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TIL that in Home Alone’s (1990) fake gangster movie “Angels with Filthy Souls”, Johnny and Snakes were originally cast the other way around — but because Ralph ...

screenrant.com·28w·r/todayilearned

TIL that donating blood plasma can significantly reduce the levels of PFAs/forever chemicals in your blood

theguardian.com·28w·r/todayilearned

TIL that Ancient Egyptians and Nubians drank large quantities of beer containing an antibiotic, tetracycline, not discovered by modern scientists until 1948.

nbcnews.com·28w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

TIL Lil Nas X's song "Old Town Road" samples "34 Ghosts IV" by Nine Inch Nails. The producer never intended for the sample to be used for a country song and had...

en.wikipedia.org·28w·r/todayilearned

TIL of the Kīlauea lava cricket. Endemic to the island of Hawai'i, the cricket is the first creature to appear on recently cooled lava flows from the island's v...

en.wikipedia.org·28w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

TIL in 2011, Family Radio spent over $100 million to spread the word that the rapture would take place on May 21, 2011. On May 23, the organization announced th...

en.wikipedia.org·28w·r/todayilearned

TIL that a U.S. ship captain wrecked off the Sahara in 1815 was captured, enslaved, marched across the desert with almost no food or water, and lived to write a...

en.wikipedia.org·28w·r/todayilearned

TIL that the “cool S,” a common symbol in graffiti and children’s doodles since the 1980s, was trademarked in 2020. The trademark holder had no hand in the symb...

en.wikipedia.org·28w·r/todayilearned

TIL about 'the Harrying of the North', a brutal military campaign waged by William the Conqueror to suppress rebellions in northern England. His scorched-earth ...

en.wikipedia.org·28w·r/todayilearned

TIL Canadian hockey player Duncan MacPherson disappeared in 1989, and his frozen body was only found 14 years later inside a glacier.

en.wikipedia.org·28w·r/todayilearned

TIL in 2002 a cave diver committed suicide by stabbing himself during a cave diving trip near Split, Croatia. Due to the nature of his death, it was initially i...

en.wikipedia.org·28w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

TIL the video game, Cyberpunk 2077, has been admitted into the New York Museum of Failures after its catastrophic, bug-filled, launch

gamingbible.com·29w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

TIL George Washington borrowed "The Law of Nations" from the New York Society Library & never returned it. In 2010, the head librarian joked that, though they w...

rd.com·29w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

TIL Bill Wilson of AA fame asked for whiskey several times on his deathbed, but was refused.

snopes.com·29w·r/todayilearned

TIL Bruce Willis was offered $3 million (for four days of work) to return in The Expendables 3 (2014), but turned it down because he wanted $4 million instead. ...

hollywoodreporter.com·29w·r/todayilearned

TIL in 1930 more than 65% of the US population went to the movies weekly. That means that out of every 5 people someone knew, 3 of them went out to the movies e...

cinemablend.com·29w·r/todayilearned

TIL that although rare, a specific type of protein in your brain can fold the wrong way, causing a chain reaction that leads to a Prion Disease. An incurable , ...

hopkinsmedicine.org·29w·r/todayilearned

TIL Bugs bunny was a parody of actor Clark Gabel in the movie It Happened One Night. His character loved snacking on carrots, which is the only reason bugs bunn...

mentalfloss.com·29w·r/todayilearned

TIL on the Russian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, audiences intentionally provide the wrong answer so often that contestants rarely use the 'ask the ...

thesocietypages.org·29w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

TIL that one requirement for Swiss citizenship is to be familiar with different types of Swiss cheeses and their places of origin. In 2018, a British man who ra...

swissinfo.ch·29w·r/todayilearned

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