Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Nislregen on 2025-02-10 11:14:49.

Original Title: TIL that Socrates' famous quote about the misbehaving youth in ancient greece originates from a dissertation of a Cambridge student in 1907. Kenneth John Freeman wrote about education in ancient greece and his work wasn't properly cited afterwards.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-02-10 10:58:36.

Original Title: 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.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-10 10:48:29.

Original Title: 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.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-10 10:36:26.

Original Title: TIL that ATMs are robbed with explosives. Criminals fill machines with propane or acetylene then ignite the gas, or use external bombs. Germany (where 60% of attacks succeed) is Europe's #1 target; landlords don't like to lease to banks with ATMs, because blowing them up endangers other tenants.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-10 10:20:50.

Original Title: TIL that Wells Fargo's stagecoach is not an advertising gimmick. It began in 1852 as both a bank and shipping company for the new US state of California. Wells Fargo owned stagecoach lines, carried mail, and operated part of the Pony Express.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/314159265358979326 on 2025-02-10 06:22:07.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2025-02-10 05:36:57.

Original Title: TIL: A study from the UK, from that surfers are 3x more likely to have a unique antibiotic-resistant bacteria due to how much fecal matter they unknowingly ingest from UK seawater. They study did this through butt swabs from participants. It also highlights how dirty UK seawater is.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-02-10 04:32:44.

Original Title: TIL an analysis found it took students 43 hours & adults 94 hours (on avg) for two acquaintances to turn into casual friends. Students needed 57 hours to transition from casual friends to friends; adults 164 hours. For students, friends became good/best friends after 119 hours; adults about 219 hrs.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/IndianMamba1224 on 2025-02-10 03:16:15.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/nighteye56 on 2025-02-10 02:34:39.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/geekteam6 on 2025-02-10 02:24:32.

Original Title: TIL a think tank says the NFL can't actually legally enforce their warning, "Any other use of this telecast or any pictures, descriptions, or accounts of the game without the NFL's consent is prohibited.”

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/LorenzoApophis on 2025-02-10 01:52:10.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Status-Reindeer-5491 on 2025-02-10 01:08:08.

Original Title: TIL: mRNA was first tested in the 1990s, but a 2005 breakthrough made it stable for medical use.Early attempts failed as mRNA degraded too quickly. In 2005, scientists developed lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to protect it, enabling new medical applications

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/sorayanelle on 2025-02-10 00:30:17.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/drmobitz1 on 2025-02-09 23:49:36.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ultimintree on 2025-02-09 23:35:47.

Original Title: TIL that there's a lake in Australia, which was named 'Lake Disappointment' by the explorer Frank Hann, because he was expecting to find a large fresh water lake. In November 2020, Kumpupintil Lake was formally approved by the Western Australian Government agency Landgate as the official name.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/rollsyrollsy on 2025-02-09 23:02:59.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Dashing_MacHandsome on 2025-02-09 21:59:32.

Original Title: TIL that when Indianapolis attempted to relocate Greenlawn Cemetery in 1899, they discovered that most of the graves had been robbed. The bodies were likely stolen for use as dissection subjects at local medical schools.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/alligatorprincess007 on 2025-02-09 21:44:47.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/MrDNL on 2025-02-09 20:52:28.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ProudReaction2204 on 2025-02-09 20:17:36.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/AndriyMa on 2025-02-09 19:20:48.

Original Title: TIL Ireland holds the world’s highest frequency (~10–11%) of C282Y, a gene variant in hereditary hemochromatosis. Historically, poor diets from poverty, heavy tea, and reliance on potatoes favored iron-boosting. Now, iron-fortified foods can cause overload, leading to harmful excess body iron levels

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Forgotthebloodypassw on 2025-02-09 19:36:22.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Songrot on 2025-02-09 19:08:58.

Original Title: TIL The Chinese Ming Dynasty deployed a heavy amount of Guns & Cannons, bombarding and smoking the entire battlefield against the Mongols, they fled without their spare Horses. According to an observer, they avoided battle several days later, "fearing that the guns had arrived again." (1414)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Salem1690s on 2025-02-09 18:01:50.