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2025-05-10 02:21:04

TIL goldfish memories last months, not seconds – they can learn tricks and navigate mazes. Experiments show goldfish remember training for up to 5 months, recognize owners, and even associate sounds with feeding times. The "3-second memory" myth comes from their quick movement.
https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/young-naturalist-awards/goldfish-as-a-mo…
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1kiycnd/til_goldfish_memories_last_months_not_seconds/

2025-05-08 09:06:16

TIL that mammals can breathe through their anus in emergencies.
https://www.cnet.com/science/scientists-say-mammals-can-breathe-through-their-butts-in-emergencies/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1khkyp8/til_that_mammals_can_breathe_through_their_anus/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/471/415/069/324/043/original/b2f6bac203a8133b.jpg

2025-05-01 05:06:05

TIL Michael Jackson recorded vocals for Jay-Z's song "Girls, Girls, Girls off The Blueprint.
https://youtu.be/cUwFtHUTuew?si=kLLRAnpGSyACFlKj
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1kc0lg0/til_michael_jackson_recorded_vocals_for_jayzs/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/430/834/448/100/580/original/c4569a6bd689436f.jpg

2025-04-29 23:51:13

TIL of the "Ouroboros Effect" - a collapse of AI models caused by a lack of original, human-generated content; thereby forcing them to "feed" on synthetic content, thereby leading to a rapid spiral of stupidity, sameness, and intellectual decay
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/model-collapse-scientists-warn-against-letting-ai-eat-its-own-tail/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1kb2nyu/til_of_the_ouroboros_effect_a_collapse_of_ai/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/423/934/015/766/757/original/6f1783e356488d1e.jpg

2025-04-29 18:36:04

TIL that the gulf war inadvertently saved 200000 people in Bangladesh after US navy and Marine assets present around iraq were quickly sent to Bangladesh to conduct relief operations following a cyclone.
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/70638/government-bangladesh-us-commemorate-operation
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1kau29a/til_that_the_gulf_war_inadvertently_saved_200000/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/422/694/845/999/113/original/b17f259239126044.jpg

2025-04-28 16:21:07

TIL that every year an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide, making them the most littered item on the planet.
https://hub.jhu.edu/2024/04/22/cigarette-butt-filter-litter/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k9z6nh/til_that_every_year_an_estimated_45_trillion/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/416/501/812/120/019/original/633324fce70e1ce0.jpg

2025-04-27 14:21:03

TIL that the clock of French queen Marie Antoinette is displayed in the La Salle des Espèces Menacées et des Espèces Disparues, the Room of Endangered and Extinct Species, at the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution in Paris, which has 257 specimens, including a quagga gifted to the French royals in 1784.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/last-of-their-kind-photographs-of-the-exti…
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k94zb6/til_that_the_clock_of_french_queen_marie/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/410/367/403/225/762/original/aeb68d3710854ca7.jpg

2025-04-26 06:21:03

TIL Earth’s North and South Magnetic Poles Flip in a Geomagnetic Reversal Every Few Hundred Thousand Years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k8655r/til_earths_north_and_south_magnetic_poles_flip_in/

2025-04-25 02:06:03

TIL: Avril Lavigne can really sing!
https://youtu.be/T0c78bAd4R4?si=tszKfmrsamAurNKW
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k79jkb/til_avril_lavigne_can_really_sing/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/396/152/648/843/413/original/c0a4555ad574df5f.jpg

2025-04-23 17:21:03

TIL that in 2013, doctors kept a man's severed hand alive by grafting it to his ankle.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/17/health/china-hand-leg/index.html
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k64s5h/til_that_in_2013_doctors_kept_a_mans_severed_hand/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/388/425/996/448/378/original/c1e58e516a07dcec.jpg

2025-04-22 23:06:04

TIL about Fish Doorbell, a Dutch livestream of a dam that allows viewers to click a bell to notify fish are ready to pass through
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_doorbell
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k5j2co/til_about_fish_doorbell_a_dutch_livestream_of_a/

2025-04-21 09:21:06

TIL Pope Francis released a prog rock album
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Up!_(Pope_Francis_album)
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k48srk/til_pope_francis_released_a_prog_rock_album/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/375/214/027/036/657/original/b5e76c0bf66b6cce.jpg

2025-04-21 07:21:07

TIL The often-quoted low IQ of developing countries is based on bogus and misleading data
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5trm?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k47kk1/til_the_oftenquoted_low_iq_of_developing/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/374/742/212/913/196/original/b59424ee89a9042b.jpg

2025-04-19 13:21:04

TIL Paul Revere was a master silversmith
https://www.history.com/articles/11-things-you-may-not-know-about-paul-revere
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k2vncn/til_paul_revere_was_a_master_silversmith/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/364/833/072/098/298/original/63cb8422cbfeaec6.jpg

2025-04-17 02:21:03

TIL before the modern ambulance, funeral homes used hearses to bring patients to the hospital. This is because the hearse was often the only vehicle long enough to fit a stretcher inside.
https://www.muscatineiowa.gov/147/EMS-History
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k121y5/til_before_the_modern_ambulance_funeral_homes/

2025-04-16 15:21:03

TIL about "Better than sex cake", a type of cake originating from the United States and is known by similar names such as "better than Robert Redford cake" and "next best thing to Robert Redford".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_than_sex_cake
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k0m2pg/til_about_better_than_sex_cake_a_type_of_cake/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/348/317/960/034/919/original/dd62f28ecd49e52e.jpg

2025-04-13 17:51:03

TIL Spartans were paedophile and slave owners. Infanticide was a common practice in Sparta. They also took money from Persians to fight against Athens in the Peloponnesian war.
https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-i-spartan-school/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jyd8cf/til_spartans_were_paedophile_and_slave_owners/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/331/920/851/592/580/original/752bbb7ea02b4125.jpg

2025-04-13 01:51:06

TIL that in 1878, US Supreme Court Justice Ward Hunt suffered a stroke which thereafter left him unable to either attend court sessions or to render opinions. Yet he refused to resign for another 4 years, his sole reason being to stay long enough to claim his pension.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Hunt
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jxvkjh/til_that_in_1878_us_supreme_court_justice_ward/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/328/146/089/152/692/original/76a8bbae2457557b.jpg

2025-04-09 13:21:04

TIL that the remains at the archaeological site of the oldest known wooden-built structure (think log cabin style) are thought to be from 476,000 years ago. Kalambo Structure, Kalambo Falls, Lake Tanganyika, southeast Africa.
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/wooden-structure-kalambo-falls-zambia-12283.html
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jv5l1q/til_that_the_remains_at_the_archaeological_site/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/308/209/956/021/234/original/8bccb3707e846ddb.jpg

2025-04-08 02:51:02

TIL that whales used to walk on land, and dogs can smell time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x0EHp9AJGE
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ju2dvd/til_that_whales_used_to_walk_on_land_and_dogs_can/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/300/070/316/861/391/original/326b1086997e1401.jpg

2025-04-07 14:21:37

TIL that in Bollante, Italy, there's a restaurant called "InGalera", Italian for "InPrison", which is run inside a prison, with the inmates working as cooks and waiters
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/prisoners-serve-fine-dining-italy-s-ingaleria-jailhouse-restaurant-n551521
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jtljs2/til_that_in_bollante_italy_theres_a_restaurant/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/297/122/527/650/668/original/299cf4f85b684601.jpg

2025-03-19 16:21:04

TIL Girl Scout cookies can have different names depending on which bakery the scout purchases their stock from
https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/cookie-flavors.html
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jeyznj/til_girl_scout_cookies_can_have_different_names/

2025-03-17 19:51:03

TIL of the Hitler Teapot - a teapot that sold out at JC Penny stores once people noticed it resembled Hitler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_teapot
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1jdk3co/til_of_the_hitler_teapot_a_teapot_that_sold_out/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/179/510/332/705/132/original/48cbdd7a47b57c97.jpg

2025-03-13 11:36:03

TIL Drinking coffee doesn't make you more alert, caffeine study reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jun/02/drinking-coffee-alert-caffeine?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ja95kk/til_drinking_coffee_doesnt_make_you_more_alert/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/154/914/687/615/863/original/04f92e68426c4a50.jpg

2025-03-13 10:36:09

TIL Joe 'Hill' (Stephen King's son) a Whovian, once sent the BBC, three of his pitches for Doctor Who, edited with Neil Gaiman, "We've never let an American write for this show and if we were, we wouldn't start with you."
https://www.cbr.com/locke-key-writer-joe-hill-rejected-by-doctor-who/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ja8ule/til_joe_hill_stephen_kings_son_a_whovian_once/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/154/679/109/097/571/original/07d9b3817844af62.jpg

2025-03-12 20:51:04

TIL about Grand Theft Hamlet, a documentary where two unemployed actors put on a full production of Hamlet — staged and filmed entirely inside the video game Grand Theft Auto Online (2013)
https://www.undiscoveredcountryfilm.com/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j9spm5/til_about_grand_theft_hamlet_a_documentary_where/

2025-03-11 19:51:04

TIL that the term “Podcast” is a portmanteau of iPod and Broadcast. The term was coined by a journalist from The Guardian, Ben Hammersley, in 2004 in an article discussing the popularity of “online radio”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast?wprov=sfti1
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8zjh8/til_that_the_term_podcast_is_a_portmanteau_of/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/145/536/510/357/459/original/1a00055184178db1.jpg

2025-03-11 19:21:03

TIL that the term *boycott* is named after the land agent Charles Boycott, against whom the tactic was used by Irish nationalists in opposition to the system of English landlords in Ireland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8z23y/til_that_the_term_boycott_is_named_after_the_land/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/145/418/495/892/612/original/3c5cf9f5c8f6a6f4.jpg

2025-03-11 18:21:03

TIL as of 2024 there are 756 billionaires residing in the USA alone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_the_number_of_billionaires
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8xm5k/til_as_of_2024_there_are_756_billionaires/

2025-03-11 17:21:24

TIL that Salvador Dalí had a pet anteater.
https://youtu.be/P7C-7uMun9Q?si=vtNNTbd2rjquI3ax
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8vqyn/til_that_salvador_dalí_had_a_pet_anteater/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/144/947/882/242/510/original/bb69ac182170eaaf.jpg

2025-03-11 17:06:04

TIL Lobsters urinate from their face. They also piss on each other's face to communicate social status
https://freshieslobsterco.com/blogs/lifestyle/10-weirdest-things-about-lobsters
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8vpe3/til_lobsters_urinate_from_their_face_they_also/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/144/887/699/237/979/original/9771be83b327892a.jpg

2025-03-11 16:36:03

TIL that the oldest continuously running maternity hospital in the world is in Dublin. It was established in 1745. By Bartholomew Mosse. 9,000 babies are born here every year.
https://dublin.ie/live/stories/dublin-treasures-the-rotunda/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8umju/til_that_the_oldest_continuously_running/

2025-03-11 15:36:03

TIL Lemons don’t exist naturally. Genetically, The lemon is a hybrid between bitter orange and citron created through crossbreeding.
https://southfloridareporter.com/genetically-the-lemon-is-a-hybrid-between-bitter-orange-and-citron/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8ta3z/til_lemons_dont_exist_naturally_genetically_the/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/144/533/759/735/482/original/0d46246e2230a687.jpg

2025-03-11 15:06:04

Til the oriental Orthodox Church split from the rest of Christianity over their belief of Jesus nature. The oriental church believe he had one nature that is both human and divine at the same time. We’ll most other churches believe he had two natures that are divine and human united into person.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Churches
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8s5k5/til_the_oriental_orthodox_church_split_from_the/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/144/415/832/643/202/original/20e40fb9bbb625b4.jpg

2025-03-11 14:51:03

TIL that the US National Park Service contributed a whopping $55.6 billion to the US economy in 2023, boosting local economies in every state
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/national-parks-contributed-record-high-$55-6-billion-to-u-s-economy-supported-415-000-jobs-in-2023.htm
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8s4nt/til_that_the_us_national_park_service_contributed/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/144/356/818/607/397/original/a7a6658f9019c6d1.jpg

2025-03-11 14:36:03

TIL About a turbine bearing at Holtwood Hydroelectric Power Plant in Pennsylvania that has been running maintenance free for over 100 years and rated to continue operating for more than 1300 years without maintenance. Amazing thing is that it was Albert Kingsbury's first practical application.
https://youtu.be/kRENlEb1hm0?si=kN-IZ9NMsjyenhje
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8s0od/til_about_a_turbine_bearing_at_holtwood/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/144/297/860/932/320/original/2838280c30645a27.jpg

2025-03-11 14:06:04

TIL in 2008 a 20-year-old Belgium student died after reheating and eating leftover spaghetti that had been left out on the kitchen counter for five days. A bacteria called bacillus cereus was found to be the cause, which is an extreme type of food poisoning called “Fried Rice Syndrome”.
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/people-are-horrified-after-stud…
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8rchl/til_in_2008_a_20yearold_belgium_student_died/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/144/179/899/456/910/original/3526cd07cf0106af.jpg

2025-03-11 09:36:03

TIL Martha Gellhorn, wife of Ernest Hemingway, impersonated a medic to go ashore without permission on D-Day. She was the only woman to report from the landing beaches.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/martha-gellhorn-was-the-only-woman-to-report-on-the-d-day-landings-from-the-ground-180984456/#:~:text=Gellhorn's%20success%20rankled%20Hemingway%2C%20resulting,cover%20…
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8mvou/til_martha_gellhorn_wife_of_ernest_hemingway/

2025-03-11 09:06:04

TIL that in 2001 Everest has been successfully climbed by a blind person. He's also completed the Eight Summits. Since then there are at least 3 blind people who have also reached Everest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Weihenmayer
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8mi9u/til_that_in_2001_everest_has_been_successfully/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/143/000/252/885/090/original/649e6f26ddc5eee5.jpg

2025-03-11 08:36:03

TIL that when Charles II of Spain died on 1 November 1700, at age 38, the autopsy recorded that his "heart was the size of a peppercorn; his lungs corroded; his intestines rotten and gangrenous; he had a single testicle, black as coal, and his head was full of water." Apart from that he was OK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8m1eo/til_that_when_charles_ii_of_spain_died_on_1/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/142/882/248/559/996/original/1a48871abf08235e.jpg

2025-03-11 08:21:06

TIL Benjamin Franklin considered all Europeans “Swarthy” and he considered only the Saxons as purely white, wishing “their numbers were increased”
https://www.columbia.edu/~lmg21/ash3002y/earlyac99/documents/observations.html
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8lwtu/til_benjamin_franklin_considered_all_europeans/

2025-03-11 07:51:04

TIL When Emperor Augustus visited the tomb of Alexander the Great, he allegedly accidentally knocked off a piece of Alexander’s mummified nose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great#Death_and_succession
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8lahs/til_when_emperor_augustus_visited_the_tomb_of/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/142/705/366/864/076/original/2ad24833f1ca04af.jpg

2025-03-11 07:36:03

TIL a music producer in Japan put two different endings for the physical CDs of an album themed around quantum physics. This way, people would "observe" one of the two outcomes of the album, as in quantum mechanics.
https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/%E7%B8%BA#cite_ref-observation_1-1
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8l9sn/til_a_music_producer_in_japan_put_two_different/

2025-03-11 07:21:03

TIL that Magnolia were named after French Botanist Pierre Magnol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia#Taxonomy
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8kz72/til_that_magnolia_were_named_after_french/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/142/587/353/516/321/original/35da1370f2aac64b.jpg

2025-03-11 07:06:04

TIL that Romania has an actual tool called a "tesla"! In Romania, a tesla is a traditional woodworking tool similar to an adze, used for shaping wood. But more interestingly, there's a Romanian saying: "a-ți da cu tesla în coaie", which literally means "to hit yourself in the balls with a tesla."
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesl%C4%83
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8kz71/til_that_romania_has_an_actual_tool_called_a/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/142/528/417/410/984/original/bc987555622eb6a9.jpg

2025-03-11 06:51:03

TIL that Richard Nixon was a very successful poker player, using his winnings to contribute 20% of the cost of his first Congressional campaign
https://www.history.com/news/richard-nixon-campaign-funds-wwii-poker
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8kmrp/til_that_richard_nixon_was_a_very_successful/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/142/469/375/144/397/original/1a1d2093569c4ce2.jpg

2025-03-11 06:36:03

TIL Ohio once misprinted their new license plates showing the Wright Flyer flying backwards. They had to recycle 35000 license plates which were misprinted.
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1048991822/ohio-reverses-course-after-its-new-license-plates-showed-the-wright-flyer-backwa
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8kfkh/til_ohio_once_misprinted_their_new_license_plates/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/142/410/426/166/745/original/64d9625cfaae817e.jpg

2025-03-11 06:06:03

TIL about the Dionne quintuplets, the first know quintuplets to survive their infancy. At age 5, the Canadian government made them wards of the Crown. During this time they became a profitable tourist attraction. As adults, they sued the Canadian govt for exploitation, eventually settling for $4m.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionne_quintuplets
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8k28b/til_about_the_dionne_quintuplets_the_first_know/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/142/292/439/565/363/original/d81db8b44093fb04.jpg

2025-03-11 05:21:03

TIL before the Great Depression (1930's), the US President at the time came up with a tariff strategy called the Hawley Tariff Act, despite warnings against it. It was imposed on many other nations, including Mexico and Canada, who then retaliated with their own tariffs, causing worldwide suffering.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8jgyp/til_before_the_great_depression_1930s_the_us/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/142/115/508/827/534/original/5582d5d7d7ca2bc7.jpg

2025-03-11 05:06:04

TIL the capital of Delaware is Dover
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover,_Delaware
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8j2ic/til_the_capital_of_delaware_is_dover/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/142/056/548/660/283/original/067821d8b49f9e92.jpg

2025-03-11 04:51:03

TIL that Nicolas Cage turned down Dumb and Dumber in favor of Leaving Las Vegas
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nicolas-cage-ghost-rider_n_1276728
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8i2u8/til_that_nicolas_cage_turned_down_dumb_and_dumber/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/141/997/546/413/487/original/9a8ba23b61a4c326.jpg

2025-03-11 04:36:03

TIL that musician Joni Mitchell has been dressing up in blackface since 1976
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell_blackface_controversy
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8htfu/til_that_musician_joni_mitchell_has_been_dressing/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/141/938/508/989/309/original/56121049e8bb78ea.jpg

2025-03-11 04:21:03

TIL that Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother once gave an "anti-toast" to people she disliked, such as dictator Idi Amin, politician Tony Benn, and Jimmy Carter. Carter kissed her on the lips at a function in 1977, and Elizabeth was insulted, as he was the first man since her husband died to do that.
https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/royal-family/jimmy-carter-queen-…
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8hqub/til_that_queen_elizabeth_the_queen_mother_once/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/141/879/581/209/488/original/cbe3fb2579bd40a9.jpg

2025-03-11 03:36:03

TIL Neanderthals built houses out of mammoth bones.
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/house-of-mammoth-bones-discovered-9521
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8gcan/til_neanderthals_built_houses_out_of_mammoth_bones/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/141/702/620/234/814/original/d9f675dc04461ea4.jpg

2025-03-11 03:21:04

TIL a monarch’s suicide was an essential stepping stone for preparing the world stage for the event that would mark the start of WW1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayerling_incident
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8g9vp/til_a_monarchs_suicide_was_an_essential_stepping/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/141/643/654/475/152/original/a3a3ddb50476412e.jpg

2025-03-11 03:06:04

TIL a 2012 study compared a nation's chocolate consumption to the number of Nobel prize laureates per capita that it had and found an incredibly close correlation between the two. Countries with the most Nobel prize laureates per capita consumed the most chocolate. Switzerland finished first in both
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20356613
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8fx5d/til_a_2012_study_compared_a_nations_chocolate/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/141/584/714/847/619/original/654b2b97979f17f3.jpg

2025-03-10 23:51:03

TIL The Mongols single-handedly ended the Abbasid Dynasty by sacking Baghdad on disastrous scale
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/mongol-horde-unstoppable-force/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8cyir/til_the_mongols_singlehandedly_ended_the_abbasid/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/140/817/860/101/775/original/ca9f50bae9b652a0.jpg

2025-03-10 23:36:03

TIL the Cutty Sark was a famous ship during the Tea Trade. Launched in 1870, it was designed to win the Tea Races from the Far East. The first ship to bring tea from China could command the highest prices in England. It was named after a witch in a Robert Burns poem and inspired the whisky brand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Sark
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8brj3/til_the_cutty_sark_was_a_famous_ship_during_the/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/140/758/913/417/293/original/b7c655119f5fe304.jpg

2025-03-10 23:21:03

TIL Male Sea-Monkeys have long arms and will fight over females, but if one dies the winner must remain attached to the corpse for the rest of its life and is then unable to mate anyway.
https://www.keenesentinel.com/elf/monkey-sea-monkey-do/article_352b4956-cbaf-11ec-8ddd-67440f62e091.html
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8bq3c/til_male_seamonkeys_have_long_arms_and_will_fight/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/140/699/918/600/411/original/cd95c3db6e2ae282.jpg

2025-03-10 23:06:03

TIL what the Gilded Age was really like, how closely it resembles today, and what people back then tried to do about it
https://youtu.be/yjpYzFtxfjU?si=Jq_7ff6pyYT_aivg
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8bo1r/til_what_the_gilded_age_was_really_like_how/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/140/640/945/376/737/original/eb6a7a25d3bda251.jpg

2025-03-10 22:51:02

TIL that the father of actress Rebecca De Mornay, Wally George, was a conservative radio and television commentator who titled himself "Mr. America". Here he is getting prank called for 2 hours.
https://youtu.be/1k29-cmxb8g?si=oSrfJrijfkT_8stL
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j8blid/til_that_the_father_of_actress_rebecca_de_mornay/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/140/581/905/181/694/original/ce02a1fe112ba6f0.jpg

2025-03-10 21:51:03

TIL Austrian rightwing politician Ernst Starhemberg died from a heart attack while he assaulted a paparazzi for taking a picture of him
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_R%C3%BCdiger_Starhemberg#Biography
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j89th9/til_austrian_rightwing_politician_ernst/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/140/346/006/693/862/original/b78a9815ffbf5400.jpg

2025-03-10 21:21:04

TIL Before her marriage to Mao Zedong, Jiang Qing was an actress in 1930s Chinese cinema. Her co-star an actress named Li Lili frequently upstaged her. Decades later during the Cultural Revolution, Jiang ordered the arrest and torture of Li and her husband. Li survived but her husband did not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Lili
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j89f4y/til_before_her_marriage_to_mao_zedong_jiang_qing/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/140/228/116/892/909/original/3c287549f0ec8e44.jpg

2025-03-10 20:36:03

TIL In 1919, a group of seven women in the United Kingdom formed the Women's Engineering Society (WES), the first professional organization for women in all engineering fields
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Engineering_Society
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j87tpw/til_in_1919_a_group_of_seven_women_in_the_united/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/140/051/081/937/173/original/eda05be84873c84f.jpg

2025-03-10 20:21:03

TIL Canada used to have 'Johnny Cash' machines that were ATMs endorsed by Johnny Cash
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/johnny-cash-hilarious-commercials/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j86vts/til_canada_used_to_have_johnny_cash_machines_that/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/139/992/102/162/906/original/2a8eec48b86f3579.jpg

2025-03-10 20:06:03

TIL in 1966 a relatively unknown American musician joined legendary guitarist Eric Clapton onstage and performed "Killing Floor," a song Clapton himself deemed too difficult to perform live. This musician was Jimi Hendrix and this event became subsequently known as "The day Hendrix killed God."
https://www.loudersound.com/features/hendrix-regent-polytechnic
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j868ag/til_in_1966_a_relatively_unknown_american/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/139/933/131/257/836/original/84a43215fb1adc31.jpg

2025-03-10 15:36:03

TIL Paul Verhoeven was the first person to accept Razzie award in ceremony. He gave speech about driven out of his country for being "sick and perverted and disgusting".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_accepted_Golden_Raspberry_Awards
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j80m19/til_paul_verhoeven_was_the_first_person_to_accept/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/138/871/445/978/719/original/4b7d240d997fab98.jpg

2025-03-10 15:21:04

TIL that in some cities, dying is forbidden.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_of_dying
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j80jzl/til_that_in_some_cities_dying_is_forbidden/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/138/812/511/377/878/original/984ea6aa73b36eb5.jpg

2025-03-10 15:06:03

TIL that “The Cloister and the Hearth,” a historical novel written in 1861 by Charles Reade, was the favorite book of both Thomas Wolfe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Rudyard Kipling & Oscar Wilde loved it; George Orville couldn’t stand it. It’s a tale of forbidden love, adventure, betrayal, & action.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cloister_and_the_Hearth
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7zxu7/til_that_the_cloister_and_the_hearth_a_historical/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/138/753/480/566/013/original/21007d4313918344.jpg

2025-03-10 14:51:03

TIL that PET scans work based on antimatter. The patient is injected with a radioactive material that generates positrons, which annihilate with electrons in the patient’s body. The PET scanner detects the gamma radiation that’s generated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission_tomography
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7zu6r/til_that_pet_scans_work_based_on_antimatter_the/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/138/694/504/315/021/original/cbb971f968723014.jpg

2025-03-10 14:36:03

TIL that the Talking Heads' lead singer David Byrne has given an explanation for the big suit famously seen in the concert film "Stop Making Sense"; it was to make his head look smaller.
https://www.mrporter.com/en-sg/journal/fashion/one-memorable-look-david-byrne-supersized-suit-9979044
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7ztvn/til_that_the_talking_heads_lead_singer_david/

2025-03-10 14:21:05

TIL the song “Vincent” by Don McLean (Starry Starry Night) was one of Tupac Shakur’s favourites, and was played to him on his deathbed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_%28Don_McLean_song%29
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7zofi/til_the_song_vincent_by_don_mclean_starry_starry/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/138/576/683/203/552/original/a60ed7c403cd2874.jpg

2025-03-10 13:51:03

TIL that having sisters makes men more likely to be conservative.
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/neil-malhotra-having-sisters-makes-men-more-likely-be-republican
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7z28b/til_that_having_sisters_makes_men_more_likely_to/

2025-03-10 13:21:03

TIL that the highest grossing animated movie of all time is Ne Zha 2, a Chinese film which was just released in January 2025 and is still currently in theaters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_Zha_2
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7yfs3/til_that_the_highest_grossing_animated_movie_of/

2025-03-10 13:06:04

TIL that Bill Gates, despite being a billionaire, loves washing dishes! He finds it calming and meditative, and makes time to do it himself almost every night.
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/business/article/Why-Bill-Gates-Washes-the-Dishes-and-Reads-for-an-16690680.php
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7xyoh/til_that_bill_gates_despite_being_a_billionaire/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/138/281/662/552/149/original/3827915d45c3debc.jpg

2025-03-10 12:36:03

TIL in 2018 after a man bought a storage unit for $500 from 'Storage Wars' auctioneer Dan Dotson, he discovered a safe within it contained $7.5m in cash. When the original owners of the unit found out, they first offered him $600K to return the rest of the loot, but settled on giving him $1.2m.
https://people.com/human-interest/man-finds-7-5-million-in-storage-unit-he-…
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7wy2b/til_in_2018_after_a_man_bought_a_storage_unit_for/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/138/163/656/446/239/original/3cb355d49cd88340.jpg

2025-03-10 12:21:03

TIL That some countries held periods of mourning and offered official condolences over the death of Hitler!
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1103287
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7wqbv/til_that_some_countries_held_periods_of_mourning/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/138/104/651/879/171/original/4929f2eb2401917e.jpg

2025-03-10 12:06:04

TIL The Tsavo Man-Eaters were a pair of large, man-eating lions in the Tsavo region of Kenya, responsible for the deaths of many construction workers in 1898. The lions' skins were used as floor rugs for 25 years, before being sold to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_Man-Eaters?wprov=sfti1#Works_resume
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7wmwr/til_the_tsavo_maneaters_were_a_pair_of_large/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/138/045/740/964/011/original/c0722b639ee30630.jpg

2025-03-10 11:51:03

TIL that Michael Caine began acting because the drama class was full of pretty girls and he wanted to get laid
https://the-talks.com/interview/sir-michael-caine/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7w824/til_that_michael_caine_began_acting_because_the/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/137/986/703/835/503/original/08797fad184dea04.jpg

2025-03-10 11:36:04

TIL in 2022 a man won a free drink in an air-guitar competition while on a cruise, which is his last memory before waking up overboard in the Gulf of Mexico without the ship in sight. He treaded water for 18 hours & was stung by two swarms of jellyfish all over his legs & arms before being rescued.
https://people.com/human-interest/man-who-fell-overboard-on-cruise-says-thinking…
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7webn/til_in_2022_a_man_won_a_free_drink_in_an/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/137/927/762/777/657/original/5287e5988b723a8b.jpg

2025-03-10 10:36:03

TIL that the retired F-15 Advanced Eagle is the fastest US fighter jet ever, with a top operational speed of 1,800 mph, and has never lost a dogfight
https://ig.space/commslink/f-15-the-go-big-or-go-home-us-fighter-jet-thats-never-lost
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7veii/til_that_the_retired_f15_advanced_eagle_is_the/

2025-03-10 10:21:04

TIL of the Greek poet Aeschylus, who died after an eagle dropped a tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a rock on which to break the tortoise's shell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus#Death
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7vdpj/til_of_the_greek_poet_aeschylus_who_died_after_an/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/137/632/869/738/208/original/f57b63da259eb589.jpg

2025-03-10 09:36:04

TIL that sheep are naturally born with long tails
https://www.raisingsheep.net/do-sheep-have-tails
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7un05/til_that_sheep_are_naturally_born_with_long_tails/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/137/455/917/350/794/original/0fe76eebffb78bd8.jpg

2025-03-10 08:51:03

TIL from 2000-2018, 284 people went overboard or fell off cruise ships and a further 41 fell off large ferries. In addition, approximately two people go overboard in any given month and between 17%-25% of the people who go overboard are rescued.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_overboard#:~:text=From%202000%20to%202018%2C%20284%20people%20went%20overboard%20or%20fell%20o…
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7u7yc/til_from_20002018_284_people_went_overboard_or/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/137/278/921/039/661/original/91b3453a9e2e552c.jpg

2025-03-10 08:36:03

TIL that Marlon Brando obsessively tried to instill discipline in his children. When his son Christian refused to go to school, Brando took him outside, fired a gun into the ground and told him that was what happened to people who didn’t get an education.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/feb/24/familyandrelationships.marlonbrando
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7txt8/til_that_marlon_brando_obsessively_tried_to/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/137/219/916/708/030/original/941312a30b385687.jpg

2025-03-10 08:21:03

TIL of the Iftar Cannon, an Egyptian tradition of signaling the end of a day's fasting period during Ramadan by firing a single cannon shot at sundown. As a result, some homes and hotels use prop cannons as a type of Ramadan decoration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iftar_Cannon
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7tomw/til_of_the_iftar_cannon_an_egyptian_tradition_of/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/137/160/982/679/334/original/de8f62c75c8bcae5.jpg

2025-03-09 20:51:03

TIL legendary multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe not only professionally played baseball, football, basketball, and gold medaled in the decathlon and Pentathlon, but also won the 1912 intercollegiate ball room dancing championship
https://oklahomasportshalloffame.org/jim-thorpe-museum
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7fzup/til_legendary_multisport_athlete_jim_thorpe_not/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/134/447/754/199/873/original/68fde237b4c13517.jpg

2025-03-09 20:36:03

TIL that the fbi has a database of photos of peoples faces that are involved in trafficking and constantly asking for public assistance to help ID
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/ecap
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7fhcl/til_that_the_fbi_has_a_database_of_photos_of/

2025-03-09 20:21:39

TIL Ringo Starr and John Lennon tried to move to Texas as teenagers
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ringo-starr-and-john-lennon-tried-to-move-to-texas-as-teenagers/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7ffzo/til_ringo_starr_and_john_lennon_tried_to_move_to/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/134/331/557/655/244/original/cb2946a170524860.jpg

2025-03-09 20:06:04

TIL that Warren Buffett loves Coke so much that he drinks about five cans a day. As a major shareholder, he once joked that a quarter of his body is made up of Coke.
https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/celebrity/story/when-warren-buffett-revealed-his-diet-includes-5-cans-of-coke-every-day-birthday-warren-buffett-turns-93-2428809-2023-08-30
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7ff9n/til_that_warren_buffett_loves_coke_so_much_that/
https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/134/270/878/995/504/original/57c9ad06c50eb0ac.jpg

2025-03-09 19:21:04

TIL a Vanderbilt study estimated that roughly 25% of women and 33% of men snort when they laugh.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/emotions/5-types-of-laughter.htm#:~:text=25%20percent%20of%20women%20or%2033%20percent%20of%20men%20who%20laugh%20through%20the%20nose%3F%20Then%20you%27d%20be%20a%20snorter%20%5Bsource%3A%20Vanderbilt%5D
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7e2ro/til_a_vanderbilt_study_estimated_that_roughly_25/
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2025-03-09 19:06:03

TIL most major adult film sites are all owned by the same company
https://aylo.com/brands/
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2025-03-09 18:51:04

TIL The fuel tanks of a Boeing 747 are in its wings. And it can carry over 50k gallons of it.
https://www.boeing-747.com/boeing-747-internals/fuel-system.html
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2025-03-09 18:36:04

TIL a study that involved listening in on normal conversations at local malls found that out of 1,200 observed “laugh episodes,” only about 10% were generated by a joke. The laughter was primarily generated from social cues through its bonding function between individuals in a group.
https://www.rd.com/list/laughter-facts/#:~:text=In%20his%20book,probably%20a%20genius
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7dwl8/til_a_study_that_involved_listening_in_on_normal/
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2025-03-09 17:51:03

Today I learned that the Inuit created diss tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuoy4dPbaP4
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2025-03-09 17:21:03

TIL that lead(II) acetate has a sweet taste, and was historically used as an artificial sweetener. The Romans would boil unfiltered grape juice in lead pots to make a syrup used to sweeten wine and fruit. Like many other lead compounds, it is neurotoxic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_acetate
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7c106/til_that_leadii_acetate_has_a_sweet_taste_and_was/
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2025-03-09 17:06:03

TIL McDonalds in Poland has a Radish & Cottage cheese McMuffin
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/10-international-mcdonald-menu-items-223032127.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7bqve/til_mcdonalds_in_poland_has_a_radish_cottage/
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2025-03-09 16:36:04

TIL the German railway company, Deutsche Bahn, has computers that still run on Windows 3.1. They recently posted a vacancy for a Windows 3.11 Administrator with preference given to those who also had MS-DOS experience.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/ms-dos-and-windows-311-still-run-train-dashboards-at-german-railway-company-listed-admin-job-for-30-year-ol…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j7az3u/til_the_german_railway_company_deutsche_bahn_has/
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2025-03-09 16:21:04

TIL of Matthew Beard (Stymie Beard from the Little Rascals aka Our Gang) had 13 brothers and sisters. Because his paycheck helped the family to survive, his parents allowed him to rename one of his younger brothers. His parents subsequently allowed him to name his other siblings as they were born
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stymie_Beard
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j79zf9/til_of_matthew_beard_stymie_beard_from_the_little/
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2025-03-09 16:06:03

TIL that in 1994, 62 children in Zimbabwe claimed they saw a UFO land near their school, with aliens telepathically warning them about environmental destruction. Some still stand by their story today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_School_UFO_incident
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1j79xjg/til_that_in_1994_62_children_in_zimbabwe_claimed/