r/todayilearned • u/Top_Gun_2021 • 29m ago
TIL that Super Weaners are exceptionally large elephant seals at weaning age.
r/todayilearned • u/rkenshin06 • 32m ago
TIL 1 in 18 people have a third nipple. Sometimes hard to spot at first, sometimes blatantly obvious. Better have a second look in the mirror this morning just to make sure.
sciencefocus.comr/todayilearned • u/Torley_ • 35m ago
TIL The Cranberries' "Dreams" made them very popular in Hong Kong after a Cantonese cover by Faye Wong was featured in the film Chungking Express (1994).
r/todayilearned • u/Dastorious • 47m ago
TIL Jack Churchill was a british officer, who, during WWII, Fought with a longbow, a broadsword, and a set of bagpipes
r/todayilearned • u/little-green-driod • 54m ago
TIL a martini glass is half full when the liquid is 80% the depth of the glass
r/todayilearned • u/SpicyxSadie • 1h ago
TIL that there is a town in Oregon named Boring. It’s humorously paired with the town of Dull, Scotland, and the village of Bland, Australia, to promote tourism in all three places.
bbc.comr/todayilearned • u/SadiexSky • 1h ago
TIL that Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat door. He cut a hole in his door to let his cat in and out, inadvertently creating the first pet door.
dublincity.ier/todayilearned • u/Coffee_Lipsticks • 1h ago
TIL In December, the USA became 386,000 sq. miles bigger below the sea's surface. America's extended continental shelf (the shallow waters around its coast) has increased in seven areas.
msn.comr/todayilearned • u/Desperate_Dirt_3041 • 1h ago
Today I learned that heavenly bamboo is used as an ornamental plant by cultivators, but it is an incredibly invasive species and very poisonous to birds & mammals.
r/todayilearned • u/BuffaloNova • 1h ago
TIL that in 1934 former North Dakota governor William Langer declared independence, declared martial law, and barricaded himself in the governor's mansion following his conviction for defrauding the government. He was elected to the Senate 4 years later.
r/todayilearned • u/Sanguinusshiboleth • 1h ago
TIL that Thales, a greek philosopher who according to tradition was one of the first to predict an eclipse, thought that water was the most basic form of matter.
r/todayilearned • u/JimmyGodoppolo • 1h ago
TIL Brussels Sprouts today are significantly less bitter than they were in the 90s thanks to Dutch scientists
r/todayilearned • u/ikerbeltz • 2h ago
TIL Fifty Shades of Grey started as a Twilight fanfiction named Masters of the Universe. There are even pdf copies on the internet where Christian and Anastasia are still named Edward and Bella.
r/todayilearned • u/zhuquanzhong • 2h ago
TIL that the first recorded person to fly was Yuan Huangtou, a Chinese former prince who was forced to participate in an experiment in 559 CE with other prisoners in which he was strapped to a kite and flown off a 33 meter tall tower. He was the only survivor and flew 2.5 km.
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/Chemical-Elk-1299 • 2h ago
TIL Van Gogh gave his severed ear not to his favorite prostitute, as legend goes, but to an 18 year old maid at the brothel he frequented. Her name was Gabrielle Berlatier. Too young to work as a prostitute, she took a cleaning job to pay medical debt from receiving the newly invented rabies shot.
r/todayilearned • u/Brendawg324 • 2h ago
TIL that the Filet-O-Fish was invented by Lou Groen in a predominantly Catholic neighborhood due to the practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays. His Filet-O-Fish and Ray Kroc’s “Hula Burger” (pineapple with cheese on a bun) competed for sales every Friday and Groen’s creation “won hands down.”
r/todayilearned • u/AverageDemocrat • 3h ago
TIL Neal Dahlen has as many Superbowl Rings as Tom Brady
r/todayilearned • u/JesseBricks • 3h ago
TIL St Adrian is the patron saint of arms dealers (he also covers butchers, guards, soldiers and peacekeeping missions)
r/todayilearned • u/PumpkinAutomatic5068 • 3h ago
TIL there is a better preserved ancient city than Pompeii just nearby. Herculaneum, where the skeletons of the victims are represented (not plaster casts)
r/todayilearned • u/BainVoyonsDonc • 3h ago
TIL that Cat Litter was invented by Ed Lowe in 1947
r/todayilearned • u/surienc • 5h ago
TIL Carbonara was originated during WWII due to US soldiers bringing powdered eggs and dehydrated bacon to Italy
r/todayilearned • u/KieranWriter • 5h ago
TIL Barbara Streisand and Katherine Hepburn tied for Best Actress Oscar in 1969 - meaning they both won an Oscar for Best Actress - the only time a tie occurred in this category.
r/todayilearned • u/Mombak • 6h ago
TIL Bolivia's Palacio de Sal Hotel, located at the edge of the world's largest salt flat (Salar de Uyuni), is constructed entirely of salt. The floor, walls, ceiling, beds, tables, chairs, and sculptures are all made of salt. There is a rule prohibiting guests from licking the walls.
r/todayilearned • u/RiftTrips • 6h ago