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30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New

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As we move through life, we consistently gather new knowledge to grow and learn as human beings. Although there may be a few specific areas we aim to know very well, building a broader understanding of the world is just as important. It allows us to put forward exciting ideas, connect the dots, and see new patterns we would have missed otherwise. And it’s plenty of fun too!

Thankfully, with the digital world at our fingertips, exploring delicious and intriguing bits of information has never been easier. So it’s time for the newest batch of facts from the well-known corner on Reddit, the 'Today I Learned' online group. Time and again, curious 28 million members of this community exceed everyone’s expectations by passing along the cool trivia they recently found out themselves.

To celebrate infinite knowledge and the never-ending desire to learn something new, we’ve gathered some of the most captivating facts the group has shared on the page. Continue scrolling and upvote the ones you may not have known about! And if you’re in the mood to expand your mental horizons even further, check out Bored Panda’s previous pieces filled with TIL goodness here, here, and right here.

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#1

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL of Mary Anning, who discovered, with her brother, the first ichthyosaur fossil at age 12. She would go on to discover many more fossils and revolutionize the science of paleontology. However, due to being a woman in the early 1800s, she rarely received full credit for her discoveries

sexpressed , jacqline Report

Final score:

228points

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#2

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL fairy dust was not mentioned in the original version of Peter Pan, but the author added it as a neccessity to enable the children to fly because "so many children tried [to fly] from their beds and needed surgical attention."

mike_pants , Lalelu2000 Report

Final score:

198points

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#3

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL; In 1846, Joesph Leidy was the first person to solve a crime using a microscope. A famer claimed the blood on his clothes was chicken blood. Joseph Leidy showed that it was not chicken blood using a microscope

A_Bruised_Reed , Ed Uthman Report

Final score:

180points

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#4

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that listening to your favorite music for just 15 minutes a day lowers stress levels, anxiety, sadness and a depressed mood

Ok_Ask_733000 , visualbyfath Report

Final score:

180points

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#5

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Wells Fargo was forced by the feds to rehire a whistleblower employee that reported fraud, and pay him $5.4 million in damages

filondo , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

175points

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#6

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL in July of 2021 a British plane spotter noticed sparks coming off an F-15E Strike Eagle's engine after it took off from RAF Lakenheath. He called the base's switchboard to alert the base and the plane returned safely. The pilot publicly thanked him and gave him his insignia patch

Bigred2989- , Tomás Del Coro Report

Final score:

170points

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#7

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL the design of a skyscraper in London was melting cars and setting buildings on fire. It’s curvilinear shape was causing the problem: The south-facing exterior wall was covered in reflective glass, and because it's concave, it focuses the sun's rays onto a small area

rigorousthinker , apviktor Report

Final score:

166points

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#8

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL of Jacklyn H. Lucas. 3 years after joining the Marines at age 14, he snuck onto a ship bound for Iwo Jima, stormed the beach without a rifle and threw himself on top of 2 grenades to protect his team. He survived and earned the Medal of Honor at age 17

calvins48 , VirtKitty Report

Final score:

162points

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#9

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Robin Williams was offered, and accepted the role of The Joker in the 1989 film, "Batman." Warner Brothers had only made the offer to bait their first choice, Jack Nicholson, into signing on, which he eventually did. Williams was furious, and demanded an apology from the film studio

szekeres81 , Ryunosuke Kikuno Report

Final score:

153points

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#10

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that an FBI informant secretly wore a wire to breakfast with a city official suspected of bribery, and met the suspect at the WTC Marriott. In the middle of getting a confession, the informant ends up making what is believed to be the only uninterrupted audio recording of the Sept. 11 attack

spiritelk25 , m01229 Report

Final score:

139points

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#11

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaur extinction set 70% of the world's forests on fire, caused tsunamis that rose to a height of 300ft (100m), and ejected 25 trillion metric tons of debris into the atmosphere that reduced sunlight by up to 90% for a decade

vienna95 , Chris Henry Report

Final score:

133points

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#12

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that the most requested funeral song in England is by Monty Python

Still-Finger1880 , BBC Report

Final score:

132points

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#13

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that the British had a POW camp called Trent park during WWII. They would take axis prisoners of war and let them live in luxury, while secretly bugging the house. The program gave the allies lots of intel, such as the location of a V2 rocket facility

YEETAWAYLOL , Leonard J Matthews Report

Final score:

128points

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#14

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Darius McCollum, a New Yorker diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, has been arrested over 30 times for impersonating transit employees, stealing trains and buses, and driving their routes - complete with making safety announcements and passenger stops

Str33twise84 , mitchazj Report

Final score:

125points

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#15

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL The "alarm chemical" released by bees to make the hive attack (Isopropyl Acetate) is the same favouring we use to make banana flavoured sweets, meaning bees can become hostile around those sweets

1FlawedHumanBeing , biancablah Report

Final score:

122points

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#16

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that Batman's suit, arsenal of awesome gadgets, and secret identity were not created by Bob Kane. Gotham City was not even created by him. All these creations belong to Bill Finger, who died penniless while Kane did everything he could to suppress Finger’s involvement in creating the character

TheAnimatedBat , serge_k Report

Final score:

119points

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#17

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL: A bonsaï tree is not a species of tree. It's just a regular tree. Bonsai is a method of growing trees which aims to create an image of a large mature tree but in miniature

Matelot_Pierrot , tegethoff Report

Final score:

118points

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#18

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that Pythagoras of The Pythagoras Theorem was a cult leader who claimed he could speak with animals, time travel and had an extreme hatred for Fava Beans

chipsandsourcream1 , Unknown author Report

Final score:

116points

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#19

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Tiger beetles run so fast they temporarily blind themselves. When moving at up to 120 body lengths per second, their environment becomes a blur as their eyes can't gather enough light to form an image

ergotpoisoning , erik_karits Report

Final score:

113points

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#20

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that the disappearance of D. B. Cooper remains the only unsolved air piracy case in commerical aviation history

DarkPhoenix94 , Leio McLaren Report

Final score:

106points

Chaton de Kel’Thuzad 2 years ago

We all know it was Loki!

65points

Marlowe Fitzpatrik 2 years ago

Uhm, no? It was actually the guy the policeman who was on the case interviewed and who later became a cop himself. He married the stewardess-witness, duh! (Might still have been Loki. )

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Adam Jeff 2 years ago

The only unsolved successful air piracy case, I suspect they mean. There are a number of planes that have disappeared and never been found, that may or not have been hijacked.

11points

Moxxidude 2 years ago

Did they ever discover how all of those MFing snakes got on that one MFing plane?

8points

Kusotare 2 years ago

And on the passenger manifest he was listed as "Dan Cooper". An early suspect (who was quickly cleared) was an Oregonian named "D.B. Cooper", and thus the identity was sealed for eternity. The first clue to his plan was when he went to the ticket counter and asked for a halfway ticket to Seattle. (/joking)

6points

Disha Nath-Sepoy 2 years ago

It was Loki.

2points

boone williams 2 years ago

Jeez, stock photo people! Would it really have been THAT hard to find a photo of a 727?!

1point

Lene 2 years ago

I think that Thor just needed a ride out east to kill giants and his goats were on vacation that day. 🤷‍♀️

0points

Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 2 years ago

DB Cooper and the money he took! Ask Kid Rock, he knows

0points

Aahzmandus Pervect 2 years ago

There's a great episode of podcast Death By Monsters dedicated to D.B Cooper.

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Hermien Greeff 2 years ago

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#21

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL the iconic Australian hat is bent up on one side to allow the armed forces maneuver rifles on and off their shoulders without hitting the brim

jdoreh , Donald Giannatti Report

Final score:

106points

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#22

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL after basketball player Zion Williamson's foot ripped through his Nike shoe during a game, causing him to slip and sprain his knee, Nike's stock valuation dropped $1.1 Billion the next day

d1t0m6 , Danilo Capece Report

Final score:

105points

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#23

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Arthur Wharton, born Ghana, 1865, became the 100 yard world record holder for 30 years, the world's first professional black soccer player, a cycling champion, a professional cricketer and then a professional rugby player. He died penniless in 1930 and was buried in an unmarked paupers grave

Single-Goose7015 , Kobby Mendez Report

Final score:

102points

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#24

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL In 1948 Ford Motor Company was offered to take over Volkswagen for free. They turned down the offer. Volkswagen is now the second largest car manufacturer in the world

Jon_Huntsman , Mondo79 Report

Final score:

97points

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#25

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that Bermuda has no natural water source. Each house collects rainwater using white, stepped roofs

deliriz , lhooq38 Report

Final score:

92points

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#26

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Commercially produced Mayonnaise has a high enough acidity that bacteria growth associated with food-borne illnesses is slowed and the product doesn’t need to be refrigerated

LegalizeBonJovi , Sara Cervera Report

Final score:

77points

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#27

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Disney World is legally allowed to build a nuclear plant in Florida under a 1960s law

filondo , Amy Humphries Report

Final score:

75points

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#28

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL people downloaded computer games over the radio in the 80s

Hamsternoir , Dave Weatherall Report

Final score:

73points

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#29

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that Ford's Theatre refuses to perform the play which Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was [taken away]

GreekKnight3 , libraryofcongress Report

Final score:

70points

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#30

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL 1941 after a meteor shower two Canadian Inuit announced they were Jesus and God and convinced people to kill their sled dogs since people will soon be able to fly. 9 people ended up losing their lives as a result of the community spread insanity

mskullcap , kreyatif Report

Final score:

65points

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#31

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that 83% of radiologists missed a gorilla that was inserted into images of the lungs during a nodule detection task

awkwarddoublehawk , mikearney Report

Final score:

31points

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#32

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that before the Hoover Dam was built, there was a town where Lake Mead now is called St. Thomas. The entire town was purchased by the federal government and abandoned. However, the water level of the lake has fallen so much that parts of the town can be seen and explored

Reach-for-the-sky_15 , tylilo Report

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#33

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that there are more Lebanese descendants in Brazil than people living in Lebanon

HerrFalkenhayn , charbelkaram Report

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28points

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#34

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL about Princess Susanna Caroline Matilda, a convicted thief who escaped to America in 1770 and lived like a queen after she convinced everyone she was royalty

CrimeCrisis , Markus Spiske Report

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28points

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#35

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Hudson Bay and its shores are populated by more Beluga whales than people

innergamedude , Tim Taylor Report

Final score:

28points

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

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#36

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL for the censorship case against Ulysses (a notoriously hard novel to read), the US trial judge forced himself read the entire book so he could judge it properly

yup987 , poppet with a camera Report

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27points

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#37

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL one of the most mad Roman emperors wasn't actually called 'Caligula'. It was a nickname given to him as a kid by his father's soldiers, while being on campaign with them in Germania. The name means 'little boots' in Latin and is a reference to the child-sized military gear he would wear

Pickle_flavored_Mail , Egisto Sani Report

Final score:

27points

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#38

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL about Sisamnes who was a judge that took a bribe in court and passed an unfair sentence. He was skinned alive and his leather was used to make a chair that his son had to sit in as his son was appointed the next judge. There was a later painting made depicting him being skinned alive

sheepery , Jez Timms Report

Final score:

26points

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#39

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL of Heinrich Schliemann, an amateur archeologist who located the ancient city of Troy in the 1870s among other feats. Modern archeologists disapprove of his methods - using dynamite to blow up the site and looking through the debris

1900grs , Erik Mclean Report

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#40

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL about Srivijaya, a lost 14th century city that ruled Indonesia and much of Southeast Asia for over 600 years but which disappeared without a trace. Its location was recently uncovered when fisherman on the River Musi discovered golden artefacts from the city caught in their nets

1QCS , Gary Todd Report

Final score:

26points

#41

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL 'Jeopardy!' superchampion and eventual host Ken Jennings won so many games during his initial streak that he admitted to fabricating anecdotes for the show's interview portion just so that he would have something to chat about with Alex Trebek

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25points

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

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#42

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL only one Egyptian pharaonic tomb has been discovered completely intact, that of Psusennes I (1047-1001 BC). Despite its fame and the quality of its artifacts, the tomb of Tutankhamun was robbed twice in antiquity

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#43

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL "Cityspeak", the pidgin street language incorporating Japanese/Spanish/German/etc.. used in Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049 wasn't in Philip K. Dick's book, but was actually devised by "Gaff" actor Edward James Olmos while researching his character for the film

Uncle_Junk , gordon.milligan Report

Final score:

21points

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#44

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate

penkster , Airwolfhound Report

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20points

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#45

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL about Bob Lemmons, an expert "Mustanger." Freed by the Civil War, he learned to tame horses. Usually herds of wild mustangs were run down by groups, but Lemmons worked alone. Riding with the herd for several weeks, he'd gradually take over, mount the stallion and lead the horses into a corral

marmorset , cmnmendoza Report

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19points

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#46

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL In 1014, Byzantine Emperor Basil II captured several thousand Bulgarian soldiers, put them into groups of 100, and blinded 99 in every group. The last soldiers had only one eye gouged out and were ordered to lead their blind friends home. Upon seeing this, Tsar Samuel died of a heart attack

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#47

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL: Back in 1910, Citibank took over the national bank of Haiti, which besides being the sole commercial bank also served as the Haitian treasury and then in 1915 after both withholding Haitian funds and paying rebels to destabilize the country, the bank pressured the US Government to occupy Haiti

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18points

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#48

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that the [passed away people] of the Battle of Waterloo were scavenged for their teeth. Using teeth of the [passed away people] was pretty common at that time and those of young and healthy people were especially sought after. The enormous casulaties of the battle created a big supply which became known as "Waterloo Teeth"

Masek_Kiel , hubifarago Report

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18points

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#49

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL there are "Harbinger households": neighborhoods that consistently choose failed products and therefore could predict market failures

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#50

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Oldest known Homo Sapiens is over 233,000 years old, 30,000+ years more than we thought

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#51

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL about Rei Dunois who, using body prosthetics and makeup successfully passed himself off as a female cosplayer. When he eventually admitted who he was in 2020, his following increased

Black_Magic_M-66 , thisisengineering Report

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#52

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that Duke Nukem Forever holds the Guinness World record for "Longest development period for a videogame"

DaveOJ12 , Carl Raw Report

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13points

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#53

30 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL testicles make several million sperm per day — about 1,500 per second

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I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda since 2017. I've searched through a multitude of images to create over 2000 diverse posts on a wide range of topics. I love memes, funny, and cute stuff, but I'm also into social issues topics. Despite my background in communication, my heart belongs to visual media, especially photography. When I'm not at my desk, you're likely to find me in the streets with my camera, checking out cool exhibitions, watching a movie at the cinema or just chilling with a coffee in a cozy place

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Shelp 2 years ago

That was an interesting read, but the censorship is getting more and more ridiculous. Why not just write "кill" for example? It would deter the bots while not looking completely silly.

18points

María Hermida 2 years ago

I write "kiII", written with two capital "I" instead of "L". It looks exactly the same but the bots won't recognise it

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Wilko Lunenburg 2 years ago

Try putting spaces in between the letters. d e a d, k i l l, c o r p s e, r a p e d.

2points

Pterodactyl in Disguise 2 years ago

I don’t think most of us have a keyboard with that letter or font(sorry if I don’t know what it is) but that would be a great way to get around it if I did

2points

What really grinds my gears 2 years ago

Long time reader, first time poster: it's not news that BP gets its content mainly from reddit-posts - which is fine with me and actually quite useful to get a Digest from the internet- and reddit-universe. But it really annoys me that BP apparently does not bother to get appropriate pictures, let alone to add sources to the TIL claims (though they are probably also lacking in the source "material" from reddit to begin with). I find this lack of references highly alarming - surely, taking 'knowledge' from a harmless TIL-post may make you just look like a wise-a*s in the worst case, but the underlying, tacit approval of unproven claims is a real problem possibly leading to misinformation and 'alternative facts'.

2points

Wandaluzt 2 years ago

Unfortunately, most of their audience don't care. Some know the posts come from elsewhere, others not so much. You have to see this site for what it is, which you and a lot of others do, it's a great collation of time passing junk food like content. The site exists simply to gain ad revenue. Asking them to put more effort in would be unprofitable. Asking them to point out on every post that the post may be up to 10 years old and copied from another site would stop the site being as sticky and therefore unprofitable. Although I really do feel sorry for the people who reply to the Reddit posters here as if they will see them. It seems most people live their lives without paying any attention.

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d bradley 2 years ago

so TIL we can't say kill in this place

2points

Shelp 2 years ago

That was an interesting read, but the censorship is getting more and more ridiculous. Why not just write "кill" for example? It would deter the bots while not looking completely silly.

18points

María Hermida 2 years ago

I write "kiII", written with two capital "I" instead of "L". It looks exactly the same but the bots won't recognise it

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Wilko Lunenburg 2 years ago

Try putting spaces in between the letters. d e a d, k i l l, c o r p s e, r a p e d.

2points

Pterodactyl in Disguise 2 years ago

I don’t think most of us have a keyboard with that letter or font(sorry if I don’t know what it is) but that would be a great way to get around it if I did

2points

What really grinds my gears 2 years ago

Long time reader, first time poster: it's not news that BP gets its content mainly from reddit-posts - which is fine with me and actually quite useful to get a Digest from the internet- and reddit-universe. But it really annoys me that BP apparently does not bother to get appropriate pictures, let alone to add sources to the TIL claims (though they are probably also lacking in the source "material" from reddit to begin with). I find this lack of references highly alarming - surely, taking 'knowledge' from a harmless TIL-post may make you just look like a wise-a*s in the worst case, but the underlying, tacit approval of unproven claims is a real problem possibly leading to misinformation and 'alternative facts'.

2points

Wandaluzt 2 years ago

Unfortunately, most of their audience don't care. Some know the posts come from elsewhere, others not so much. You have to see this site for what it is, which you and a lot of others do, it's a great collation of time passing junk food like content. The site exists simply to gain ad revenue. Asking them to put more effort in would be unprofitable. Asking them to point out on every post that the post may be up to 10 years old and copied from another site would stop the site being as sticky and therefore unprofitable. Although I really do feel sorry for the people who reply to the Reddit posters here as if they will see them. It seems most people live their lives without paying any attention.

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d bradley 2 years ago

so TIL we can't say kill in this place

2points

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