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TIL that Rebecca Black, the creator of the infamous 2011 song Friday, not only still makes videos but has also drastically changed her style and presentation, such as dressing differently and switching to the genre hyperpop.
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/vancouver_reader • 3h ago
TIL The body associates quality non-alcoholic beer with the flavour and smell with full-strength beer. This leads it to produce dopamine, giving you the same feelings of reward as full-strength beer
steadydrinker.comr/todayilearned • u/HauntedFossil • 14h ago
TIL Aztecs felt a responsibility to sacrificed everyday, letting blood and cutting hearts to keep the sun in motion. Those sacrificed thought they would come back as hummingbirds.
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TIL that Prince Philip's 'affectionate' nickname for queen Elizabeth was 'cabbage.'
townandcountrymag.comr/todayilearned • u/greenmeat3 • 4h ago
TIL there is a place in Alberta Canada called Bad Heart, which used to be called Wicked River
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/WouldbeWanderer • 1d ago
TIL about Nicole Camphaug, a Canadian Inuk fashion designer who promotes Inuit culture by creating contemporary Inuit fashion items. A pair of her sealskin high-heeled shoes are held at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto.
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/12a357sdf • 16h ago
TIL Royal Blue, a messenger pigeon of King George IV, later on would get a medal in World War II.
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TIL that dandelions are edible and are actually really nutritious and can be eaten raw
health.clevelandclinic.orgr/todayilearned • u/wendalltwolf • 2h ago
TIL - The Airbus A380 has flown on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel made from cooking oil and waste fats. The flight lasted 3 hours and used only 1 engine.
airbus.comr/todayilearned • u/justatheery • 3h ago
TIL the word "jumbo" comes from the name of a famous giant elephant in P.T. Barnum's touring 19th century circus. Jumbo was killed by a train at age 24, supposedly while saving the life of Tom Thumb, a younger elephant.
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/dive-buddy • 14h ago
TIL there are 21 sovereign states that do not have an official army
factsinstitute.comr/todayilearned • u/mejaness • 13h ago
TIL The first military plane ever was used in 1909 and had 40 hp.
airandspace.si.edur/todayilearned • u/GentPc • 13h ago
TIL That the term 'Jadotville Jack' was used to describe members of A Company 35th Batallion Irish Army. The term was in reference to the unit's forced surrender after a siege from a numerically superior mercenary force and the Irish government/UN's refusal to decorate any survivors of the battle.
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TIL about cold reading, a technique used by mediums and psychics in which the reader, through strategic questioning, gets the subject to reveal information, and through clever psychology convinces them the information actually came from the reader rather than themselves.
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/Darthsexi • 5h ago
TIL A Brinks Trucks driver, Joseph Trombino was hit in the head with a bullet, survived the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing and died during September 11th. All while working for Brinks.
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TIL El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel was sentenced to 3 years in prison for assisting her husband in his criminal enterprise. A minimum sentence of 10 years was originally planned. Government rumours assure her cooperation. Her life is now at risk, as the cartel does not forgive traitors or suspectes.
theguardian.comr/todayilearned • u/marmorset • 13h ago
TIL about the Sumela Monastery. Built nearly 4,000 feet up the side of a cliff, it was founded in the 300s. Destroyed and rebuilt several times, mostly during the Byzantine Era, it was emptied and abandoned in the 1920s. Taken over by the Turkish government it has been restored for tourism.
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/radiocleve • 6h ago
TIL the first indoor mall in the US was opened in 1955 in Wisconsin
postcrescent.comr/todayilearned • u/Nantashilikestodraw • 4h ago
TIL Celine Dion once said she got along more with older children and adults while as a child, preferring to not go to school due to being bullied; her brother would eventually introduce 12-year-old Celine to 38-year-old Rene, who would be her career manager and eventual husband.
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/kinbeat • 17h ago
TIL that cannabis and hops both belong to the same family, Cannabaceae.
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TIL: The USA Declared the Marianas trench a National monument
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/whycurseonme • 3h ago
TIL that an average wind turbine produces enough energy to power 940 average U.S. homes
techobservatory.comr/todayilearned • u/ButtholeBanquets • 14h ago
TIL that the last American pilot to become an ace (score 5 or more air-to-air combat kills) was Richard Stephen Richie. He scored his 5th kill in August, 1972. Since him, no American pilot has more than 3 kills.
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/gzhawk • 2h ago