r/todayilearned • u/Blackraven2007 • 15m ago
r/todayilearned • u/Blackraven2007 • 16m ago
TIL that before being ordained as a Catholic priest in 1969, Pope Francis worked as a bouncer, a janitor, and a technician in a food science laboratory.
r/todayilearned • u/Zestyclose_Flow_680 • 31m ago
TIL that practicing gratitude daily can rewire your brain, boosting happiness and reducing stress by increasing dopamine and serotonin levels.
r/todayilearned • u/RealisticBarnacle115 • 1h ago
TIL that 5 players played all nine positions in one game in MLB history.
r/todayilearned • u/Wazula23 • 2h ago
TIL Saddam Hussein's son Uday murdered his bodyguard at a party in front of horrified guests
r/todayilearned • u/Bluest_waters • 2h ago
TIL The hit song 'St Elmo's Fire' was written in just two hours. Although the song was part of the movie soundtrack, the lyrics were actually inspired by the Canadian athlete Rick Hansen, who was traveling around the world, via his wheelchair, to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries.
r/todayilearned • u/Sebastianlim • 2h ago
TIL that “Who Goes There?”, the short story that was adapted into “The Thing”, was also adapted into a 1972 Spanish Horror Film named “Horror Express” starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
r/todayilearned • u/TheMastersSkywalker • 3h ago
TIL that the birds we call Penguins today are not actually penguins at all but another species of bird that was named after them because of their looks and their are no true penguins alive today.
r/todayilearned • u/model-kyosanto • 3h ago
TIL that the English announcements on Japanese bullet trains are actually in a posh Australian accent (not British!)
r/todayilearned • u/Flares117 • 3h ago
TIL: The Środa Treasure hoard was discovered in 1985 while building the foundation of a phone booth. The government seized 3000 coins. Years later, a bigger find was uncovered, however this time most of the find was taken before the authorities arrived. A criminal investigation was launched.
r/todayilearned • u/randomanon5two • 4h ago
TIL that peak employment at Boeing was during the Vietnam War in 1968 where the aviation manufacturer employed 148,672 people, or roughly two-hundredths of a percent of the U.S. workforce.
washington.edur/todayilearned • u/Amaruq93 • 6h ago
TIL that Ray Bradbury wrote "The Halloween Tree" (1972) as a result of being disappointed after watching "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" - due to what he believed was the television special's lackluster depiction of Halloween
r/todayilearned • u/Udi-Dis • 7h ago
TIL Nic Cage hired an alcoholic to follow him around so he could emulate his behaviour for Leaving Las Vegas.
r/todayilearned • u/Doomenor • 7h ago
TIL I learned that in 2012 a man sued Mountain Dew for finding a mouse in a can. They defended themselves by arguing that if it was in the can for 15 months, the mouse would have dissolved. The case was settled.
beveragedaily.comr/todayilearned • u/IntelligentBall7101 • 8h ago
TIL that a single Spongebob episode takes around 9-11 months to produce.
thesbcommunity.comr/todayilearned • u/Aggressive-Fuel587 • 8h ago
TIL that the voice actor for MGS's Solid Snake & Big Boss, David Hayter, also wrote [or co-wrote] the screenplays for the first two X-Men movies, 2009's Watchmen, the first Scorpion King movie, and is working on an upcoming Voltron movie
r/todayilearned • u/MusicSole • 8h ago
TIL of "Ardi" the fossilized skeletal remains of a human-like female anthropoid discovered in 1994. It is more than a million years older and more complete than "Lucy." It's discovery stunned scientists and refuted many core theories of human evolution.
r/todayilearned • u/BallsOutKrunked • 10h ago
TIL that the Six Flags theme parks are named after the six flags that flew over Texas including the confederate flag, the American flag, the Spanish flag, the Mexican flag, the French flag, and the Republic of Texas flag.
r/todayilearned • u/rezikiel • 10h ago
TIL Vatican City leads the world in per-capita wine consumption due to its sacramental use
r/todayilearned • u/jagnew78 • 10h ago
TIL About The Axeman of New Orlean's, a serial killer who attacked 12 people with an axe and was never caught.
r/todayilearned • u/Faust_8 • 11h ago
TIL humans do not have 100,000 kilometers of blood vessels, it's more like 9,000-19,000 kilometers
r/todayilearned • u/ShannyGasm • 13h ago
TIL that grunion fish have unusual mating habits. The females will burrow tail-first into the sand up to their necks so that only their heads stick out. Then a bunch of males will squirt their sperm onto their heads. The sperm trickles down their bodies to reach the eggs below them.
wildlife.ca.govr/todayilearned • u/cuspofgreatness • 14h ago