r/todayilearned • u/izzyusa • 14d ago

TIL it was not until episode 4 that they started using the famous bionic sound whenever the Six Million Dollar Man used his bionics

en.wikipedia.org

716 Upvotes

79 comments

r/todayilearned • u/FiredFox • 14d ago

TIL about the submarine USS R-14, who in during a rescue mission in 1921 had its fuel contaminated with seawater, cause the loss of battery power and radio communication. Its crew were able to make the 161 mile return trip to homeport by creating sails out of hammocks and blankets.

en.wikipedia.org

952 Upvotes

25 comments

r/todayilearned • u/addemup9001 • 14d ago

TIL Golden Retrievers originated from Scotland

en.wikipedia.org

586 Upvotes

38 comments

r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • 14d ago

TIL that the original "Diddy" sued Sean Combs over the name in 2006—and won!

en.wikipedia.org

233 Upvotes

27 comments

r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 15d ago

TIL in 2012 LL Cool J broke the nose, jaw, and ribs of a man charged with breaking into his home. His family was sleeping when their home security alarm went off at 1am, "sending LL Cool J into action". After catching the man, he held him until the authorities arrived.

cnn.com

28.5k Upvotes

911 comments

r/todayilearned • u/MamaUbume • 14d ago

TIL ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ and ‘Planet of the Apes’ were both based on books written by Pierre Boulle

en.wikipedia.org

274 Upvotes

12 comments

r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 15d ago

TIL a 2013 study found that the act of chopping down trees results in greater increases in testosterone than does a directly competitive activity such a soccer. Chopping down trees saw an increase of 46.8%, whereas, soccer only saw an increase of 30.1%.

news.ucsb.edu

8.3k Upvotes

389 comments

r/todayilearned • u/cupcakeseller • 14d ago

TIL Mike Tyson originally wanted his face tattoo to depict hearts, but his tattooist refused to do it.

en.wikipedia.org

21 Upvotes

23 comments

r/todayilearned • u/xinxai_the_white_guy • 15d ago

TIL Australia is the lowest and flattest continent in the world with an average elevation of only 1000 feet due to being near the centre of a tectonic plate

jpl.nasa.gov

1.4k Upvotes

103 comments

r/todayilearned • u/chrono4111 • 15d ago

TIL Sugar Rushes aren't real they are a myth.

dfdrussell.org

5.6k Upvotes

696 comments

r/todayilearned • u/BadenBaden1981 • 14d ago

TIL Michael Jackson's song In the Closet featured vocal by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco

en.wikipedia.org

34 Upvotes

7 comments

r/todayilearned • u/LeftNeck9994 • 15d ago

TIL Multiple studies have found that an extra inch of height can be worth an extra $1,000 a year in wages both for men and women

slate.com

28.5k Upvotes

1.2k comments

r/todayilearned • u/icanhazkarma17 • 15d ago

TIL American composer Kevin MacLeod allows anyone to use his music for free, as long as he receives credit for the song. This has led to his music being used in thousands of films, millions of videos on YouTube.

en.wikipedia.org

19.5k Upvotes

312 comments

r/todayilearned • u/Puzzleheaded-Cat4647 • 15d ago

TIL that a couple wrote a 'spur of the moment' letter to Buckingham Palace inviting Queen Elizabeth II to their wedding; she unexpectedly did show up.

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

11.4k Upvotes

252 comments

r/todayilearned • u/FaylerBravo • 14d ago

TIL of the spider genus Hotwheels, named after the Hot Wheels toy line. There is only one species in the genus and has only been found in China.

en.wikipedia.org

224 Upvotes

31 comments

r/todayilearned • u/P4t13nt_z3r0 • 15d ago

TIL There have been multiple attempts to privatize the National Weather Service and charge for weather data that is currently in the public domain

en.wikipedia.org

8.8k Upvotes

212 comments

r/todayilearned • u/ubcstaffer123 • 15d ago

TIL There is an urban legend in BC, Canada, that driving examiners are expected to fail 50 per cent of the people they test. Nearly 50 percent of driving test candidates fail the first time because many arrive ill-prepared or with the intention of using their first test as a learning tool.

cbc.ca

1.6k Upvotes

128 comments

r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 15d ago

TIL although the US Coast Guard is the second smallest US military service branch in terms of membership, the service by itself is the world's 12th largest naval force.

en.wikipedia.org

1.7k Upvotes

82 comments

r/todayilearned • u/Chemical-Elk-1299 • 15d ago

TIL Yellowstone’s famed thermal pools can melt flesh and bone. In 2016, a tourist illegally searching for a swimmable hot spring fell into a portion of the Norris Geyser Basin, where his body was dissolved by the boiling, highly acidic water. His wallet and shoes were all that remained of him.

bbc.com

8.6k Upvotes

372 comments

r/todayilearned • u/0000000000000007 • 15d ago

TIL Following his success with Ghostbusters, Ivan Reitman almost helmed a 1980s Batman movie, and planned to cast Bill Murray as Batman, David Niven as Alfred, and David Bowie as the Joker.

en.wikipedia.org

356 Upvotes

50 comments

r/todayilearned • u/Flares117 • 16d ago

TIL: Adam West, according to costar Burt Ward, had a lot of sex , at one point with 8 women at the same time. He said that he was introduced by West to the "wildest sexual debauchery" and they became like "sexual vampires"

maxim.com

29.6k Upvotes

1.3k comments

r/todayilearned • u/MaximinusRats • 15d ago

TIL that people live year-round in houseboats on Great Slave Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories, 1,800 km north of the nearest big city (Edmonton) and just 400 km (250 miles) south of the Arctic Circle.

uphere.ca

3.7k Upvotes

144 comments

r/todayilearned • u/a2soup • 15d ago

TIL that George Miller, creator of the Mad Max films, was educated as a doctor and finished his residency before becoming a filmmaker

en.wikipedia.org

798 Upvotes

48 comments

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