-Boats were attacked by allied planes, forcing the submarine to throw all the survivors back into the sea and crash dive.

Standard-Assist-5793 Report

Final score:

25points

Best Behave 1 year ago

I believe that Karl Donnitz, the high commander of the kriegsmarine, subsequently ordered that uboats were forbidden to pick up survivors. This lead to intended prosecution for war crimes in the Nuremberg trials, until petitions were made by some allied commanders for this to be abandoned, as it was deemed that he’d issued the order for the protection of the men under his command. Donnitz, who was a committed member of the nazi party, was acquitted of this, although was found guilty of other crimes and served 10 years in prison.

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#65

TIL that an F-117 Nighthawk crashed in Sequoia National Forest in 1986, two years before the plane was publicly announced. The US Air Force established a permitter around the crash site and secretly replaced the wreckage with a wrecked F-101A that had been stored in Area 51 for this purpose.

Tormund___Giantsbane Report

Final score:

25points

DE Ray 1 year ago

Fun fact: the US Air Force actively spread UFO conspiracy theories and funded films and television shows depicting UFOs as being related to space aliens as a way of limiting speculation about secret developmental aircraft. The founder of the largest UFO dedicated organization in the world was an Air Force colonel who admitted late in his life that he was assigned that task by the Pentagon.

21points

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#66

TIL that foods such as: cheese, wine, chocolate, and others are technically illegal in Florida. This is because they contain the trace amine tyramine which is considered a schedule I hallucinogen. This is despite tyramine not actually having any hallucinogenic effects and being widespread in foods.

IAmDavidGurney Report

Final score:

25points

JoMeBee 1 year ago

Good luck trying to enforce those restrictions!Those three things create the majority of my personal food pyramid!

16points

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College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

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#67

TIL The US Once Considered a Plan to Detonate a Nuclear Bomb on the Moon.

Final score:

25points

JoMeBee 1 year ago

Of course we did because why not? SMH

30points

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#68

TIL that Laos is the most heavily bombed nation in history.

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Final score:

24points

K- THULU 1 year ago

And over 50 years later, kids are still being killed and maimed cause clusterbombs resemble toys....

27points

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#69

TIL that Florida will pay you to hunt snakes: No license or permit required.

fabulousfred Report

Final score:

23points

JoMeBee 1 year ago

Should be more specific: nonnative snakes that people have as pets, decide they don't want them, and release into the wild. They are taking over areas such as the everglades since there are few predators

36points

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#70

TIL that blood plasma is America's 10th largest export surpassing that of trucks.

Fitz_cuniculus Report

Final score:

23points

StumblingThroughLife 1 year ago (edited)

This reminds me of this article in our UK newspapers (2013): "The Government was tonight accused of gambling with the UK’s blood supply by selling the state-owned NHS plasma supplier to a US private equity firm." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/is-there-no-limit-to-what-this-government-will-privatise-uk-plasma-supplier-sold-to-us-private-equity-firm-bain-capital-8718029.html

10points

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#71

TIL that Shalimar Seiuli, the sex worker who gained infamy when she was seen getting into Eddie Murphy's car, died after falling five floors after she locked herself out of her apartment and tried to use a towel as a rope to swing down from the roof to an open window.

Final score:

22points

Barbra E. Nyberg 1 year ago

Sorry girl, but that move only works in a movie.

12points

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#72

TIL Brian Patrick Carroll, the guitarist known professionally as "Buckethead", has recorded over 300 studio albums, four special releases, one EP, and has performed on more than fifty albums by other artists.

big_macaroons Report

Final score:

20points

Cthulhu is Alive 1 year ago

I also heard he was raised in a chicken coop by chickens 🐔

9points

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#73

TIL A US Navy red cell kidnapped a civilian security officer as an exercise and proceeded to torture and beat him in a hotel room. The officer's wife nearly shot the members of the red cell, but the officer told her it was an exercise rather than a real kidnapping.

ENAuslender Report

Final score:

19points

John L 1 year ago

Wow, tortured and beat him, for just and exercise. Hate to see what they would do if they were serious.... /s

19points

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#74

TIL that no human has beaten a computer in a chess tournament in over 15 years.

JamesSmail Report

Final score:

18points

TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago

Chess is too predictable, there isn't enough room for irrational moves to outsmart the computer I would assume

4points

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#75

TIL That China had a very significant role in helping the US defeat Japan in WWII, and that China suffered over eight million casualties.

Final score:

16points

K- THULU 1 year ago

Don't you mean helped the allies defeat Japan?

41points

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