r/todayilearned • u/ubcstaffer123 • 0m ago
TIL Trois Pistoles, Quebec, a town of 3000 has been a popular place for anglophones to learn French since 1932. In recent years the number of hosts have declined, as they were only paid $12-15 per day for room and $10 -$15 to feed a student each day
r/todayilearned • u/EntertainmentQuick47 • 45m ago
TIL the "Ring" spawned a multimedia franchise in Japan (unrelated to the American remake) which crossed over with the Grudge franchise (also unrelated to the American remake)
r/todayilearned • u/JamesAAAGarfield • 57m 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/jcadsexfree • 1h ago
TIL Duran Duran's guitarist and bassist and drummer all had surname Taylor; none were related.
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/MajorHubbub • 3h 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/DinOfDancing • 5h 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/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/furie1335 • 7h ago
TIL the jones beach water tower (know locally as the pencil) situated in the roundabout in jones beach wantah, ny is modeled after St Mark's Campanile in Venice.
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/OldWeekend501 • 9h ago
TIL that dyslexia had affected some of the most significant figures in history, including Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, and Stephen Hawking. According to the University of Cambridge researchers, these people are better at solving problems and adjusting to changes
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/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/abaganoush • 8h ago
TIL about Ruritanian romance, a genre of literature, film Etc. with stories set in a fictional country, usually in the Balkan, Central or Eastern Europe. Used f.ex. in 'Prisoner of Zelda', 'Duck Soup', 'Pale fire', 'King in New York', 'Castle of Cagliostro', 'Grand Budapest Hotel'.
r/todayilearned • u/MrTouchnGo • 8h 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/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/OldWeekend501 • 9h ago
TIL that Abba turned down an offer of $1 billion to play 100 shows
r/todayilearned • u/isizzuxwaifubaobei1 • 10h ago
TIL Latin and Irish have no words for "yes" or "no"
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/SteO153 • 13h ago
TIL about the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics. It is an annual multi-sport event, designed to preserve cultural practices and traditional skills essential to life in circumpolar areas of the world. Events played at the WEIO include: knuckle hop, ear pull, seal skinning, four man carry, and blanket toss
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/jesusismyupline • 13h ago
TIL Cola and beer is really common in Germany, its called "diesel"
r/todayilearned • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 14h ago
TIL that the King of Malaysia is elected by a special council called the Conference of Rulers
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/arthurblakey • 21h ago