r/todayilearned • u/friends_at_dusk_ • 6h ago
TIL Franz Kafka held a lifelong belief that other people found him mentally and physically repulsive. In reality, many who met him found him to be handsome, intelligent, and possessing a good sense of humor.
r/todayilearned • u/mankls3 • 10h ago
TIL actress Chloe Bennet changed her name from Chloe Wang to avoid getting cast as only an ethnic Asian American. Bennet is her father's first name.
r/todayilearned • u/Flares117 • 10h ago
TIL: A study on gender and food identified significant statistical differences. Men strongly preferred meat while women prefer vegetables, chocolate, and whole grains. Men are hungry before dinner, while women are hungry in the morning and more likely to snack throughout the day. Men also eat faster
r/todayilearned • u/veganhimbo • 8h ago
TIL Gila Monster venom contains compounds structurally similar to the active ingredient in Ozempic, and this discovery directly lead to the development of all Semiglutide based medications
r/todayilearned • u/Successful_Wafer3099 • 7h ago
TIL that the largest destination for slaves during the Transatlantic Slave Trade was Brazil, with 38% of the roughly 10 million slaves trafficked being sent there.
r/todayilearned • u/Ainsley-Sorsby • 16h ago
TIL Giovanni Villani's chronicle documenting the history of Italy from ancient times until his contemporary 14th century ominously ends mid sentence as the author was describing the effects of the black death. The author himself also died of the plague
r/todayilearned • u/Fabulous_Sherbet_431 • 15h ago
TIL that Josef Mengele lived out the rest of his natural life in Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil, operating under the names José Mengele and later Wolfgang Gerhard.
r/todayilearned • u/KieranWriter • 10h ago
TIL Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin singer) had three children with his wife (at the time) Maureen Wilson before divorcing in 1983 and then had a child with Maureen's sister Shirley Wilson. Making his kids both cousins and siblings.
r/todayilearned • u/TertioRationem3 • 14h ago
TIL New Jersey almost made “Born to Run” the state song until its Senate realized the lyrics depicted a desire to leave New Jersey
r/todayilearned • u/Cultural_Magician105 • 10h ago
TIL ManO'War, considered one of the greatest racehorses in history was the father of triple crown winner War Admiral. Thru his daughters and grandaughter lineage came triple crown winners Seattle Slew and American Pharoah.
r/todayilearned • u/malarky-b • 8h ago
TIL Some humans are able to wiggle their ears; vestigial movements of muscles around the ear indicate the direction of sounds a person is paying attention to.
r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 4h ago
TIL after reviewing previous research & conducting a genetic analysis, a 2024 study found that two populations of orcas (resident & transient), should be recognized as separate species, distinct from both each other & the rest of orcas. Currently, all orcas are categorized as a single species.
r/todayilearned • u/video-kid • 13h ago
TIL that long-term comedy partners Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders - who both came from RAF families - lived at the same RAF camps as children, and even shared a best friend. Despite this, they didn't meet until they were in University.
r/todayilearned • u/Lasivian • 11h ago
TIL that Networks required the credits in Survivorman episodes to be 30 seconds long. Les Stroud didn't think this was long enough to appreciate his crew, he made them 45 seconds. The networks never noticed.
r/todayilearned • u/LeftNeck9994 • 1d ago
TIL skin cancer is 20 times more common in white people than black people
r/todayilearned • u/hquer • 14h ago
TIL about Fucking Hell. is a German pale lager, a Pilsner. It is named after Fucking, the previous name of the village of Fugging in Austria; hell is the German word for 'pale' and a typical description of this kind of beer. The beer's name was initially controversial
r/todayilearned • u/GarysCrispLettuce • 6h ago
TIL that the year before Spinal Tap was released, British comedians made their own mockumentary about a spoof heavy metal band called Bad News
r/todayilearned • u/Seekkae • 50m ago
TIL Fregoli syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise
en.wikipedia.orgr/todayilearned • u/IllustriousDudeIDK • 4h ago
TIL Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, the daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, lived up until 1990.
r/todayilearned • u/CurveOfTheUniverse • 16h ago
TIL about Lynne Redgrave, who is the only person to have been nominated for all of the 'Big Four' American entertainment awards (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, collectively known when all four have been won as "EGOT") – without winning any of them
r/todayilearned • u/Happyandbless • 4h ago
TIL Bananas glow blue under black lights.
nsf.govr/todayilearned • u/Greene_Mr • 13h ago
TIL the first "Doctor Who" story directed by a woman, Paddy Russell, called "The Massacre", about French Wars of Religion, has been completely missing since 1966.
r/todayilearned • u/bhlee0019 • 3h ago
TIL king James I of England had a samurai armor
r/todayilearned • u/Weekly_Book9030 • 17h ago