#1
Image source: jcgam, o jose lui TIL that during the middle ages it was believed that ringing church bells during thunderstorms would keep lightning away. The practice was abandoned after more than 100 bell ringers were killed by lightning.
#2
Image source: davetowers646, Dunk TIL David Bowie used to travel around in New York carrying a Greek newspaper in the belief that people would assume he was just a Greek man who looked like David Bowie and leave him alone.
#3
Image source: Flares117, big-ashb TIL In 2019, Konami added a new official rule to Yu Gi Oh tournaments, the Hygiene clause where you would be disqualified if you smell bad or wear dirty clothing as it produces an “unpleasant” playing environment. The response was generally positive.
#4
Image source: davetowers646, Bundesarchiv, Bild TIL Steven Spielberg asked all the extras doing a Nazi salute in ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ to also cross their fingers behind their backs.
#5
Image source: mckinneym, en.wikipedia.org TIL that in addition to names like “Hope”, “Felicity”, and “Prudence”, Puritans also named their children things like “Jesus-Christ-came-into-the-world- to-save”, “Damned”, and “Fly-fornication”.
#6
Image source: 54_actual TIL Cleopatra was born of incest. “More than a dozen of Cleopatra’s ancestors tied the knot with cousins or siblings, and it’s likely that her own parents were brother and sister. In keeping with this custom, Cleopatra eventually married both of her adolescent brothers.
#7
Image source: jamescookenotthatone, NOAA TIL The first man to report a rogue wave was Jules Dumont d’Urville in 1826, d’Urville was then publicly ridiculed because such a wave was believed impossible. A rogue wave was not measured until 1995 and the lack of earlier reporting is likely due to few wooden ships surving the encounter.
#8
Image source: Ok_Copy5217, Vertigo FIlms TIL When Jane married Stephen Hawking, she believed it would be a two year commitment, as doctors said he only had two years to live. Jane became his full time caretaker and they were together 25 years.
#9
Image source: [deleted], barbie_museum TIL that when the set of James Cameron’s Titanic was submerged during filming, the Grand Staircase dislodged and floated; supporting the uncomfirmed theory that the missing original staircase dislodged and floated away during the real sinking.
#10
Image source: EdLoweLaw, cottonbro studio TIL two gifted college students considered themselves so superior they planned “the perfect crime” to prove their intellectual abilities. After [taking out] a child, despite their purported genius, they left plenty of evidence and were swiftly caught and brought to judgment.
#11
Image source: ThatcheriteIowan, en.wikipedia.org TIL An entire Roman legion went missing in the 2nd Century AD, and we’re still baffled as to what happened.
#12
Image source: jamescookenotthatone, J 1982 TIL Public nativity scenes are often the victim of baby Jesus theft. Some churches have had to chain their baby Jesus down to deter theft while others have added GPS tracking to their baby Jesus.
#13
Image source: ManOfLaBook, Ewan Munro TIL that astronauts eat steak and eggs before a flight because it’s filling and low on dietary fiber so they won’t have to poop during the mission.
#14
Image source: BoopBoop20, Anthony : ) TIL that the Bald Eagle population has recovered! They are now fairly common birds to be seen in residential areas.
#15
Image source: lenny_the_pope, César Rincón TIL that in 1931, a scientist tried to teach a baby chimpanzee human behavior by raising it alongside his human son. The chimpanzee never acquired language skills, and the experiment was called off when the human baby began imitating the chimpanzee’s vocalizations.
#16
Image source: The_Critical_Cynic, Nguyen Ngoc Chinh TIL John Steinbeck IV wrote an article in January 1968 about marijuana usage among the troops. This set off a media firestorm, & the Army began clamping down on marijuana usage, arresting ~1000 G.I.s a week for possession. Many G.I.s switched to heroin, which was odorless and thus harder to detect.
#17
Image source: wcrp73, Adonyi Gábor TIL that Earth is the only known place in our solar system where fire occurs and no known exoplanets have oxygen enough to allow fire.
#18
Image source: 2wedfgdfgfgfg TIL Rod Serling originally wrote an episode about Emmett Till but it was rejected and so he turned to science fiction, instead, to talk about social issues, creating The Twilight Zone.
#19
Image source: Partysausage, ImAshley94 TIL there is a shrine in Wales where Dobby the house elf was buried. consisting of 1000’s of painted rocks and socks.
#20
Image source: lenny_the_pope, daves_archive1 TIL that for a period of 20 years, Argentina ranked as one of the wealthiest nations on Earth, having the highest GDP per capita in 1895 and being among the 10 richest until 1920. Today, the country is in crippling debt, and is considered one of the biggest economic downturns in modern history.
title: “20 Today I Learned Facts That Prove You Can Learn Something New Everyday New Pics " ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-20” author: “Raymond Higgins”
#1
More info: Reddit Image source: just2good, Northwest Retail TIL an Iowa Supermarket employee went missing in 2009 while at work, only to have his decomposed body discovered in a gap between a freezer and a wall 10 years later in 2019.
#2
Image source: Lagavulin16_neat, Carol M. Highsmith TIL that photographer Carol Highsmith donated tens of thousands of her photos to the Library of Congress, making them free for public use. Getty Images later claimed copyright on many of these photos, then accused her of copyright infringement by using one of her own photos on her own site.
#3
Image source: Brainbus, Photobank MD TIL there is a mall in the capital of the country Moldova called Malldova.
#4
Image source: theotherbogart , Akademan TIL Andre Agassi won 10 of 11 matches after seeing a “tick” in Boris Becker’s serve. Agassi could predict where Becker was serving based on whether Becker stuck his tongue out in the middle of his lip or to the left corner of his lip. Agassi told Becker over a pint of beer – after they retired.
#5
Image source: Sensitive-Ad9508, John Mainstone TIL that the longest running lab experiment is the Pitch Drop experiment. It demonstrates how tar is the most viscous liquid being 100 billion times more viscous than water. Only 9 drops have fallen in the 95 years since it began in 1927.
#6
Image source: LazeLinez, Gage Skidmore TIL Actor Kevin Bacon pays off DJ’s when he attends weddings so that they won’t play “Footloose.”
#7
Image source: runixracoon, BBC TIL composer Andre Tchaikovsky requested his skull be donated to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use in theatrical performances. In 2008, David Tennant used the skull in Hamlet.
#8
Image source: ExplicitlyMellow, Greta Hoffman TIL Tomatoes are native to the Americas, so there was no such thing as tomato sauce in Italy until at least the 16th century.
#9
Image source: Cute_Umpire, Ivan Oboleninov TIL sleep helps clean our brain. Or in the words of the journal Science, “Observations showed that when mice sleep, channels between neurons in their brains expand, allowing cerebrospinal fluid to flush out detritus, such as proteins that in human beings are associated with Alzheimer’s disease.”
#10
Image source: evilclownattack, skytetes TIL in response to infamously high suicide rates at Mapo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea, the bridge was adorned with suicide prevention messages and uplifting photos. These measures weren’t enacted by the government, however, instead the entire project was financed by Samsung’s life insurance division.
#11
Image source: nejicanspin, Make-A-Wish Foundation TIL that one of the rarest Yu-Gi-Oh cards in existence is Tyler the Great Warrior. It was created by Tyler Gressle, a boy that had a rare form of liver cancer. He got to create his own card through Make-A-Wish Foundation and they printed one card just for him. He made a full recovery.
#12
Image source: chumloadio, Jean-Louis Sieff TIL after a seizure left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997) wrote the bestselling book “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” by blinking to select each letter as an assistant recited the alphabet to him.
#13
Image source: johntentaquake , Open Grid Scheduler TIL that alcohol consumption in the U.S. was almost 300% higher in the 1800s, and that whiskey at the time was cheaper than beer, coffee or milk.
#14
Image source: jamescookenotthatone, kafkamuseum TIL Very little of Franz Kafka’s works were published during his lifetime and he burned 90% of his work. Works like The Trial and The Castle were saved when the executioner of Kafka’s will ignored Kafka’s request to have his remaining works destroyed.
#15
Image source: erockskop, Formula1 TIL A $250,000 diamond placed on the nose of an F1 car was lost in a crash in the 2004 Monaco GP. It’s still missing today.
#16
Image source: thefuckouttaherelol4, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright TIL the Wright Brothers were perpetual bachelors, and that Orville Wright disowned their sister Katherine after she married and had a family of her own, feeling he had been “betrayed”.
#17
Image source: guitar_jed, Polina Tankilevitch TIL that Over 50 percent of the world’s population relies on rice for 80 percent of it’s food requirements.
#18
Image source: twoshillings, upyernoz TIL In the UK, the distinction between an actor and an extra is defined by agreements between the actors trade unions and the various commercial production bodies. These state that once a performer says 13 or more words in any scene, they must become a contracted actor in that production.
#19
Image source: chapstickninja, Harris & Ewing TIL The inventor of the television was a 15 year old farm boy who got the idea for scanning an image in rows from the back and forth motion of plowing a field.
#20
Image source: KingKult, Velcro TIL Velcro is actually a brand name, and they launched campaigns to get people to stop saying “Velcro”. The correct term is actually “hook and loop”.
title: “20 Today I Learned Facts That Prove You Can Learn Something New Everyday New Pics " ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-01” author: “Curtis Maloy”
#1
Image source: jcgam, o jose lui TIL that during the middle ages it was believed that ringing church bells during thunderstorms would keep lightning away. The practice was abandoned after more than 100 bell ringers were killed by lightning.
#2
Image source: davetowers646, Dunk TIL David Bowie used to travel around in New York carrying a Greek newspaper in the belief that people would assume he was just a Greek man who looked like David Bowie and leave him alone.
#3
Image source: Flares117, big-ashb TIL In 2019, Konami added a new official rule to Yu Gi Oh tournaments, the Hygiene clause where you would be disqualified if you smell bad or wear dirty clothing as it produces an “unpleasant” playing environment. The response was generally positive.
#4
Image source: davetowers646, Bundesarchiv, Bild TIL Steven Spielberg asked all the extras doing a Nazi salute in ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ to also cross their fingers behind their backs.
#5
Image source: mckinneym, en.wikipedia.org TIL that in addition to names like “Hope”, “Felicity”, and “Prudence”, Puritans also named their children things like “Jesus-Christ-came-into-the-world- to-save”, “Damned”, and “Fly-fornication”.
#6
Image source: 54_actual TIL Cleopatra was born of incest. “More than a dozen of Cleopatra’s ancestors tied the knot with cousins or siblings, and it’s likely that her own parents were brother and sister. In keeping with this custom, Cleopatra eventually married both of her adolescent brothers.
#7
Image source: jamescookenotthatone, NOAA TIL The first man to report a rogue wave was Jules Dumont d’Urville in 1826, d’Urville was then publicly ridiculed because such a wave was believed impossible. A rogue wave was not measured until 1995 and the lack of earlier reporting is likely due to few wooden ships surving the encounter.
#8
Image source: Ok_Copy5217, Vertigo FIlms TIL When Jane married Stephen Hawking, she believed it would be a two year commitment, as doctors said he only had two years to live. Jane became his full time caretaker and they were together 25 years.
#9
Image source: [deleted], barbie_museum TIL that when the set of James Cameron’s Titanic was submerged during filming, the Grand Staircase dislodged and floated; supporting the uncomfirmed theory that the missing original staircase dislodged and floated away during the real sinking.
#10
Image source: EdLoweLaw, cottonbro studio TIL two gifted college students considered themselves so superior they planned “the perfect crime” to prove their intellectual abilities. After [taking out] a child, despite their purported genius, they left plenty of evidence and were swiftly caught and brought to judgment.
#11
Image source: ThatcheriteIowan, en.wikipedia.org TIL An entire Roman legion went missing in the 2nd Century AD, and we’re still baffled as to what happened.
#12
Image source: jamescookenotthatone, J 1982 TIL Public nativity scenes are often the victim of baby Jesus theft. Some churches have had to chain their baby Jesus down to deter theft while others have added GPS tracking to their baby Jesus.
#13
Image source: ManOfLaBook, Ewan Munro TIL that astronauts eat steak and eggs before a flight because it’s filling and low on dietary fiber so they won’t have to poop during the mission.
#14
Image source: BoopBoop20, Anthony : ) TIL that the Bald Eagle population has recovered! They are now fairly common birds to be seen in residential areas.
#15
Image source: lenny_the_pope, César Rincón TIL that in 1931, a scientist tried to teach a baby chimpanzee human behavior by raising it alongside his human son. The chimpanzee never acquired language skills, and the experiment was called off when the human baby began imitating the chimpanzee’s vocalizations.
#16
Image source: The_Critical_Cynic, Nguyen Ngoc Chinh TIL John Steinbeck IV wrote an article in January 1968 about marijuana usage among the troops. This set off a media firestorm, & the Army began clamping down on marijuana usage, arresting ~1000 G.I.s a week for possession. Many G.I.s switched to heroin, which was odorless and thus harder to detect.
#17
Image source: wcrp73, Adonyi Gábor TIL that Earth is the only known place in our solar system where fire occurs and no known exoplanets have oxygen enough to allow fire.
#18
Image source: 2wedfgdfgfgfg TIL Rod Serling originally wrote an episode about Emmett Till but it was rejected and so he turned to science fiction, instead, to talk about social issues, creating The Twilight Zone.
#19
Image source: Partysausage, ImAshley94 TIL there is a shrine in Wales where Dobby the house elf was buried. consisting of 1000’s of painted rocks and socks.
#20
Image source: lenny_the_pope, daves_archive1 TIL that for a period of 20 years, Argentina ranked as one of the wealthiest nations on Earth, having the highest GDP per capita in 1895 and being among the 10 richest until 1920. Today, the country is in crippling debt, and is considered one of the biggest economic downturns in modern history.
title: “20 Today I Learned Facts That Prove You Can Learn Something New Everyday New Pics " ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-10” author: “Harold Han”
#1
More info: Reddit Image source: just2good, Northwest Retail TIL an Iowa Supermarket employee went missing in 2009 while at work, only to have his decomposed body discovered in a gap between a freezer and a wall 10 years later in 2019.
#2
Image source: Lagavulin16_neat, Carol M. Highsmith TIL that photographer Carol Highsmith donated tens of thousands of her photos to the Library of Congress, making them free for public use. Getty Images later claimed copyright on many of these photos, then accused her of copyright infringement by using one of her own photos on her own site.
#3
Image source: Brainbus, Photobank MD TIL there is a mall in the capital of the country Moldova called Malldova.
#4
Image source: theotherbogart , Akademan TIL Andre Agassi won 10 of 11 matches after seeing a “tick” in Boris Becker’s serve. Agassi could predict where Becker was serving based on whether Becker stuck his tongue out in the middle of his lip or to the left corner of his lip. Agassi told Becker over a pint of beer – after they retired.
#5
Image source: Sensitive-Ad9508, John Mainstone TIL that the longest running lab experiment is the Pitch Drop experiment. It demonstrates how tar is the most viscous liquid being 100 billion times more viscous than water. Only 9 drops have fallen in the 95 years since it began in 1927.
#6
Image source: LazeLinez, Gage Skidmore TIL Actor Kevin Bacon pays off DJ’s when he attends weddings so that they won’t play “Footloose.”
#7
Image source: runixracoon, BBC TIL composer Andre Tchaikovsky requested his skull be donated to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use in theatrical performances. In 2008, David Tennant used the skull in Hamlet.
#8
Image source: ExplicitlyMellow, Greta Hoffman TIL Tomatoes are native to the Americas, so there was no such thing as tomato sauce in Italy until at least the 16th century.
#9
Image source: Cute_Umpire, Ivan Oboleninov TIL sleep helps clean our brain. Or in the words of the journal Science, “Observations showed that when mice sleep, channels between neurons in their brains expand, allowing cerebrospinal fluid to flush out detritus, such as proteins that in human beings are associated with Alzheimer’s disease.”
#10
Image source: evilclownattack, skytetes TIL in response to infamously high suicide rates at Mapo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea, the bridge was adorned with suicide prevention messages and uplifting photos. These measures weren’t enacted by the government, however, instead the entire project was financed by Samsung’s life insurance division.
#11
Image source: nejicanspin, Make-A-Wish Foundation TIL that one of the rarest Yu-Gi-Oh cards in existence is Tyler the Great Warrior. It was created by Tyler Gressle, a boy that had a rare form of liver cancer. He got to create his own card through Make-A-Wish Foundation and they printed one card just for him. He made a full recovery.
#12
Image source: chumloadio, Jean-Louis Sieff TIL after a seizure left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997) wrote the bestselling book “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” by blinking to select each letter as an assistant recited the alphabet to him.
#13
Image source: johntentaquake , Open Grid Scheduler TIL that alcohol consumption in the U.S. was almost 300% higher in the 1800s, and that whiskey at the time was cheaper than beer, coffee or milk.
#14
Image source: jamescookenotthatone, kafkamuseum TIL Very little of Franz Kafka’s works were published during his lifetime and he burned 90% of his work. Works like The Trial and The Castle were saved when the executioner of Kafka’s will ignored Kafka’s request to have his remaining works destroyed.
#15
Image source: erockskop, Formula1 TIL A $250,000 diamond placed on the nose of an F1 car was lost in a crash in the 2004 Monaco GP. It’s still missing today.
#16
Image source: thefuckouttaherelol4, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright TIL the Wright Brothers were perpetual bachelors, and that Orville Wright disowned their sister Katherine after she married and had a family of her own, feeling he had been “betrayed”.
#17
Image source: guitar_jed, Polina Tankilevitch TIL that Over 50 percent of the world’s population relies on rice for 80 percent of it’s food requirements.
#18
Image source: twoshillings, upyernoz TIL In the UK, the distinction between an actor and an extra is defined by agreements between the actors trade unions and the various commercial production bodies. These state that once a performer says 13 or more words in any scene, they must become a contracted actor in that production.
#19
Image source: chapstickninja, Harris & Ewing TIL The inventor of the television was a 15 year old farm boy who got the idea for scanning an image in rows from the back and forth motion of plowing a field.
#20
Image source: KingKult, Velcro TIL Velcro is actually a brand name, and they launched campaigns to get people to stop saying “Velcro”. The correct term is actually “hook and loop”.
