Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/charmer143 on 2025-02-11 10:35:52.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/AFetaWorseThanDeath on 2025-02-11 10:27:16.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/JimPalamo on 2025-02-11 07:47:17.

Original Title: TIL motoring journalist Chris Harris got temporarily blacklisted from reviewing or buying Ferraris after publishing an article in which he accused the company of specially tuning their press cars to perform significantly better in magazine reviews than the production cars customers were buying.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Eliot_5 on 2025-02-11 07:09:12.

Original Title: TIL Eddie Johns, whose song "More Spell on You" was sampled by Daft Punk in their song "One More Time" has received no royalties because the publishing company that owns the rights to the song has been unable to trace him since 1995. Johns is estimated to be owed six to seven figures in royalties.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Healthy_Smoke_9514 on 2025-02-11 06:26:30.

Original Title: TIL that In 1939 a Swedish legislator nominated Hitler for the Nobel Peace Prize. Although he intended it as a joke, few found it amusing. Instead, it created an uproar, and the nomination was quickly withdrawn. Not that Hitler would have wanted—or even been able to accept—the award.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ODHH on 2025-02-11 03:22:00.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/gopherbutter on 2025-02-11 02:13:54.

Original Title: TIL about Adnan Khashoggi. A Saudi businessman, arms dealer implicated in the Iran–Contra affair, uncle to Dodi Fayed (killed in a car accident with Diana, Princess of Wales), and uncle to Jamal Khashoggi (assassinated in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul).

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Unlucky-Day5019 on 2025-02-11 01:57:48.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ShallowAstronaut on 2025-02-11 01:12:42.

Original Title: TIL about The Socialist Fraternal Kiss, which was a greeting between communist leaders, involving an embrace and three alternating cheek kisses to symbolize solidarity. In exceptional cases of close personal or political bonds, the gesture involved kisses on the mouth instead of the cheeks.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Synanceiinae on 2025-02-11 01:10:45.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/J0hnEddy on 2025-02-11 01:06:35.

Original Title: TIL, Bobby Fuller, the original singer of "I fought the law", was found dead in his car in 1966. While officially ruled a suicide, it is heavily suspected that he was murdered because of his association with the LA mafia.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Prestigious_Cake_192 on 2025-02-10 22:17:21.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/thisCantBeBad on 2025-02-10 23:54:48.

Original Title: TIL that Lebron James first met his longtime agent Rich Paul at an airport where James was impressed by Paul's authentic Warren Moon throwback jersey. They exchanged contact information, and soon Paul had sold James a Magic Johnson Lakers jersey and a Joe Namath Rams jersey.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ok_Tour7429 on 2025-02-10 23:37:57.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Bluest_waters on 2025-02-10 23:03:07.

Original Title: TIL The band Styx has been credited with releasing the first true power ballad, the song 'Lady', in 1973. Its writer, Dennis DeYoung, is called the "father of the power ballad". This song style appealed to female audiences and became a staple of 80s radio such as Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home"

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/datcraybetch on 2025-02-10 21:30:53.

Original Title: TIL in 1912, the Detroit Tigers pulled random men off the street to face the reigning World Series champs after a strike. The pitcher was a priest with no pitching experience, the shortstop got on base only via walk, and an outfielder was a boxer who lost two teeth to a ground ball. They lost 24-2

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Capital_Tailor_7348 on 2025-02-10 21:20:22.

Original Title: Til about king Henry ii and his son Henry the young king. Henry Jr led several revolt’s against his father. Despite this they never stop loving each other. When Henry II learn Henry jr had died he said "He cost me much, but I wish he lived to cost me more”.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-02-10 20:08:55.

Original Title: TIL that Tiberius Claudius Britannicus was originally born with the surname Germanicus, a name given to his family in honor of his grandfather's victories against the Germanic tribes. His name was later changed to Britannicus to commemorate his father Claudius’ conquest of Britain.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Technical_Ad_4299 on 2025-02-10 20:03:12.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SauloJr on 2025-02-10 19:10:37.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/mintjulyp on 2025-02-10 18:12:28.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2025-02-10 18:05:16.

Original Title: TIL that the American Acclimatization Society was founded in 1871 to introduce European plants and animals to North America. In 1890, they released 100 European starlings in the US; by the early 2000s, there were more than 200 million starlings in North America.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/edfitz83 on 2025-02-10 16:56:07.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/smrad8 on 2025-02-10 16:47:19.

Original Title: TIL about Chang Dai-chien, one of China’s greatest 20th-century artists. A master who exhibited at the Louvre, kept a pet gibbon, and exchanged paintings with Picasso, he was also a genius forger whose indistinguishable fakes of earlier masters fooled the world’s top museums and earned him millions.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Capital_Tailor_7348 on 2025-02-10 15:07:44.