Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/zahrul3 on 2025-02-17 06:32:33.

Original Title: TIL that three Leicester City players including the son of its former manager created a scandal that involved taping an orgy in Bangkok with local prostitutes before the seasons' start. The replacement manager then went on to win the Premier League as extreme underdogs at 5000/1 odds.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jarojajan on 2025-02-17 05:56:59.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Particular-Ruin-6824 on 2025-02-17 05:34:49.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/DesertSunJunkie on 2025-02-17 02:00:13.

Original Title: TIL that absinthe consumption was so prevalent in France, and debilitating, that France's insane asylums more than doubled (57%) their populations in ten years chiefly due to "The Destroyer, "Green Demon," "Green Fiend," "Green Peril, "Green Damnation," "Green Terror."

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Lu__ma on 2025-02-17 00:51:11.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GDW312 on 2025-02-16 22:57:51.

Original Title: TIL that Equatorial Guinea’s first president, Francisco Macías Nguema, led a brutal regime that may have killed tens of thousands and reduced life expectancy to 30 years before being overthrown and executed in 1979.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/thisCantBeBad on 2025-02-16 22:33:15.

Original Title: TIL that the film Top Gun: Maverick was actively supported and influenced by the United States Department of Defense and the United States Navy to present the U.S. military in a positive light and aid in recruitment and retention.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/aim179 on 2025-02-16 22:17:17.

Original Title: TIL about Phyllis Wheatley. She was an enslaved woman, and a published poet. She sent Washington a poem, in which she advocated for the equality of all men, regardless of race. He wrote her back and extended an invitation to visit him.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-02-16 21:51:11.

Original Title: TIL that Lea Salonga is the only actress to have provided the singing voice for two Disney princesses: Jasmine in Aladdin (1992) and Mulan (1998). The speaking voices for these characters were provided by Linda Larkin (Jasmine) and Ming-Na Wen (Mulan).

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CupidStunt13 on 2025-02-16 20:08:36.

Original Title: TIL the NFL did a game in 1980 with no announcers based on a plan by Don Ohlmeyer. They made up for it with more pictures and graphics than ever before. Extra mics were added for sound, catching the varied background noise. They also asked the PA announcer to be more active and embellish his calls

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2025-02-16 18:20:43.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/DumplingsOrElse on 2025-02-16 18:10:12.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/xanniballl on 2025-02-16 17:53:52.

Original Title: TIL in the weeks leading up to D-Day, due to the enormous stress he was under, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was smoking six packs of cigarettes, drinking 24 cups of coffee, and averaging two hours of sleep every day

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/instantramen86 on 2025-02-16 17:38:18.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/trey0824 on 2025-02-16 16:56:06.

Original Title: TIL in ‘22 Jim Carrey considered retiring from acting, and producers confirmed they wouldn’t recast Robotnik if he did. But they hoped to entice him with a great script. Carrey requested it be written in gold. In ‘24 Carrey confirmed his return for Sonic 3. Fowler joked the 24k ink script cost $100k

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Capital_Tailor_7348 on 2025-02-16 15:21:54.

Original Title: TIL about ''execution of nine relations'' from china in which a criminal's spouse, kids, grandkids, parents, grandparents ,cousins, aunts and uncles, inlaws would all be killed. Usually only used in cases of treason though sometimes this was used for crimes as mundane as libel.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-02-16 15:14:23.

Original Title: TIL in 2022 an 18-yr-old student, who did genealogical research as a hobby, cracked the unsolved 1964 murder of a 9-yr-old girl in Hazleton, PA. He researched for 18 months & created 50 complete family trees to find a connection to Hazleton which eventually led him to zero in on culprit James Forte

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/stonebridge0 on 2025-02-16 14:45:03.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/FishieChippie on 2025-02-16 13:19:17.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/seboll13 on 2025-02-16 10:54:56.

Original Title: TIL that Seoul (Gimpo) - Jeju is the busiest passenger air route (domestic and international) in the world offering more than 14 million seats yearly. This corresponds to approximately 130 flights per day which yields about one flight every 6-7 minutes on any working day.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/221missile on 2025-02-16 06:35:05.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/DeadLoom on 2025-02-16 12:54:30.

Original Title: TIL that during WWII, the U.S. military developed bat bombs to burn Japanese cities by attaching tiny incendiary devices to bats. During a trial run, the bats escaped and accidentally burned down a U.S. Army airfield.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Turbulent_Click_964 on 2025-02-16 12:52:50.

Original Title: TIL Christian slater donated his entire salary from the film Interview with the vampire to all of river phoenix’s favorite charities. The role was originally supposed to go to River before he passed in (1993)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CobraChickensUnited on 2025-02-16 12:25:34.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-02-16 10:11:08.

Original Title: TIL A latin teacher incited 3 of his students to assassinate the cruel Duke of Milan, an act they've been groomed for since childhood. Instead of being hailed as heroes, one was killed by the crowd, and one killed by a guard after he run towards a group of women and got tangled in their clothing