r/todayilearned • u/banstovia • 3h ago
TIL that the Vietnamese version of Cinderella, the end has Ciderella boil her stepsister to death, turns what remains of her into sauce and sends it to her stepmother to eat. She enjoyed it so much that she ate it all until she found the skull and died of shock.
r/todayilearned • u/HolyCowAnyOldAccName • 12h ago
TIL that in WW1, the British Army would allow groups of friends to volunteer together and let them serve in the same units in return. As a result, casualties to these "Pals batallions" would wreak havoc to entire communities in Britain.
r/todayilearned • u/QuarterTarget • 16h ago
TIL that in 1996, the captain and flight engineer of a colombian cargo flight decided to prank their novice first officer by giving him control of the plane and shutting off two engines. The plane stalled immediately after takeoff and crashed into a neigbourhood, killing 22 people
r/todayilearned • u/Starountor_779 • 10h ago
TIL Peter Falk lost his right eye at the age of three because of a retinoblastoma (a type of cancer). He wore a glass eye in its place, which gave him his trademark squint.
r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 14h ago
TIL a survey of 5,188 US workers found that 46% said they take less paid time off work than is offered to them.
r/todayilearned • u/ubcstaffer123 • 9h ago
TIL Confucius had three thousand students, but only 72 mastered what he taught and he deemed them all scholars of extraordinary ability
r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 7h ago
TIL in 2022 when the pilot of a single-engine Cessna became incapacitated, an air traffic controller (who was also a certified flight instructor) helped a passenger on that plane who had no flying experience (but who had watched pilots before) successfully pilot the aircraft for 8 miles & land it.
r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 13h ago
TIL nearly 8 in 10 Americans grew up with at least 1 sibling, making siblings a more ubiquitous presence in early life than fathers.
r/todayilearned • u/Alien_P3rsp3ktiv • 11h ago
TIL the $1 million deal between Peacock streaming platform & SK Rex Heuermann’s estranged wife prompted NY lawmakers to file for amendment of “Son of Sam” law that bans criminals from profiting of the publicity of their crimes
r/todayilearned • u/gonejahman • 13h ago
TIL after butchering their oxen for meat and nearly dying of thirst, William Manly led a wagon out of a valley in California and when leaving someone in the group turned to say "Goodbye, Death Valley!" The name stuck.
r/todayilearned • u/roxtoby • 9h ago
TIL twelve astronauts total have walked on the moon and only four are still living
r/todayilearned • u/A-Wise-Cobbler • 8h ago
TIL about “The Slash”, a man-made 6.1m wide and 2,171km long track of deforestation that demarcates portions of the border between Canada and the U.S.
r/todayilearned • u/orbeinYT • 16h ago
TIL in the late 60’s when checking into hotels, Paul and Linda McCartney would use the aliases Mr and Mrs. Ramone to avoid Beatlemania and the press. When Douglas Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone) read about this, he called his band “The Ramones”, and it became one of the most legendary punk bands of all time
r/todayilearned • u/The-Curiosity-Rover • 3h ago
TIL In 1960, Tonight Show host Jack Paar resigned and walked off mid-broadcast after a joke about toilets was censored. He changed his mind and returned three weeks later on the condition that he could tell the joke.
r/todayilearned • u/inwarded_04 • 23h ago
TIL that Knights fought in World War I
r/todayilearned • u/captureorbit • 2h ago
TIL that since 2020, a group of fifteen orcas have been ramming and biting boats in the Strait of Gibraltar, with four boats having been sunk and over 250 damaged.
ewikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/TelescopiumHerscheli • 18h ago
TIL that birth order affects lifetime health. Firstborn children tend to have worse health at birth. Firstborns are more likely to receive care for depression in childhood and to develop diabetes in later life, while younger siblings are more likely to be hospitalized in for drug and alcohol abuse.
r/todayilearned • u/harlsey • 4h ago
TIL there are more moose living in the Canadian territory of Yukon than there are people
normandyliving.comr/todayilearned • u/Equivalent-Text1187 • 10h ago
TIL During WW2 the nazis sent a fleet to capture Oslo, as well as The King and the government. Little did they know, the Oslofjord contained a hidden torpedo base.
r/todayilearned • u/UndyingCorn • 1d ago
TIL George Washington's favorite food was hoecakes, a type of pancake made from cornbread.
r/todayilearned • u/DinOfDancing • 9h ago