#1
More info: Reddit Image source: Doomncandy, StudioVK “TIL that domestic dogs have developed muscles in there brow to “mimic” humans.”
#2
Image source: shaka_sulu, Maybelline “TIL in 1915 a pharmacist saw his sister make her own mascara with coal and petroleum jelly and thought he could make a better product. His invention was easier to apply and won’t burn a woman’s eye. He named his new company Maybelline after his sister Maybel and the base material Vaseline.”
#3
Image source: PyrowithJared, Shaun Walker “TIL Environmental activist Julia “Butterfly” Hill lived in a 1500-year-old California redwood tree (known as Luna) 180 feet (55 m) off the ground for 738 days in order to prevent it from being chopped down by Pacific Lumber Company. She successfully saved the tree.”
#4
Image source: PetLoverGuy1993, seventyfourimages “TIL that dogs intentionally try to make humans laugh. They understand that laughter means play, and play is positive.”
#5
Image source: mmmyesplease—, Queensland State Archives “TIL in the 1800’s bananas were seen as “immoral fruit” because of their shape. Fruit companies began issuing postcards of women eating bananas to advertise the fruit wasn’t taboo.”
#6
Image source: 28nov2022, quanticfoundry.com “TIL On PC/console games, about 60% of the female avatars you meet are played by a male player.”
#7
Image source: Standard-Assist-5793, Matthew Komatsu “TIL Japan has a ‘wind phone’. An unconnected phone booth where grieving relatives go to ‘talk’ to their lost loved ones. Opened after the 2011 Fukushima earthquake/tsunami, it has seen over 30,000 visitors.”
#8
Image source: daesereg, pacificwarmuseum.org “TIL That in 1941, USS New York opened fire on an object, believing it to be a japanese aircraft. Fire commenced until a navigator realized they were shooting at Venus.”
#9
Image source: haddock420, viki2win “TIL The average life span of a pet cat has risen from seven years in the early 1980s to fifteen years as of 2021.”
#10
Image source: meep_launcher, Toglenn “TIL Jonathan Goldsmith, AKA The Most Interesting Man in the World from the Dos Equis commercials, has been an advocate for landmine victim support, has assisted the effort to prevent and cure cancer in dogs, save the Siberian Tiger, and end child sex trafficking in Cambodia.”
#11
Image source: visiblecustomer2021, quirkbooks.com “TIL that Sea Urchins are called Sea Urchins because Hedgehogs used to be called Urchins until about the 15th century. Sea Urchins are Ocean Hedgehogs.”
#12
Image source: my__name__is, McKay Savage “TIL about Third Man Syndrome. An unseen presence reported by mountain climbers and explorers during traumatic survival situations that talks to the victim, gives practical advise and encouragement.”
#13
Image source: Iestwyn, en.wikipedia.org “TIL about the thymus, a small (1 oz.) organ behind the sternum that trains new white blood cells to NOT attack the body’s own cells. Only 2% survive this rigorous training program; the rest commit suicide to prevent themselves from attacking friendly cells.”
#14
Image source: Paesano19, ivanmorenosl “TIL about hysterical strength, a display of extreme physical strength by humans, beyond what is believed to be normal. Examples include a woman saved several children by fighting a polar bear and a woman lifting a car high enough to save a person.”
#15
Image source: Kurma-the-Turtle, Ethan Doyle White “TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda.”
#16
Image source: Splashlight2, Christopher_Boswell “TIL mixed-breed dogs live an average of 14 years while purebreds live only an average of almost 10 years.”
#17
Image source: PyrowithJared, Eric Connolly “TIL Willie O’Ree, the first black man to play in the NHL, was blind in one eye. It was caused by a ricocheting puck that hit him in the face when he was 18 and he kept it a secret for his entire 21-year career.”
#18
Image source: fencerman, monkeybusiness “TIL – The Middle Ages had retirement homes, where seniors could buy residence for the rest of their lives at a monastery with food, shelter and clothing included.”
#19
TIL a “ferocious rabbit” ran amok in Central Park in 1917. He terrorized the sheep in Sheep Meadow, maimed dogs, and fought an orangutan in the zoo. Image source: cy_ko8
#20
Image source: griefofwant, Alex_star “TIL when an American film has more than one writer, an “&” indicates that the screenwriters collaborated on the script. An “and” means they worked independently on separate drafts.”
title: “20 Random Fun Facts From Today I Learned Online Community New Pics " ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-03” author: “Chad Creighton”
#1
More info: Reddit Image source: Doomncandy, StudioVK “TIL that domestic dogs have developed muscles in there brow to “mimic” humans.”
#2
Image source: shaka_sulu, Maybelline “TIL in 1915 a pharmacist saw his sister make her own mascara with coal and petroleum jelly and thought he could make a better product. His invention was easier to apply and won’t burn a woman’s eye. He named his new company Maybelline after his sister Maybel and the base material Vaseline.”
#3
Image source: PyrowithJared, Shaun Walker “TIL Environmental activist Julia “Butterfly” Hill lived in a 1500-year-old California redwood tree (known as Luna) 180 feet (55 m) off the ground for 738 days in order to prevent it from being chopped down by Pacific Lumber Company. She successfully saved the tree.”
#4
Image source: PetLoverGuy1993, seventyfourimages “TIL that dogs intentionally try to make humans laugh. They understand that laughter means play, and play is positive.”
#5
Image source: mmmyesplease—, Queensland State Archives “TIL in the 1800’s bananas were seen as “immoral fruit” because of their shape. Fruit companies began issuing postcards of women eating bananas to advertise the fruit wasn’t taboo.”
#6
Image source: 28nov2022, quanticfoundry.com “TIL On PC/console games, about 60% of the female avatars you meet are played by a male player.”
#7
Image source: Standard-Assist-5793, Matthew Komatsu “TIL Japan has a ‘wind phone’. An unconnected phone booth where grieving relatives go to ‘talk’ to their lost loved ones. Opened after the 2011 Fukushima earthquake/tsunami, it has seen over 30,000 visitors.”
#8
Image source: daesereg, pacificwarmuseum.org “TIL That in 1941, USS New York opened fire on an object, believing it to be a japanese aircraft. Fire commenced until a navigator realized they were shooting at Venus.”
#9
Image source: haddock420, viki2win “TIL The average life span of a pet cat has risen from seven years in the early 1980s to fifteen years as of 2021.”
#10
Image source: meep_launcher, Toglenn “TIL Jonathan Goldsmith, AKA The Most Interesting Man in the World from the Dos Equis commercials, has been an advocate for landmine victim support, has assisted the effort to prevent and cure cancer in dogs, save the Siberian Tiger, and end child sex trafficking in Cambodia.”
#11
Image source: visiblecustomer2021, quirkbooks.com “TIL that Sea Urchins are called Sea Urchins because Hedgehogs used to be called Urchins until about the 15th century. Sea Urchins are Ocean Hedgehogs.”
#12
Image source: my__name__is, McKay Savage “TIL about Third Man Syndrome. An unseen presence reported by mountain climbers and explorers during traumatic survival situations that talks to the victim, gives practical advise and encouragement.”
#13
Image source: Iestwyn, en.wikipedia.org “TIL about the thymus, a small (1 oz.) organ behind the sternum that trains new white blood cells to NOT attack the body’s own cells. Only 2% survive this rigorous training program; the rest commit suicide to prevent themselves from attacking friendly cells.”
#14
Image source: Paesano19, ivanmorenosl “TIL about hysterical strength, a display of extreme physical strength by humans, beyond what is believed to be normal. Examples include a woman saved several children by fighting a polar bear and a woman lifting a car high enough to save a person.”
#15
Image source: Kurma-the-Turtle, Ethan Doyle White “TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda.”
#16
Image source: Splashlight2, Christopher_Boswell “TIL mixed-breed dogs live an average of 14 years while purebreds live only an average of almost 10 years.”
#17
Image source: PyrowithJared, Eric Connolly “TIL Willie O’Ree, the first black man to play in the NHL, was blind in one eye. It was caused by a ricocheting puck that hit him in the face when he was 18 and he kept it a secret for his entire 21-year career.”
#18
Image source: fencerman, monkeybusiness “TIL – The Middle Ages had retirement homes, where seniors could buy residence for the rest of their lives at a monastery with food, shelter and clothing included.”
#19
TIL a “ferocious rabbit” ran amok in Central Park in 1917. He terrorized the sheep in Sheep Meadow, maimed dogs, and fought an orangutan in the zoo. Image source: cy_ko8
#20
Image source: griefofwant, Alex_star “TIL when an American film has more than one writer, an “&” indicates that the screenwriters collaborated on the script. An “and” means they worked independently on separate drafts.”
title: “20 Random Fun Facts From Today I Learned Online Community New Pics " ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-19” author: “Lisa Blea”
#1
More info: Reddit Image source: The_Critical_Cynic, wikipedia TIL on the morning of July 26, 1184, Henry VI held court at the Petersberg Citadel. The weight of the assembled nobles caused the second story floor of the building to collapse. Most of the nobles fell into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where about 60 of them drowned in liquid s**t.
#2
Image source: Lagavulin16_neat, Tomasz Olszewski TIL that somewhere between 3% and 21% of the population have a genetic variation in an olfactory receptor gene (OR6A2) that makes cilantro taste very unpleasant. Those with the variant describe the taste of cilantro as “a combination of soap and vomit” or similar to the odor emitted by stinkbugs.
#3
Image source: cruisingthoughts, Pixabay TIL, in 1997, a Russian poacher, Vladimir Markov, shot and wounded a tiger, and stole part of a boar it had been eating. 12 hours later, the tiger tracked down the poacher at his cabin and ate him.
#4
Image source: theotherbogart, Giorgio Trovato TIL: Pac-Man grossed $1 billion in quarters in its first year of release. In the following year, 1982, it earned $6 billion in quarters, which was more than the combined amount of money spent in Vegas casinos and US movie theaters that year.
#5
Image source: RainManToothpicks, cbsnews TIL a wanted fugitive performed plastic surgeries on his face using scissors, a box cutter and a needle with thread in order to avoid capture. Some of the surgeries were done in public restrooms. He evaded arrest for over 2 years.
#6
Image source: suzukigun4life, shaq TIL after being scolded by a woman who felt that his shoes were too expensive for kids, Shaq forwent a $40 million deal with Reebok & signed one with Walmart. He then brought in designers from Reebok so that his Walmart shoes would look costlier than the $20 price. Over 400 million pairs were sold.
#7
Image source: Canes-Venatici, nbcnews TIL in 2017, a woman named Chau Smith ran seven marathons in seven consecutive days on seven continents in celebration of her 70th birthday.
#8
Image source: Canes-Venaticii, Monika Grabkowska TIL nine women, called “The 9 Nanas,” kept a decades-long secret that even their husbands knew nothing about. For 30 years, they gathered at 4 a.m. to bake cakes, send care packages to people, anonymously pay bills and buy clothes for those in need.
#9
Image source: davetowers646, sesamestreet TIL Mr. Snuffleupagus from ‘Sesame Street’ was originally a friend of Big Bird’s that everyone else thought was imaginary, and it was decided that he should be seen by other people to encourage children to talk about any abuse they might have suffered.
#10
Image source: theHAREST , wikipedia TIL about Tommy Manville, the heir to the Johns-Manville fortune. The terms of his family trust granted him $250,000 “when he married.” As a result he got married 13 times, giving the women a cut of the proceeds before quickly divorcing them.
#11
Image source: PastPriority-771, wikipedia TIL of Vitalis of Gaza, a monk who paid prostitutes his daily wages to dissuade them from the profession. The women he served later carried him to his grave, processing him with candles and lanterns. The Catholic Church venerates him as the Patron Saint of Prostitutes and Day Laborers.
#12
Image source: That-Situation-4262, raildriverpone TIL about the Asoh defense, a term for just taking the blame when you’re at fault. It’s named after a Japanese pilot named Kohei Asoh, who crash-landed a full-passenger jet in the San Francisco Bay. When asked what happened, he said: “As you Americans say, I f**ked up.”
#13
Image source: sarcasticslab420, Lisa Fotios Today I learned taking photos instead of actually viewing the scene causes your brain to outsource the memory; this causes you to not retain the information as detailed as you normally would. This is called the photo-taking impairment effect.
#14
Image source: doesntgetthepicture, cottonbro studio TIL that all Ashkenazi Jews are at most 30th cousins because of a genetic bottleneck about 700 years ago.
#15
Image source: BrokenEye3, wikipedia TIL about Henry Cotton, an asylum director who believed that all insanity was caused by sepsis in other parts poisoning the brain, leading to widespread amputation of his patients’ colons, teeth, reproductive organs, and even stomachs in order to “cure” them, with as many as 45% dying as a result.
#16
Image source: Ajthaking31, henrycavill TIL in a 2005 Empire article, Henry Cavill was dubbed “the unluckiest man in Hollywood” after losing roles in Bond and Harry Potter franchises.
#17
Image source: SaintBiggusDickus, foolfillment TIL 69 is the only number whose square (4761) and cube (328509) use every decimal digit from 0–9 exactly once.
#18
Image source: That-Situation-4262, Freddy Irra
#19
Image source: wilymon, Keenan Loo TIL brussels sprouts used to have a bitter taste until breeders in the 90s started to cross-pollinate different varieties in order to remove the chemicals that caused the bitterness. The result of their work has lead to brussels sprouts’ recent culinary popularity.
#20
Image source: Ok_Letter_9284, Caleb Woods TIL There are only between 150-300 kidnappings of children by strangers each year in the US. The other 200,000 kidnappings each year are by relatives.
title: “20 Random Fun Facts From Today I Learned Online Community New Pics " ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-20” author: “Linda Heft”
#1
More info: Reddit Image source: Doomncandy, StudioVK “TIL that domestic dogs have developed muscles in there brow to “mimic” humans.”
#2
Image source: shaka_sulu, Maybelline “TIL in 1915 a pharmacist saw his sister make her own mascara with coal and petroleum jelly and thought he could make a better product. His invention was easier to apply and won’t burn a woman’s eye. He named his new company Maybelline after his sister Maybel and the base material Vaseline.”
#3
Image source: PyrowithJared, Shaun Walker “TIL Environmental activist Julia “Butterfly” Hill lived in a 1500-year-old California redwood tree (known as Luna) 180 feet (55 m) off the ground for 738 days in order to prevent it from being chopped down by Pacific Lumber Company. She successfully saved the tree.”
#4
Image source: PetLoverGuy1993, seventyfourimages “TIL that dogs intentionally try to make humans laugh. They understand that laughter means play, and play is positive.”
#5
Image source: mmmyesplease—, Queensland State Archives “TIL in the 1800’s bananas were seen as “immoral fruit” because of their shape. Fruit companies began issuing postcards of women eating bananas to advertise the fruit wasn’t taboo.”
#6
Image source: 28nov2022, quanticfoundry.com “TIL On PC/console games, about 60% of the female avatars you meet are played by a male player.”
#7
Image source: Standard-Assist-5793, Matthew Komatsu “TIL Japan has a ‘wind phone’. An unconnected phone booth where grieving relatives go to ‘talk’ to their lost loved ones. Opened after the 2011 Fukushima earthquake/tsunami, it has seen over 30,000 visitors.”
#8
Image source: daesereg, pacificwarmuseum.org “TIL That in 1941, USS New York opened fire on an object, believing it to be a japanese aircraft. Fire commenced until a navigator realized they were shooting at Venus.”
#9
Image source: haddock420, viki2win “TIL The average life span of a pet cat has risen from seven years in the early 1980s to fifteen years as of 2021.”
#10
Image source: meep_launcher, Toglenn “TIL Jonathan Goldsmith, AKA The Most Interesting Man in the World from the Dos Equis commercials, has been an advocate for landmine victim support, has assisted the effort to prevent and cure cancer in dogs, save the Siberian Tiger, and end child sex trafficking in Cambodia.”
#11
Image source: visiblecustomer2021, quirkbooks.com “TIL that Sea Urchins are called Sea Urchins because Hedgehogs used to be called Urchins until about the 15th century. Sea Urchins are Ocean Hedgehogs.”
#12
Image source: my__name__is, McKay Savage “TIL about Third Man Syndrome. An unseen presence reported by mountain climbers and explorers during traumatic survival situations that talks to the victim, gives practical advise and encouragement.”
#13
Image source: Iestwyn, en.wikipedia.org “TIL about the thymus, a small (1 oz.) organ behind the sternum that trains new white blood cells to NOT attack the body’s own cells. Only 2% survive this rigorous training program; the rest commit suicide to prevent themselves from attacking friendly cells.”
#14
Image source: Paesano19, ivanmorenosl “TIL about hysterical strength, a display of extreme physical strength by humans, beyond what is believed to be normal. Examples include a woman saved several children by fighting a polar bear and a woman lifting a car high enough to save a person.”
#15
Image source: Kurma-the-Turtle, Ethan Doyle White “TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda.”
#16
Image source: Splashlight2, Christopher_Boswell “TIL mixed-breed dogs live an average of 14 years while purebreds live only an average of almost 10 years.”
#17
Image source: PyrowithJared, Eric Connolly “TIL Willie O’Ree, the first black man to play in the NHL, was blind in one eye. It was caused by a ricocheting puck that hit him in the face when he was 18 and he kept it a secret for his entire 21-year career.”
#18
Image source: fencerman, monkeybusiness “TIL – The Middle Ages had retirement homes, where seniors could buy residence for the rest of their lives at a monastery with food, shelter and clothing included.”
#19
TIL a “ferocious rabbit” ran amok in Central Park in 1917. He terrorized the sheep in Sheep Meadow, maimed dogs, and fought an orangutan in the zoo. Image source: cy_ko8
#20
Image source: griefofwant, Alex_star “TIL when an American film has more than one writer, an “&” indicates that the screenwriters collaborated on the script. An “and” means they worked independently on separate drafts.”
title: “20 Random Fun Facts From Today I Learned Online Community New Pics " ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-10” author: “Burl Cleaver”
#1
More info: Reddit Image source: The_Critical_Cynic, wikipedia TIL on the morning of July 26, 1184, Henry VI held court at the Petersberg Citadel. The weight of the assembled nobles caused the second story floor of the building to collapse. Most of the nobles fell into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where about 60 of them drowned in liquid s**t.
#2
Image source: Lagavulin16_neat, Tomasz Olszewski TIL that somewhere between 3% and 21% of the population have a genetic variation in an olfactory receptor gene (OR6A2) that makes cilantro taste very unpleasant. Those with the variant describe the taste of cilantro as “a combination of soap and vomit” or similar to the odor emitted by stinkbugs.
#3
Image source: cruisingthoughts, Pixabay TIL, in 1997, a Russian poacher, Vladimir Markov, shot and wounded a tiger, and stole part of a boar it had been eating. 12 hours later, the tiger tracked down the poacher at his cabin and ate him.
#4
Image source: theotherbogart, Giorgio Trovato TIL: Pac-Man grossed $1 billion in quarters in its first year of release. In the following year, 1982, it earned $6 billion in quarters, which was more than the combined amount of money spent in Vegas casinos and US movie theaters that year.
#5
Image source: RainManToothpicks, cbsnews TIL a wanted fugitive performed plastic surgeries on his face using scissors, a box cutter and a needle with thread in order to avoid capture. Some of the surgeries were done in public restrooms. He evaded arrest for over 2 years.
#6
Image source: suzukigun4life, shaq TIL after being scolded by a woman who felt that his shoes were too expensive for kids, Shaq forwent a $40 million deal with Reebok & signed one with Walmart. He then brought in designers from Reebok so that his Walmart shoes would look costlier than the $20 price. Over 400 million pairs were sold.
#7
Image source: Canes-Venatici, nbcnews TIL in 2017, a woman named Chau Smith ran seven marathons in seven consecutive days on seven continents in celebration of her 70th birthday.
#8
Image source: Canes-Venaticii, Monika Grabkowska TIL nine women, called “The 9 Nanas,” kept a decades-long secret that even their husbands knew nothing about. For 30 years, they gathered at 4 a.m. to bake cakes, send care packages to people, anonymously pay bills and buy clothes for those in need.
#9
Image source: davetowers646, sesamestreet TIL Mr. Snuffleupagus from ‘Sesame Street’ was originally a friend of Big Bird’s that everyone else thought was imaginary, and it was decided that he should be seen by other people to encourage children to talk about any abuse they might have suffered.
#10
Image source: theHAREST , wikipedia TIL about Tommy Manville, the heir to the Johns-Manville fortune. The terms of his family trust granted him $250,000 “when he married.” As a result he got married 13 times, giving the women a cut of the proceeds before quickly divorcing them.
#11
Image source: PastPriority-771, wikipedia TIL of Vitalis of Gaza, a monk who paid prostitutes his daily wages to dissuade them from the profession. The women he served later carried him to his grave, processing him with candles and lanterns. The Catholic Church venerates him as the Patron Saint of Prostitutes and Day Laborers.
#12
Image source: That-Situation-4262, raildriverpone TIL about the Asoh defense, a term for just taking the blame when you’re at fault. It’s named after a Japanese pilot named Kohei Asoh, who crash-landed a full-passenger jet in the San Francisco Bay. When asked what happened, he said: “As you Americans say, I f**ked up.”
#13
Image source: sarcasticslab420, Lisa Fotios Today I learned taking photos instead of actually viewing the scene causes your brain to outsource the memory; this causes you to not retain the information as detailed as you normally would. This is called the photo-taking impairment effect.
#14
Image source: doesntgetthepicture, cottonbro studio TIL that all Ashkenazi Jews are at most 30th cousins because of a genetic bottleneck about 700 years ago.
#15
Image source: BrokenEye3, wikipedia TIL about Henry Cotton, an asylum director who believed that all insanity was caused by sepsis in other parts poisoning the brain, leading to widespread amputation of his patients’ colons, teeth, reproductive organs, and even stomachs in order to “cure” them, with as many as 45% dying as a result.
#16
Image source: Ajthaking31, henrycavill TIL in a 2005 Empire article, Henry Cavill was dubbed “the unluckiest man in Hollywood” after losing roles in Bond and Harry Potter franchises.
#17
Image source: SaintBiggusDickus, foolfillment TIL 69 is the only number whose square (4761) and cube (328509) use every decimal digit from 0–9 exactly once.
#18
Image source: That-Situation-4262, Freddy Irra
#19
Image source: wilymon, Keenan Loo TIL brussels sprouts used to have a bitter taste until breeders in the 90s started to cross-pollinate different varieties in order to remove the chemicals that caused the bitterness. The result of their work has lead to brussels sprouts’ recent culinary popularity.
#20
Image source: Ok_Letter_9284, Caleb Woods TIL There are only between 150-300 kidnappings of children by strangers each year in the US. The other 200,000 kidnappings each year are by relatives.
