Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CraftyFoxeYT on 2024-10-13 13:27:30.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-10-13 13:02:12.

Original Title: TIL while practicing for the '92 Olympics, the Dream Team lost (62-54) to an assembled squad of the best NCAA players. Head Coach Chuck Daly had limited Jordan's playing time & also made other non-optimal substitions in order to "throw the game" to teach the NBA players that they were not unbeatable

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Cyp_Quoi_Rien_ on 2024-10-13 12:22:14.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/funnylulz on 2024-10-13 11:45:21.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/titeenlink on 2024-10-13 10:01:07.

Original Title: TIL that Mbaye Diagne was a UN peacekeeper who disobeyed his orders to stand down during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. Acting entirely on his own initiative, he embarked on rescue missions. Diagne is credited with singlehandedly saving the lives of as many as 1000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/MayhemInTheDesert on 2024-10-13 09:20:14.

Original Title: TIL about Archie Bunchien, who was acquitted in a 1996 quadruple homicide in Houston. Bunchien shot four people to death after one of the group came to his door late at night and punched him over a prior insult. The jury foreman said "Anybody who pounds on someone's door at 3 a.m. is up to no good."

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/La_Quica1 on 2024-10-13 06:01:15.

Original Title: TIL about New Zealand author Janet Frame was erroneously diagnosed with schizophrenia and scheduled for lobotomy. However, several days prior to the procedure, she was awarded New Zealand's most esteemed literary accolade, prompting doctors to cancel the operation.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Sixty4Fairlane on 2024-10-13 05:05:45.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/JCcolt on 2024-10-13 03:27:53.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/blt_wv on 2024-10-13 02:54:25.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ActualGiantPenguin on 2024-10-13 01:55:01.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Super_Goomba64 on 2024-10-13 01:54:19.

Original Title: TIL the FCC forbids broadcasters from using fake EAS (Emergency Alert System) tones or alerts in TV shows, or commercials. The 2013 Trailer for Olympus has Fallen" resulted in cable companies getting a 1.9 million dollar fine for including a fake EAS tone.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/JackThaBongRipper on 2024-10-13 01:12:02.

Original Title: TIL that in 1671, a man named François Vatel was in charge of a 2000-person banquet to be held in the honor of Louis XIV. Vatel became distraught after a delivery of seafood was late, driving him to take his own life by running himself through his sword.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CatPooedInMyShoe on 2024-10-12 23:48:58.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/hewhogotsuspended on 2024-10-12 23:16:02.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Nudesandplants on 2024-10-12 23:06:24.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-10-12 21:10:49.

Original Title: TIL in 200 CE, Roman Emperor Septimius Severus banned all female gladiatorial combat, reportedly after hearing such lewd jokes directed at women in an athletic contest that he feared the sport bred disrespect for all women.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/DraksTheDestroyer on 2024-10-12 16:26:45.

Original Title: TIL that in 2012, a group of British students edited the Wikpedia article about electric toasters and inserted the false claim that a man named Alan MacMasters invented the toaster in 1893. The fake article was cited by newspapers and other organizations until the hoax was exposed in July 2022.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Kwpthrowaway2 on 2024-10-12 13:58:53.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-10-12 12:40:54.

Original Title: TIL Levi Hutchins created America's first mechanical alarm clock in 1787 because he wanted to get up at 4am every day. So his device was only set to that desired time and it was another 60 years before Antoine Redier made one that was able to be adjusted to a time other than 4am.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/dakp15 on 2024-10-12 22:17:16.

Original Title: TIL about the 'Loudness War' - beginning in the 1980s and peaking in the early 2000s, music producers and broadcasters increased the audio levels of albums and radio stations. As a result of consumer complaints, US legislators passed the CALM act which mandated maximum broadcast sound levels.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/LivingRaccoon on 2024-10-12 22:01:50.

Original Title: TIL Paleolithic peoples suffered less famine and malnutrition than the early farming communities that came after them, because Paleolithic hunter-gatherers accessed a wider variety of natural foods, which allowed them a more nutritious diet and a decreased risk of famine.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Hydraulis on 2024-10-12 21:56:48.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/edfitz83 on 2024-10-12 21:52:17.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/sukinonmybalzak on 2024-10-12 20:33:29.