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With New Year’s resolutions up and rolling, many of us are bringing on gym memberships, improving language skills, taking up new hobbies, getting into self-care and mindfulness, spending more time with family members, and basically, trying hard to be a better version of ourselves.

Meanwhile, our mental muscle is often forgotten and just as we give our bodies nutrients, so do we need to feed our brains with good stuff. So please, dear readers, stop whatever you’re doing. This is an invitation to a workout for your brain cells.

Today, we have a heavyweight treat for them, a brand new collection of incredible Today I Learned facts that range from miscellaneous ones perfect for trivia and mind-bending ones that may totally change your perspective of things. Scroll down below, upvote your favorite facts and be sure to check out our previous posts with Today I Learned goodness here, here and here.

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#1

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL about Mary Ellen Pleasant, a black woman in the 1800s who amassed a fortune by eavesdropping on investors while working as a domestic

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#2

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL a bridge in Ireland that was designed to swing open for ships couldn't be opened for four years because someone lost the remote control

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#3

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL outraged Egyptians had once lynched a Roman for killing a cat.

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#4

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that Betty White holds the Guinness World Record for longest TV career by an entertainer, with credits spanning 80 years (1939 to 2019)

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#5

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL: Carrie, Stephen King's first novel that launched his career, was rescued from the trash can after his wife Tabatha removed the crumpled up pages, read them and told her husband she wanted to know the rest of the story

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319points

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#6

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL In 1993 a French man driving a Citroen car in a remote area of the Moroccan desert had a breakdown and became stranded. To survive he tore down the car, built a motorcycle from the parts, and rode it back to civilization. When he arrived he was ticketed for operating an illegal vehicle.

WhenTardigradesFly , jebiga Report

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#7

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Queen Elizabeth II has reigned longer than her father, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather combined

soratoumiga Report

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#8

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL the British Hedgehog Preservation Society won a campaign in 2006 to force McDonalds to redesign their McFlurry cups due to hedgehogs repeatedly getting stuck in them and dying.

fatboyslick Report

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296points

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#9

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that owls cannot move their eyes. This is because their eyes are not balls, but cylinders that are held in place by bones called sclerotic rings. This is also the reason that owls have evolved to be able to rotate their head 270 degrees left and right, and 90 degrees up and down.

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#10

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that in 1945, General George S Patton, upon the liberation of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany, forced 1,000 local citizens to tour the camp to witness firsthand the atrocities that had taken place within.

ALFateyourcat Report

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293points

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#11

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that in Churchill, Canada, locals keep their car doors unlocked in order to provide other residents a quick escape, should they encounter a polar bear

NorthNorthSalt Report

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277points

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#12

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL in the mid 1890s, Mary Whiton Caulkins completed all requirements towards a PhD in Psychology, but Harvard University refused to award her that degree because she was a woman.

67demigod Report

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268points

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#13

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that according to the U.S. Department of Education, 54% of U.S. adults lack proficiency in literacy, reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level.

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250points

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#14

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL: The inventor of shopping carts, Sylvan Goldman, had to hire "decoy shoppers" to wheel the carts around stores and demonstrate their convenience, due to not catching on initially.

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#15

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that octopuses have copper-based blood rather than iron-based blood…which makes their blood blue in color. (Incidentally, they also have three hearts to pump that blood.)

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#16

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL dolphins sleep with one eye open. Because they have to periodically go up for air and also be aware of predators, they are able to rest only half of their brain at a time and stay always somewhat conscious.

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240points

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#17

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL About the "murder bottle". Many Victorian mothers would use a self feeding bottle to give their babies milk instead of breastfeeding. These bottles were made of earthenware & glass & were incredibly hard to clean which caused severe bacteria build up & caused the deaths of thousands of babies.

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#18

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL of the Lodz Ghetto, where at one point 20000 'useless eaters', mainly children under 10, were rounded up and taken away from their families to be exterminated. Many parents committed suicide.

Silicon-Based Report

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#19

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL of Titanic survivor Frankie Goldsmith. His father died during the sinking, and when he and his mother arrived in America they settled in Detroit near Navin Field (Tiger Stadium). He never attended a game due to the cheers of the crowd reminding him of the cries of the dying people in the water.

derstherower Report

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#20

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL about Ismail al-jazari wrote the “Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices” where he described 50 mechanical devices along with instructions on creating them. He has been described as the father of robotics and modern day engineering.

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#21

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL about Project 100k, where LBJ and Sec of Def Robert MacNamara decided to lower the mental and medical standards to recruit more soldiers to fight in Vietnam. These soldiers died at ~3x the normal rate.

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180points

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#22

TIL that in 1670, against a judge's instructions, a jury refused to find two men guilty. The judge held the jury in contempt; locked them up overnight without food, water or heat; and fined them. On appeal, the Chief Justice ruled that a jury could not be punished for returning the wrong verdict.

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#23

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL In 1941, almost 10% of all recruits for the US military were rejected because they did not have 6 opposing teeth on their upper and lower jaws. US dental health was so poor before WWII that it was the leading cause of rejection.

orbesomebodysfool Report

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#24

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Leonardo Da Vinci saved 13,000+ pages of notes and drawings on anatomy, physiology, engineering, mechanics, geometry, mathematics, bird flight, flying machines, botany, proportions, topology, weaponry, musical instruments, art, and more, all in mirrored shorthand written from right to left.

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#25

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that in Norse mythology, Loki got pregnant by a horse, he would then later give birth to the eight-legged horse Sleipner which would become Odin's horse

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Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago

Loki was a shapeshifter who also changed genders when it suited him.

146points

Randolph Croft 2 years ago

If you have the desire and opportunity to watch the Marvel Series 'Loki' - at one point a 'variant' of Loki is female.

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Kataroni 2 years ago

Loki: The first trans

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Ozacoter 2 years ago

The funny part is that if they dared to show this in the mainstream avenger movies many fans would backlash, attacking marvel and accusing them of "historical inncuracies and being PC".

13points

StormWolf 2 years ago (edited)

Dear, deliciously insane Loki; the original giver of zero fûcks... :)

10points

V 2000 2 years ago

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Screen S 2 years ago

Thank you for this comment!! i was soo confused when i read that Loki was pregnant

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Rachael Sampson 2 years ago

You mean them, not him. Loki was non-binary

1point

That_One_Harry_Potter_Nerd 2 years ago

I’m listening to Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard, it has a bunch of stuff about Loki and the gods

1point

PADNA 2 years ago (edited)

still... they had sex with a horse?? EWW

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Mickie Shea 2 years ago

Be popular in some subcultures.

0points

Halo183 2 years ago

Nice a non-binary god

-1point

Analyn Lahr 2 years ago

Yeah, in this instance he changed in to a mare to distract Sleipner, right?

-1point

Jaaawn 2 years ago

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May 2 years ago

The Marvel version of our old Gods has very little in common with the actual mythology. Some of the names are the same, but that's pretty much it.

26points

Vorknkx 2 years ago

The Marvel movies Asgardians aren't really gods, but more like a super-advanced alien race. Their "magic" is just very sophisticated science/technology ;)

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Virgil Blue 2 years ago

In the actual mythology Loki's main motivation often seemed to be "I'm bored. Let's liven things up with some borderline lethal gags." Plus often he turns out to be the guy with the winning idea when there is some kind of danger. Thor is generally a bit of a fool with anger issues in comparison.

18points

glowworm2 2 years ago

Much like how most Greek mythology begins with "Zeus was feeling horny." I feel like most Norse mythology begins with "Today, Loki decided to be a d**k."

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glowworm2 2 years ago

Yes, Loki basically shapeshifted into a mare in order to distract the horse of a builder in order to keep him from fulfilling his contract to create a fortification for the gods within 3 seasons. The reason was because the builder in question was secretly a giant and one of his requests for payment was the goddess Freya. Also, Loki was partially to blame for this to begin with (as usual) because he allowed the builder to have help from his horse--who was extremely powerful.

8points

Monkey Spunk 2 years ago

Loki had a plethora of weird kids, he was the Norse version of Echidna.

8points

Sue Lynn Chan 2 years ago

Deed with a steed

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just_a_snake_in_a_hat 2 years ago

Oh my god

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Gay_Forg 2 years ago

Loki is a gender fluid icon

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glowworm2 2 years ago

My favorite part of this myth is when Loki basically returns later to the other gods with Sleipner stating "Here's this really cool and fast horse. Just don't ask me where he came from!" I'm sure all the gods already figured that one out...

5points

Bob Standen 2 years ago

And we think gender fluid was a new thing.

3points

Sasha 2 years ago

Loki got pregnant by a lot of things....

2points

Rick 2 years ago

And lo, a million fanfictions were born

2points

karl briggs 2 years ago

Bet he felt Thor after giving birth to that!

1point

Osgood_7 2 years ago

If you want to learn more about what do we actually know about Loki, overly sarcastic productions on YouTube has a great video. To quote (roughly) "who is more irresponsible, the guy who who gets pregnant with a horse or the guy who rides his nephew into battle?"

1point

Raven DeathShade 2 years ago

I grew up with those myths XD. Those and the Greek myths I would spend my days reading.

1point

Karen Grace 2 years ago

I got my 1st book on mythology when I was in 3rd grade. It was the 12 labors of Hercules. I've been in love with ancient mythologies ever since.

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Rosemary Moreland 2 years ago

Well! You learn something everyday! I just did!

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Mickie Shea 2 years ago

Them Norse ponies were fairly active propagators. I think that's where the slogan "Cover they A**" came from.

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Jackie Nettleton 2 years ago

I thought that this is fairly common knowledge, he did it to prevent payment to a Jötunn who was promised the goddess Freya as a wife if the jotunn could build and impenetrable wall around Asguard in one week. He was nearly able to complete the task which worried both Odin and Freya so they told Loki who instigated the whole thing to make sure the Jötunn failed, Loki transformed into a beautiful mare to distract the giants stallion, who was the biggest reason the giant was so close to completing the wall and the stallion chased Loki and the giant failed and months later Loki showed up with Sleipner and gifted him to Odin and refused to say where the foal had come from

0points

Maryanna Baldridge 2 years ago

That's not weird.

0points

bxttery_bxby 2 years ago

Loki is and will always be my favorite mythological god. I love him so much

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Lara Verne 2 years ago

It was Sleipnir, not Sleipner.

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Elin Stenqvist 2 years ago

Depends on which language you use. Sleipnir in Icelandic and Danish. Sleipner in Swedish and Norwegian.

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Navindu Wijewardena 2 years ago

Wait... what?

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just_a_snake_in_a_hat 2 years ago

He became a female horse, and selpt with a male horse

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Serial pacifist 2 years ago

Poor Loki. That's why he looks like his eyes are about to pop out.

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#26

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Keanu Reeves was offered the lead role in The Matrix after 5 leading actors in 1990s turned it down.

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#27

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL the Great cheese riot of 1766 was a reaction to inflated cheese prices. The mayor tried to restore order but was knocked down by a cheese. The military were called & shots were fired, killing one man. He'd been guarding his cheeses

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#28

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL in order to rescue the kids out of the flooded Thailand cave in 2018, rescuers drugged the kids unconscious then cave dove the the unconscious kids over 1km underwater

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#29

TIL English words of Hindi or Urdu origin include bandana, bangle, bungalow, cheetah, cushy, dinghy, juggernaut, jungle, khaki, loot, punch (the drink), pundit, pyjamas, shampoo, thug, and typhoon

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#30

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein, was named Chairmain of the Iraqi Olympic Committee in 1984. Athletes who disappointed him were subject to torture and imprisonment

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#31

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL the movie Gremlins was so intense that it was responsible for the movie rating of PG-13.

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#32

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL The mongols had a superstition that said that spilling royal blood would lead to great disaster. So instead they had other creative ways of executing such people. Including sewing up your orifices, drown you in molten metal or have horses trample you.

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#33

TIL that a modern highway now runs through the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans held back a massive Persian army for three days. A statue of the Spartan leader, Leonidas, stands just a few feet from the road.

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#34

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL of Adolf Hitler’s Madagascar Plan. The plan was to relocate all the Jews to Madagascar. This idea later was shelved in favor for the mass genocide of the population.

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#35

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL that a middle school football coach in Oregon was fired for trying to take his team to Hooters to celebrate the end of the season.

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#36

TIL: Archaeologist Alexander Peev was executed by firing squad in 1943 on suspicion of sending a coded message to the Soviet Union. It was actually an ancient inscription he wanted Russian archaeologists to help him interpret. The text remains undeciphered.

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#37

TIL that showman P.T. Barnum got his start by purchasing an enslaved woman named Joice Heth. She was in her 70’s but he claimed she was 161 years old and had been the nanny of George Washington. He exhibited her until her death, and then allowed the public to view her autopsy for 50 cents each

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#38

TIL that even though Edward Bannister won 1st prize for painting at the 1876 Philadelphia centennial international exhibition, after discovering Bannister’s identity, the judge wanted to rescind his award because he was black. However this wasn’t possible due to protests from the other competitors.

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#39

TIL the oldest evidence of humans in the Americas was found less than four months ago, and was several thousands of years older than previously thought

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#40

TIL the Russian Soyuz series of spacecraft has been in continual use with the same basic design for 55 years and 140 flights. It is widely considered the world's safest, most cost-effective human spaceflight vehicle. At least one is always docked at the ISS at all times for use as an escape craft.

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#41

TIL of the Sony rootkit scandal: In 2005, Sony shipped 22,000,000 CDs which, when inserted into a Windows computer, installed unn-removable and highly invasive malware. The software hid from the user, prevented all CDs from being copied, and sent listening history to Sony.

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#42

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL of a Danish Bog Army. Hundreds of 2000-year old warrior skeletons have resurfaced from a bog, suggesting a violet event occurred nearby.

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#43

TIL about the diabolical ironclad beetle (Nosoderma diabolicum), a species of beetle which has one of the toughest exoskeletons of all insects, which lets it endure forces up to 39,000 times its body weight and makes it impossible to put a insect pin through without drilling a hole first

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#44

TIL in the middle ages mainly blind people were hired as treadwheel operators on construction sites, as they would not be scared from the sheer drop sight below them. It is also considered one of the worst jobs in history, as the wheels often broke.

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#45

TIL George Patton led a sabers-drawn charge against U.S. WWI veterans and their families who were seeking promised bonuses, known as the “Bonus Army”.

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#46

TIL Guy Fieri invites Make-A-Wish families to every taping of 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives'

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#47

TIL that the Indonesian Army nearly conducted an amphibious landing in Somalia in order to free the crew of an Indonesian cargo ship captured by pirates. The plan was never executed because the pirates were all killed by Indonesian Special Forces and the hostages freed before they made it to shore.

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#48

TIL : Kanye West's mother, Donda, has a law named after her known as 'Donda West law' that requires patients to have a physical examination before cosmetic surgery. Donda West unfortunately passed away from heart problems one day after her surgery.

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#49

TIL there's an 18% average mortality rate for catch and release fishing with the rate varying significantly between species

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#50

TIL Elton John stiffed the Pinball Hall of Fame after filming a video there in 2004. Owner Tim Arnold didn't receive the promised $500 and concert tickets, and maintains an open challenge to wrestle Sir Elton.

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#51

35 New ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Prove It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New TIL Middle aged men with resting heart rates of 80 beats or higher per minute are likely to die four to five years earlier than men with resting heart rates of 65 beats per minute or less.

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#52

TIL the Golden Age of Piracy, between 1650s & 1730s happened because of: more valuable cargo being shipped over vast ocean areas; reduced European navies; & corrupt officials in overseas colonies.

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#53

Cheetahs don't have retractable claws like other cats. Their claws, much like a dog's, are needed for traction when chasing down prey.

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#54

TIL that Teslas provide a lot of environmental damage because of the factories they were made in.

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#55

Since ancient times, "sages'" or "saints" in India have been able to go into a hibernation-like state where they go into deep meditation and don't move for not only hours, but days. No food, no water, no movement at all. The science behind it hasn't been deciphered yet beyond calling it some kind of hibernation.

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#56

TIL there is a town in Oregon called "Boring." There are actually two other places in the US called "Boring." Lol.

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#57

TIL in the mid 1890s, Mary Whiton Caulkins completed all requirements towards a PhD in Psychology, but Harvard University refused to award her that degree because she was a woman.

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Liucija Adomaite

Liucija Adomaite is a creative mind with years of experience in copywriting. She has a dynamic set of experiences from advertising, academia, and journalism. This time, she has set out on a journey to investigate the ways in which we communicate ideas on a large scale. Her current mission is to find a magic formula for how to make ideas, news, and other such things spread like a virus.

Liucija Adomaite is a creative mind with years of experience in copywriting. She has a dynamic set of experiences from advertising, academia, and journalism. This time, she has set out on a journey to investigate the ways in which we communicate ideas on a large scale. Her current mission is to find a magic formula for how to make ideas, news, and other such things spread like a virus.

Denis Tymulis

Denis is a photo editor at Bored Panda. After getting his bachelor's degree in Multimedia and Computer Design, he tried to succeed in digital design, advertising, and branding. Also, Denis really enjoys sports and loves everything related to board sports and water.

Denis is a photo editor at Bored Panda. After getting his bachelor's degree in Multimedia and Computer Design, he tried to succeed in digital design, advertising, and branding. Also, Denis really enjoys sports and loves everything related to board sports and water.

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Francc 2 years ago

These are the only things I enjoy on BP these days.

8points

Hanni 2 years ago

Agreed, there are way too many stories about people being insufferable idiots. We come here to relax, not to decide who is to blame in a bad story.

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

Give me more facts, please.

7points

Troux 2 years ago (edited)

For at least 2000 years, Polynesian sea-based people of the modern Marshall Islands navigated the vast expanse of sea using rebbelib, or stick charts. Tiny seashells represented the island locations, but most unique about these maps was that the ocean swells or currents provided the main navigation, as were drawn by the sticks of the framework. The maps were memorized before the journey, and the people in the canoes would have to listen closely to the water against the boat in order to "feel" the swell and determine where they were. gallery-14...-chart.jpg

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Immortal Emperor Paradox 2 years ago

Melody is chocolatey but nobody knows why.

1point

Emmydearest 2 years ago

Fact: bears eat beets. Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.

1point

Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

Rats have no gag reflex and cannot vomit.

0points

Lovin' Life 2 years ago

Learning new things everyday on Bored Panda ☺

5points

Immortal Emperor Paradox 2 years ago

Does that also include making more than $12,000 a month online? LOL

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Stephanie Chapman 2 years ago

The first escalator was introduced as a novelty ride at Coney Island in 1896. In 1898 one was installed in Harrod's department store. Smelling salts and cognac were offered at the top for those traumatized by the ride. In 1911 an escalator was installed in the London Underground subway. A one-legged man named Bumper Harris was employed to ride the escalator to show everyone it was safe to ride.

2points

Izzy Curer 2 years ago

Not all heroes wear capes.

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MetaMaxNL 2 years ago

today i learned that the bird from Twitter is named Larry hahaha....

0points

Brian Bennett 2 years ago

Who say you can't be home schooled by computer - I learn so much and probably ask a bunch of stupid questions! But I usually can find the answers in my computer. I think if I was educated by computer I would not be as dumb as I am!

0points

Joanna Werman 2 years ago

Wish some of these facts would come with a warning. I have new nightmares

0points

Freder 2 years ago

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Francc 2 years ago

These are the only things I enjoy on BP these days.

8points

Hanni 2 years ago

Agreed, there are way too many stories about people being insufferable idiots. We come here to relax, not to decide who is to blame in a bad story.

4points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

Give me more facts, please.

7points

Troux 2 years ago (edited)

For at least 2000 years, Polynesian sea-based people of the modern Marshall Islands navigated the vast expanse of sea using rebbelib, or stick charts. Tiny seashells represented the island locations, but most unique about these maps was that the ocean swells or currents provided the main navigation, as were drawn by the sticks of the framework. The maps were memorized before the journey, and the people in the canoes would have to listen closely to the water against the boat in order to "feel" the swell and determine where they were. gallery-14...-chart.jpg

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Immortal Emperor Paradox 2 years ago

Melody is chocolatey but nobody knows why.

1point

Emmydearest 2 years ago

Fact: bears eat beets. Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.

1point

Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

Rats have no gag reflex and cannot vomit.

0points

Lovin' Life 2 years ago

Learning new things everyday on Bored Panda ☺

5points

Immortal Emperor Paradox 2 years ago

Does that also include making more than $12,000 a month online? LOL

1point

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Stephanie Chapman 2 years ago

The first escalator was introduced as a novelty ride at Coney Island in 1896. In 1898 one was installed in Harrod's department store. Smelling salts and cognac were offered at the top for those traumatized by the ride. In 1911 an escalator was installed in the London Underground subway. A one-legged man named Bumper Harris was employed to ride the escalator to show everyone it was safe to ride.

2points

Izzy Curer 2 years ago

Not all heroes wear capes.

2points

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MetaMaxNL 2 years ago

today i learned that the bird from Twitter is named Larry hahaha....

0points

Brian Bennett 2 years ago

Who say you can't be home schooled by computer - I learn so much and probably ask a bunch of stupid questions! But I usually can find the answers in my computer. I think if I was educated by computer I would not be as dumb as I am!

0points

Joanna Werman 2 years ago

Wish some of these facts would come with a warning. I have new nightmares

0points

Freder 2 years ago

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