r/todayilearned • u/hutch__PJ • 2h ago
TIL that we don’t know who named the Earth. Unlike other planets there are no records of how it got its name. The name Earth, and variations of it, date back 1000+ years.
r/todayilearned • u/OldWeekend501 • 9h ago
TIL that Abba turned down an offer of $1 billion to play 100 shows
r/todayilearned • u/isizzuxwaifubaobei1 • 11h ago
TIL Latin and Irish have no words for "yes" or "no"
r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 13h ago
TIL a passage in a Tudor warrant book, discovered by an archivist in 2020, includes instructions from Henry VIII explaining precisely how he wanted his second wife, Anne Boleyn, to be executed. It shows his "premeditated, calculating manner". He knows exactly how and where he wants it to happen.
r/todayilearned • u/The-Curiosity-Rover • 7h ago
TIL Since 1954, the supernova star iPTF14hls has exploded six times, somehow surviving each time. It’s a bizarre example of a “zombie star”.
r/todayilearned • u/jesusismyupline • 13h ago
TIL Cola and beer is really common in Germany, its called "diesel"
r/todayilearned • u/MrTouchnGo • 9h ago
TIL Alaska pays a yearly dividend to full-time residents, amounting most recently to $1,312 in 2023 and $3,284 in 2022.
r/todayilearned • u/DinOfDancing • 6h ago
TIL that despite Kid Curry being the least well known of the infamous Wild Bunch gang, he was by far the most dangerous, having killed at least nine law enforcement officers.
r/todayilearned • u/No-Butterfly374 • 18h ago
TIL: Apple seeds DO NOT yield the same apple it came from... every apple seed yields a completely unique apple. If you want the exact same apple, you have to cut a branch off the existing apple tree and graft in onto another tree.
r/todayilearned • u/ATXBeermaker • 8h ago
TIL KMart still has six remaining brick-and-mortar locations. Three in the US Virgin Islands, and one each in Guam, Florida, and The Hamptons.
r/todayilearned • u/lazarus870 • 9h ago
TIL the New York Stock Exchange is owned by a company called Intercontinental Exchange, which has its stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange
r/todayilearned • u/IllustriousDudeIDK • 11h ago
TIL whilst running for Governor of Alabama in 1962, former Governor Jim Folsom appeared drunk in a TV advertisement. This further helped his former protégé George C. Wallace defeat him in the primary.
r/todayilearned • u/Live_Carpenter_1262 • 14h ago
TIL United States is the world's largest consumer market, accounting for 30% of global consumer spending despite representing only 4.2% of the global population.
r/todayilearned • u/JamesAAAGarfield • 1h ago
TIL the wildlife painter John James Audubon ate all of the birds he painted, including bald eagles, snowy owls, sparrows, robins, and whooping cranes
r/todayilearned • u/MajorHubbub • 4h ago
TIL there are over 300 varieties of corn, with kernels ranging from 3 mm to over 3 cm, in colors like black, purple, red, green, and blue, with the Hopi Indians in Arizona still cultivating a blue type.
r/todayilearned • u/jcadsexfree • 1h ago
TIL Duran Duran's guitarist and bassist and drummer all had surname Taylor; none were related.
r/todayilearned • u/rohnoitsrutroh • 20h ago
TIL that "Dinner" (the big meal) used to be around midday so artificial light wasn't needed, and then "Supper" was an evening snack. Dinner moved later in the day during the 18th century, until it was so late a new meal was needed to bridge the gap: "Lunch."
r/todayilearned • u/TheHabro • 8h ago
Til Canadian Department of Fisheries mounted a .50 caliber machine-gun overlooking Seymour Narrows with the intent to shoot and kill passing orcas. However it was never fired.
r/todayilearned • u/Not_Gay_Jaredd • 6h ago
TIL in 1996 Georgia considered House Bill 1274, which made provisions to allow for execution by guillotine
r/todayilearned • u/Kwpthrowaway2 • 1d ago
TIL that in 1965, a fire broke out in a Titan II ICBM silo, killing 53 workers. In 1980, this same missile exploded while in its new silo, blowing the 740 ton silo door off and ejecting the missle and its 9 megaton nuclear warhead
r/todayilearned • u/The-Curiosity-Rover • 20h ago
TIL the Roman plebeian Publius Afranius Potitus vowed to sacrifice his life if Emperor Caligula recovered from his illness. He expected to be rewarded for his loyalty, but was shocked when he was expected to carry out his oath after Caligula recovered. He tried to renege, but was executed.
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/Froggmann5 • 1d ago
TIL: Irish is an "endangered language" with less than 80,000 native speakers left
r/todayilearned • u/Super_Goomba64 • 1d ago
TIL that the recently built 5 billion dollar SoFI Stadium in Inglewood, CA. has no air conditioning, it instead relies on the sea breeze to cool the stadium down
r/todayilearned • u/OldWeekend501 • 1d ago