Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/RebelGrin on 2025-02-12 22:43:16.

Original Title: 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.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/josefugly on 2025-02-12 19:52:52.

Original Title: TIL Many racehorses and performance horses are often given a beer after an event or race. Since beer is a good source of carbohydrates, iron, and vitamins that can be useful to help muscles recover from strenuous exercise

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/malarky-b on 2025-02-12 19:47:05.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/palmerry on 2025-02-12 19:04:41.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Olshansk on 2025-02-12 17:48:05.

Original Title: 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).

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ILoveTolkiensWorks on 2025-02-12 17:40:11.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Additional-Bee1379 on 2025-02-12 17:07:22.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/EmbarrassedTart3401 on 2025-02-12 16:01:42.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/fontasia on 2025-02-12 06:24:02.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Money-Ad7257 on 2025-02-12 05:28:36.

Original Title: TIL that the large, flat grill that's featured in many Japanese restaurants is called a "teppan", not a "hibachi" according to popular belief. The cuisine prepared thereupon is referred to as "teppanyaki".

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/pinkfreud205654 on 2025-02-12 04:30:16.

Original Title: TIL that in 1885, artists began to develop 'bizarre' Christmas cards picturing things such as clowns, deceased birds, Krampus kidnapping children, half men/half vegetables, and other disturbing imagery to send to loved ones for the holidays

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/otadak on 2025-02-12 15:11:42.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/poisonpomodoro on 2025-02-12 15:02:44.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Deechon on 2025-02-12 13:37:27.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CatPooedInMyShoe on 2025-02-12 12:59:01.

Original Title: TIL about the spintria, or spintriae in plural, a Roman-era token with a numeral on one side and on the other side, the image of a couple having sex. Each numbered coin had a different sex position. Historians don’t know what spintriae were for but have suggested they were used as brothel passes.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-12 12:36:14.

Original Title: TIL why Tom Wolfe wore a white suit. The pioneer of 'New Journalism' said that the unusual clothing caused others to see him as "a man from Mars, the man who didn't know anything and was eager to know", so talked freely to him. The white suit became Wolfe's trademark from 1962 to his death.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-12 12:18:28.

Original Title: TIL that the "Hitler rants" video meme led to an employment lawsuit. While negotiating with BP for a new contract, Scott Tracey was fired for posting a video using the 'Downfall' scene. After suing for unfair dismissal, he won his job back and AU$200K in lost wages.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-12 12:06:16.

Original Title: TIL that Pittsburgh had a fake Burger King. In 2014 a TV station revealed that a location of the fast food chain was using plain brown bags and odd recipes. Burger King had revoked the license but the franchisee continued until the news report, after which it became "South Side Burgers".

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-12 11:51:32.

Original Title: TIL that a zoo had fake pandas. Taizhou Zoo of China in 2024 exhibited Chow Chow dogs painted black and white. The zoo said that it had advertised them as "panda dogs" so had not lied: "Normal people dye their hair. Dogs can dye their hair, too".

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CatPooedInMyShoe on 2025-02-12 11:18:34.

Original Title: TIL that after admitting responsibility for over 12,000 deaths in the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge, Kang Kek Iew aka Comrade Duch asked the war crimes tribunal to acquit and release him. They did not.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/HOTSCHMALZ on 2025-02-12 09:59:25.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/OneSalientOversight on 2025-02-12 09:50:53.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Joshistotle on 2025-02-12 09:50:23.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SteO153 on 2025-02-12 07:10:58.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-02-12 03:54:02.

Original Title: TIL Pope Julius II was infamous for getting away with reckless actions without any backlash. He once entered the city of Perugia unarmed, and the local ruler, who had an army, surrendered the city to him and fled. Shocked at the outcome, N.Machiavelli suggested he should have just killed the Pope