Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2025-02-08 01:43:18.

Original Title: TIL that digambara monks don’t wear clothes, don’t bathe or clean their teeth, sleep on the ground, only eat food free of pain, cutting or destruction, pluck all the hair off their head and face by hand, and only walk on well-worn, well-lit paths to avoid stepping on insects.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/MaroonTrucker28 on 2025-02-08 01:27:23.

Original Title: TIL Afolf Hitler's father was born Alois Schickelgruber, and his biological father is unknown. He convinced authorities to make his stepfather Johann Hiedler his legal father, and change his last name to Hiedler. For unknown reasons, authorities misspelled his last name as Hitler

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Sue_Spiria on 2025-02-08 01:06:55.

Original Title: TIL that the female vocals on Meat Loaf's "I'd do anything for love" were sung by Lorraine Crosby. She is not the woman in the music video and was only credited as Mrs. Loud in the album notes. She also never received any royalties since her part was recorded as supposed guide vocals.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/No_Idea_Guy on 2025-02-08 01:06:16.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/aerostotle on 2025-02-08 00:51:53.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Capital_Tailor_7348 on 2025-02-07 23:46:37.

Original Title: Til about Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln a Jewish conman and adventurer who “ posed as a Protestant missionary, Anglican priest, British Member of Parliament for Darlington, German right-wing politician and spy, Nazi collaborator, Buddhist abbot in China, and self-proclaimed Dalai Lama.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2025-02-07 23:36:33.

Original Title: TIL: There were 2 studies in a scientific journal with over 1000 participants that shows that the art of "bullshitting" correlates with higher intelligence. Subjects were asked to lie about their expertise in fake fields and those who lied better scored higher on vocab, abstract reasoning, etc.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Protego_Diabolica on 2025-02-07 21:50:23.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/datcraybetch on 2025-02-07 21:34:45.

Original Title: TIL that "420" started in 1971 when a group of high schoolers in San Rafael, CA, met at 4:20 to hunt for an abandoned marijuana crop. They called themselves "the 420," and the term spread through friends—some of whom were connected to the Grateful Dead—eventually becoming a global cannabis code.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Bamboozle_ on 2025-02-07 21:20:34.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GoinThruTheBigD on 2025-02-07 21:15:21.

Original Title: TIL Capsaicin is most concentrated in the tissues surrounding the seeds, and it triggers taste receptors found in birds and mammals. But it also stimulates a certain kind of pain receptor found in mammals but not in birds, and that’s why birds have no adverse reaction to eating peppers.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ill_Definition8074 on 2025-02-07 19:59:35.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/cryptonemonamiter on 2025-02-07 18:33:36.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Patient-Freedom-9284 on 2025-02-07 16:49:25.

Original Title: TIL about 'biostimulation' in which exposure to male bulls can cause early onset of puberty in female cows. The presence of a bull, through pheromones and physical interaction can accelerate reproductive maturity in heifers sometimes leading to earlier breeding readiness.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TheRealDonahue on 2025-02-07 16:28:55.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/PeopleHaterThe12th on 2025-02-07 16:19:47.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Patient-Freedom-9284 on 2025-02-07 16:00:36.

Original Title: TIL that uterus prolapse can occur in women when the pelvic floor muscles weaken causing the uterus to descend into or even outside the vaginal canal. This condition can be caused by childbirth, aging, hormonal imbalance, chronic coughing or heavy lifting and can become fatal.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/HerbziKal on 2025-02-07 15:13:31.

Original Title: TIL The Old Fisherman, painted in 1902 by Tivadar Kosztka, is an oddly asymmetrical piece. It was discovered the painting contains two hidden images. Mirroring the left or the right side, two symmetrical images are created- a Godly man praying in nature, or the Devil in an industrialized landscape.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-02-07 13:50:28.

Original Title: TIL a study involving 75K adults compared the participants' preferred sleep timing (known as chronotype) with their actual sleep behavior & found regardless of one's preferred bedtime, everyone benefitted from turning in early. Being up late is not good for your mental health (suggested 1am bedtime)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-02-07 13:14:06.

Original Title: TIL a Golden Arm is a craps player who has rolled for 60+ minutes without losing (rolling a 7). It was created in 1989 after a man rolled 118x over 3 hours 6 min without a 7. The casino lost more than $1m while the roller won $30K. In 2009, a woman rolled 154x over 4 hours 18 min to set the record.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/stainless5 on 2025-02-07 13:12:48.

Original Title: TIL some countries where uptake of automatic vehicles was historically low, use a different traffic light pattern with a red+yellow phase before green, giving drivers time to engage gear and release the handbrake.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-07 13:10:47.

Original Title: TIL that Windows 95 saved Southwest Airlines. When the CrowdStrike software glitch caused computers around the world to crash in 2024, Southwest was able to continue flying when rival airlines were grounded because it still uses Windows 95, which CrowdStrike didn't affect.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jaa101 on 2025-02-07 13:06:18.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Costanza2704 on 2025-02-07 13:06:03.

Original Title: TIL Thomas Edison fostered a fun and relaxed work environment at Menlo Park, incorporating activities like practical jokes, competitions, late-night meals and drinks, musical entertainment, and even gambling to alleviate the pressures of their demanding work on inventions.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TMWNN on 2025-02-07 12:59:38.

Original Title: TIL that a blank TV screen received good audience ratings. During a strike by ITV workers in 1979, the UK network aired a caption stating "Transmissions will start again as soon as possible". One million TVs stayed tuned to ITV, as people hoped the strike would end soon. It ended after 11 weeks.