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TIL that during the cremation process of a 500 pound body, the corpse was so obese that it set the crematorium on fire.

miamiherald.com·23w·r/todayilearned

TIL in 2014 an Indian news anchor was fired after refering xi jinping as "eleven" jinping on tv

bbc.com·23w·r/todayilearned

TIL that Hidetaka Miyazaki, creator of Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Dark Souls, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, is self-professed to “absolutely suck at video games.”...

ign.com·23w·r/todayilearned

TIL it's illegal to sell permanent markers in NYC to minors under 18, to prevent vandalism.

nyc.gov·23w·r/todayilearned

TIL movie trailers were named “trailers” because they originally played after the movie; they trail, hence they were at the end

cbsnews.com·23w·r/todayilearned

TIL the youngest mother in history, who gave birth at the age of 5, is still alive today at 92 years old.

en.wikipedia.org·23w·r/todayilearned

TIL that between 1697 and 1698, Tsar Peter the Great of Russia travelled incognito to Western Europe under the alias "Peter Mikhailov" to gain knowledge of thei...

en.wikipedia.org·24w·r/todayilearned

r/todayilearned - TIL in 2023 a man's wife had their $250,000 car stolen. As they owned an airplane banner business, they decided to fly one saying "St...

insideedition.com·906w·r/todayilearned

TIL most heavyweight boxers clock in with a punching power of around 1200-1700 PSI, which is 10x stronger than an average person. Mike Tyson, renowned for his "...

collider.com·24w·r/todayilearned

TIL that the British royal family owns a postage stamp collection worth £100 million

en.wikipedia.org·24w·r/todayilearned

TIL that the deadliest incident involving trains happened when the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hit an overloaded train carrying upwards of 1700 passengers in Sri ...

en.wikipedia.org·24w·r/todayilearned

TIL John F. Kennedy, who grew up in an affluent household in the 1920s, admitted he only learned about the Great Depression from the books he read at Harvard.

millercenter.org·24w·r/todayilearned

TIL that Egypt banned all of Marilyn Monroe’s films after she converted to Judaism in order to marry Arthur Miller — and later unbanned them once the couple div...

en.wikipedia.org·24w·r/todayilearned

TIL that during the "fantasy comedy" era of the 1960s, NBC debuted a show called "My Mother the Car", which features a deceased mother reincarnated as an antiqu...

en.wikipedia.org·24w·r/todayilearned

TIL Oscar voters now must watch every nominated film in a category before casting a vote, no more voting based on buzz or hype

variety.com·24w·r/todayilearned

TIL in 2015 mixed martial artist Yang Jian Bing died due to dehydration when weight-cutting for a fight put on by ONE Championship. Later that month, ONE Champi...

en.wikipedia.org·24w·r/todayilearned

TIL that the most expensive video game ever made is Monopoly Go!, almost entirely due to its $1 billion marketing budget

en.wikipedia.org·24w·r/todayilearned

TIL there is a neighborhood in the city of Cândido Godói, Brazil, where 1 in 10 births yields twins. This is an unusually high rate. Although the exact cause fo...

en.wikipedia.org·24w·r/todayilearned

TIL about the Mass Transit Incident, where a 17 year old lied about his age to be allowed to participate in a hardcore wrestling match and was later sent to the...

en.wikipedia.org·24w·r/todayilearned

TIL that in 2008, graduating seniors at a small town high school in Gloucester, MA., decided to hold a sleepover in celebration, resulting in 17 pregnancies and...

theguardian.com·24w·r/todayilearned

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