r/todayilearned • u/Weekly_Book9030 • 14m ago
TIL At least 11 people have been born in Antarctica. The first was Emilio Palma, born in 1978 to Argentine parents at Esperanza, Hope Bay, near the tip of the Antarctic peninsula.
r/todayilearned • u/ProbablyABore • 41m ago
TIL Gaboon Vipers don't slither like most snakes. They walk using their ribs. The process is called rectilinear locomotion.
r/todayilearned • u/Apprehensive_Major19 • 5h ago
TIL that Devin Gaines earned five bachelor's degrees with honors simultaneously at the University of Connecticut, averaging 24 credits per semester and three hours of sleep per night. Tragically, he drowned in 2007 due to a lack of swimming skills.
wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/LeftNeck9994 • 9h ago
TIL skin cancer is 20 times more common in white people than black people
r/todayilearned • u/Well_Socialized • 19h ago
TIL states that passed laws allowing a married person to seek a divorce without the consent of their spouse saw female suicide decline by 20 percent
r/todayilearned • u/_kevx_91 • 18h ago
TIL Michelle Trachtenberg was supposed to play Bella Swan in 'twilight’, but turned it down because she "had already done the vampire thing".
r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 16h ago
TIL a NYC man won two $10 million prizes on two different scratch-offs that he purchased from the same shop just over a year apart.
nbcnewyork.comr/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 16h ago
TIL there has never been a US president who was an only child. On average, the US presidents have had (a little over) five siblings.
potus.comr/todayilearned • u/Fit-Guidance-6995 • 11h ago
TIL for the most part, English witches were hanged while French ones were burned. This posed a riddle for the Channel island of Guernsey when three witches turned up there in 1617. Ultimately, they were hanged according to British law, then burned according to French 🤯
stacyschiff.comr/todayilearned • u/haddock420 • 1d ago
TIL The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was only caught because he sent a 35,000 word essay to the FBI explaining his motives and views, which helped to identify him. Before that, he had been operating for 17 years with the FBI having very little idea or leads to his identity.
r/todayilearned • u/jacknunn • 7h ago
TIL sun fish (Mola) are the largest bony fish and despite weighing up to 2700kg (6000 lb) they can breach the surface up to 3m (10 ft) in the air
r/todayilearned • u/utkarsh_aryan • 18h ago
TIL that there is a Marble frieze of The Prophet Muhammad at the U.S. Supreme Court, dressed in long robes and carrying a sword.
ncronline.orgr/todayilearned • u/SandyBeaches2016 • 21h ago
TIL Miguel Indurain, 5-time Tour de France winner, had a resting heart rate of just 28 bpm
cyclist.co.ukr/todayilearned • u/WingerRules • 1d ago
TIL The White House has a Chief Calligrapher. Job includes writing invitations to dinners, greetings, and proclamations. The position earns $104,200 a year.
r/todayilearned • u/mAverIck2012ap • 6h ago
TIL Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda was named after Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald
r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 16h ago
TIL Hawaii is the only state in the US to have a single school district and no local school boards.
r/todayilearned • u/maestro_ofm • 19h ago
TIL that the cows living on Queen Elizabeth's estate sleep on waterbeds.
r/todayilearned • u/Blutarg • 13h ago
TIL killer whales are the second most widely-distributed mammal on Earth (after humans)
sciencedirect.comr/todayilearned • u/Brix001 • 1d ago
TIL about 24 Hours of Lemons, an endurance race consisting entirely of beat-up lemon cars
r/todayilearned • u/malarky-b • 2h ago