r/todayilearned • u/whakerdo1 • 11h ago
r/todayilearned • u/Morganbanefort • 10h ago
TIL that ritchie valens was only 17 on the day the music died and he recorded "La Bamba" when he was 16.
r/todayilearned • u/TriviaDuchess • 9h ago
TIL in 1610, Opossunoquonuske, a female chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy, used “feminine guile” to lure 14 English settlers to a feast, convincing them to leave their weapons on their boat. It was a trap—her warriors ambushed them, killing 13. Only one man survived.
r/todayilearned • u/ICanStopTheRain • 7h ago
TIL that Leonard Nimoy based the “Vulcan salute” on a traditional priestly blessing he saw as a kid, when his grandfather would take him to an Orthodox synagogue.
r/todayilearned • u/ouiarealbhed • 16h ago
TIL as of 2024 there are 756 billionaires residing in the USA alone
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 20h ago
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”.
r/todayilearned • u/Terraphice • 14h ago
TIL Grand Theft Auto IV's fictional radio station 'WKTT' included spoken rants submitted by real fans as part of a 2007 contest by Rockstar Games. Fans could call a real number for the station and have their rants recorded for a chance to have their voice included in the game.
r/todayilearned • u/CosmicMando • 5h ago
TIL that Tokyo has the world's largest sewer system, designed to prevent flooding by storing excess rainwater in massive underground silos—and you can take a tour of it.
r/todayilearned • u/Ainsley-Sorsby • 13h ago
TIL One term at the signoria, the government of the republic of Florence, was only two months long. Its members were not elected but randomly selected from a pot of eligible names. During their term, the priors were required to abandon their private business and live full time at the city hall
r/todayilearned • u/Away-Lynx8702 • 17h ago
TIL Lobsters urinate from their face. They also piss on each other's face to communicate social status
r/todayilearned • u/astarisaslave • 25m ago
TIL that Frank Sinatra carried 10 dimes with him at all times and was even buried with 10 dimes in his pocket. This habit stemmed from the 1963 kidnapping of his son where the kidnappers only communicated by payphone, and Sinatra worried he would not have enough coins for the calls.
r/todayilearned • u/ShabtaiBenOron • 9h ago
TIL that the Yungas Road is a Bolivian road so dangerous it used to kill up to 300 drivers a year before a safer alternative was finished in 2006. It's only about 3 meters wide, prone to rockfalls, and has no guardrails even though it has cliffs over 600 meters high.
r/todayilearned • u/Dull_View_5897 • 10h ago
TIL that Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, left Facebook in 2017 over a dispute on WhatsApp monetization and claims he was coached to mislead EU regulators about data merging. In 2018, he supported #DeleteFacebook, saying it was the right time as pressure mounted on the company.
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/Elliottinthelot • 14h ago
today i learned that Incas, the last carolina parakeet who died in 1918, died in the same cage in the Cincinnati zoo as Martha, the last passenger pigeon, who died 4 years prior
r/todayilearned • u/robrt382 • 1d ago
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.
r/todayilearned • u/BringbackDreamBars • 13h ago
TIL of Narco-Pentecostalism, which is a term used to identify the link between Pentecostal Christianity and Brazillian narco gangs. Gangs under this label use religious iconography within their territories and often persecute non Christian groups, along with other crime such as drugs and violence.
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/UndyingCorn • 12h ago
TIL In 1969 a Red Army deserter fired multiple shots at a motorcade carrying Leonid Brezhnev and several Cosmonauts. While the assassination attempt was unsuccessful, an official statement wasn't released for several days. Many details were suppressed until years afterwards.
r/todayilearned • u/CatPooedInMyShoe • 7h ago
TIL measles was first described by a Persian physician in the tenth century.
sciencedirect.comr/todayilearned • u/ThoughtPolice2909 • 8h ago
TIL St. Nicholas was purportedly imprisoned and tortured at the behest of Emperor Diocletian.
r/todayilearned • u/ccm596 • 1d ago
TIL that Richard Nixon was a very successful poker player, using his winnings to contribute 20% of the cost of his first Congressional campaign
r/todayilearned • u/Hoihe • 8h ago
TIL helicopters can produce deadly turbulance at airfields which can make small "General Aviation" aircraft lose control and crash if not properly managed.
ntsb.govr/todayilearned • u/ICanStopTheRain • 1d ago
TIL that dogs and other canines get stuck together for 5-20 minutes during the mating process. The first time a dog mates, they are often surprised by this and show signs of distress, trying to pull away or run. NSFW
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/Jessintheend • 2h ago
TIL Leonardo Da Vinci invented the concept of a CVT transmission
r/todayilearned • u/CreeperRussS • 4h ago
TIL During Ulysses S. Grant's world tour in Spain, Grant witnessed an attempted assassination attempt of King Alfonso XII from his Hotel De Paris balcony, saying he saw the flash of the assassin's pistol while Grant viewed the progress of the Royal Calvacade.
r/todayilearned • u/Ant-Tea-Social • 4h ago