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09.03.202503:49
TIL about HENRY DARGER (1892-1973) a reclusive hospital janitor and dishwasher who led a secret life as a prolific visual artist and epic novelist. His vast collection of creative work was discovered in 1972 when his two-room apartment in Chicago was cleared out shortly before he died. [Source]
07.03.202502:49
TIL coconut water (the liquid inside a young coconut) has been used as a substitute for human blood plasma in emergency situations. It’s far from ideal but it can work. [Source]
14.02.202501:49
TIL In the Korean version of SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star's name is "뚱이" which simply translates to "fatty". [Source]
13.02.202522:49
TIL In 1909 then MP Winston Churchill was attacked and whipped by a suffragette. [Source]
13.02.202518:49
TIL in 1873, the US Supreme Court denied Myra Bradwell from practicing law. Some of the reasons were "would open the flood gates and many more women" and "Brutal cases would not be appropriate for a woman". [Source]
13.02.202500:49
TIL that 40% of the recruits in the Red Army in the 1920s had whip marks on their backs, a punishment used by boyars and landlords for rebellions caused by hunger. [Source]
09.03.202500:49
TIL that Oxford University existed before the Aztec Empire was founded [Source]
07.03.202501:49
TIL Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain is the only song credited to all 5 members because it was created from combinations of several previously rejected materials. [Source]
14.02.202500:49
TIL on the last episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, guest Tom Hanks used The Beatles' "Lovely Rita" as his walkout song, costing NBC $500,000. [Source]
13.02.202522:49
TIL that GameBoy and GameBoy Color cartridges have a watch battery inside of them to power the chip for savefiles. [Source]
13.02.202518:49
TIL during WW2, in order to prevent the Nazi’s from turning it into a base for U-Boats, The British invaded Iceland. There was only one casualty, a Royal Marine who committed suicide en route [Source]
10.02.202513:49
TIL that a loose checklist killed 11 soldiers. In 2015, a Greek F-16 crashed after takeoff, killing the crew and nine Frenchmen on the ground; 25 French, Italians, and Americans were injured. A checklist likely got jammed next to the yaw knob, causing the fighter to roll uncontrollably to the right. [Source]
09.03.202500:49
TIL IKEA’s founder, Ingvar Kamprad, had dyslexia, so he used Swedish names instead of numbers for products—making them easier to remember and now a signature part of the brand. [Source]
07.03.202501:49
TIL that fighter pilots sometimes hallucinate from G-forces, seeing things like glowing lights or tunnels that don’t exist. [Source]
13.02.202523:49
TIL Kathleen Caronna was in a month-long coma after a Thanksgiving Day parade float knocked a lamppost onto her head in 1997. She bought a nice apartment with the settlement money and 9 years later, Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed his plane into her high rise and the engine landed in her bedroom. [Source]
13.02.202521:49
TIL the original Machine Gun Kelly was a gangster and bootlegger in the 1920's. His most famous crime was kidnapping oil tycoon Charles F. Urschel, whom he and his gang exchanged for nearly $5 million ransom in today's money. [Source]
13.02.202503:33
TIL Google’s 2004 IPO used a Dutch auction, where investors bid the highest price they’re willing to pay, and everyone gets shares at the lowest price that clears all available stock (the market-clearing price). [Source]
10.02.202511:49
TIL a man was awarded $412 million against a men's health clinic that misdiagnosed him with erectile dysfunction & unnecessarily gave him 3 penile injections a week to treat it, which caused irreversible damage. It's the largest amount ever awarded by a jury in the US in a medical malpractice case. [Source]
08.03.202522:49
TIL of Luigi Galvani, an 18th-century Italian scientist, discovered "animal electricity" when he observed frog legs twitching in response to metal probes. [Source]
07.03.202501:49
TIL that back in 1916 you could buy a home through Sears for as little as $600. [Source]
13.02.202523:49
TIL “Aqua Dots” were recalled for containing a chemical that metabolizes to the controlled substance GHB when ingested [Source]
13.02.202519:49
TIL that Westminster Palace, the home of both Chambers of British Parliament is home to no less than 30 bars that are subsidized by the taxpayers [Source]
13.02.202501:49
TIL edible gold is a particular type of real gold authorized by the European Union and the United States as a food additive, under the code E 175. It is used in haute cuisine as part of a trend towards extravagance in meals. It has to be pure, to avoid any type of infections or perils for the body. [Source]
09.02.202505:49
TIL Washington State's admission to the union was delayed because the governor forgot to sign the state constitution. [Source]
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