Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/3rdthrow on 2024-12-24 03:52:41.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2024-12-24 03:34:57.

Original Title: TIL that the 1904 Olympics were originally awarded to Chicago. But St. Louis, which was hosting the World’s Fair that year, threatened to undermine the Olympics with an even bigger sports competition. Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, then moved the games to St. Louis.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Cursedbythedicegods on 2024-12-24 03:32:21.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/gonejahman on 2024-12-24 03:07:45.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Super_Goomba64 on 2024-12-24 03:01:23.

Original Title: TIL Due to signing their merchandise deal late, Kenner sold the first four Star Wars figures in a empty box for Christmas 1977, it had a mail in rebate so you would receive your four figures by February 1978.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/UhvatarKyoshi on 2024-12-24 02:58:25.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Nema_K on 2024-12-24 02:53:44.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Kintpuash-of-Kush on 2024-12-24 00:28:38.

Original Title: TIL in 1924 French colonists deliberately introduced an insect to Madagascar in order to kill off plants which native pastoralists used as food and animal feed - leading to a famine which killed hundreds and displaced thousands, but cleared land and made labor available for French sugar plantations

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ktrisha514 on 2024-12-23 17:06:41.

Original Title: TIL: The first computer virus, "Creeper," was created in 1971 as an experiment. It displayed the message, "I'M THE CREEPER: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!" on infected systems. It was followed by the first antivirus, "Reaper," specifically designed to remove Creeper.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/OmegaLiquidX on 2024-12-24 01:58:29.

Original Title: TIL of "su filindeu" ("Threads of God"), a pasta so intricate it's considered one of the rarest pastas in the world. Made by only three women on Earth, attempts by others to recreate the techniques involved in its creation have proven impossible.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Solember on 2024-12-24 01:42:06.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/goronmask on 2024-12-24 01:11:39.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/letseatnudels on 2024-12-24 00:49:34.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/DissonantOne on 2024-12-23 23:06:00.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/thisCantBeBad on 2024-12-23 22:19:21.

Original Title: TIL that the 1962 space-age pop album Latin-esque was recorded with halves of the orchestra in a different studio, separated by almost a city block. It was done to enhance the album's stereo effect, to achieve an exaggerated spatial image.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/bluebird7 on 2024-12-23 22:03:55.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Elijah-Joyce-Weather on 2024-12-23 21:26:15.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/BlamaRama on 2024-12-23 20:23:21.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/guiporto32 on 2024-12-23 19:36:01.

Original Title: TIL the Titanic had an official mascot: a cat named Jenny, which gave birth to kittens one week before the ship began its maiden voyage. She lived in the ship's galley, was fed by the crew and did not survive the sinking.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Chemical_Leopard6588 on 2024-12-23 18:06:09.

Original Title: TIL:Phillip Lenard,a Nobel Prize winner for his work on cathode rays was a fierce German nationalist.Under the Nazi regime,he was made the "Chief of Aryan Physics".Lenard's fervent support for Hitler made him launch malicious attacks directed towards Einstein and Roentgen.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TunaSaladLover on 2024-12-23 17:30:22.

Original Title: TIL some types of fig require a special breed of wasp to pollinate the females fruits. The female wasp crawls inside through a hole so narrow that she loses her wings in the process and becomes trapped. The fig produces an enzyme that digests this wasp completely, so the crunchy bits are just seeds

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Same_Huckleberry_122 on 2024-12-23 15:22:28.

Original Title: TIL that when the 33-story Book-Cadillac Hotel opened on December 8, 1924, it became both Detroit's and the world's tallest hotel. The hotel was built by brothers J. Burgess, Frank, and Herbert Book, who were on a mission to turn Detroit's Washington Boulevard into the "Fifth Avenue of the West."

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Elven77AI on 2024-12-23 09:01:59.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CreeperRussS on 2024-12-23 08:44:26.

Original Title: TIL That American actor John Wayne was asked to be the running mate for Democratic Alabama Governor George Wallace, who had been nominated for President by the American Independent Party for the 1968 election, however, he immediately declined.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/playhacker on 2024-12-23 02:09:35.