Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SuccessfulTie8995 on 2024-10-11 22:43:59.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/DraksTheDestroyer on 2024-10-11 21:48:38.

Original Title: TIL that Albert Einstein was not awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on special relativity and energy mass equivalence (which led to the famous equation E=mc^2) but rather for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Evan88135 on 2024-10-11 11:58:48.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/bnrshrnkr on 2024-10-11 22:19:49.

Original Title: TIL in 1909, Major Frederick Burnham discovered a meteorite which had impacted Mexico already covered in ancient human inscriptions. Though the symbols are assumed to be Mayan, the "Esperanza Stone" has never been translated.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Sensitive_Deal_6363 on 2024-10-11 21:37:57.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jellyfishlightbulb on 2024-10-11 21:24:54.

Original Title: TIL of Maurice Wilson who, against all odds, flew his own plane from England to India to be the first to summit Everest under the assumption that ‘prayer and fasting’ would give him the strength to reach the peak.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/chillmanstr8 on 2024-10-11 21:21:43.

Original Title: TIL that sugar isn’t directly bad for your teeth, but rather it creates the perfect environment for bacteria in your mouth to thrive, and they produce acid as a byproduct which IS bad for your teeth.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/starkeffect on 2024-10-11 21:16:58.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Merileopardi on 2024-10-11 21:13:46.

Original Title: TIL about the Sparklemuffin Jumping Spider and other peacock jumping spiders from Australia! Peacock spider males dance for their lives, shaking their colorful behinds and arms, when courting a female. They also create vibrations, serenating their lady of choice!

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/St_Gregory_Nazianzus on 2024-10-11 21:12:06.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TightNShiny_babe on 2024-10-11 20:34:28.

Original Title: TIL about Ectopia Cordis, a rare condition where a baby’s heart forms outside the chest. One notable case is Audrina Cardenas, born in 2012, who survived after surgery to place her heart back inside her body.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/preflex on 2024-10-11 20:26:26.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/hipsterasshipster on 2024-10-11 20:00:03.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Jugales on 2024-10-11 19:58:09.

Original Title: TIL near the end of her life, Ada Lovelace had a religious transformation and began to repent the conduct of her life. After confessing something to her husband 3 months before her death, he abandoned her bedside. It is not known what she told him.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ribbitor123 on 2024-10-11 19:36:43.

Original Title: TIL that rockets are launched from near the equator because it gives them a large initial speed, helping reach space with less fuel. Over a 24-hour period, such places travel longer distances than places at higher latitudes, which means that they move faster and have more angular momentum.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Mistervimes65 on 2024-10-11 19:31:47.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/-benyeahmin- on 2024-10-11 18:58:58.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SpecialNeedsBurrito on 2024-10-11 17:45:31.

Original Title: TIL a clown saved 300 children during the deadliest avalanche in history. Only 400 people survived out of around 18,000 in the town of Yungay, Peru. The children were attending a circus and a clown led them to higher ground moments before the avalanche destroyed the entire town.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SteO153 on 2024-10-11 17:07:35.

Original Title: TIL about the Liber Paradisus (Paradise Book), a law text promulgated in 1256 by the city of Bologna (Italy) which proclaimed the abolition of slavery and the release of serfs. On 25 August 1256, the head of city government announced the liberation of about 6,000 serfs, owned by 400 lords

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ill_Definition8074 on 2024-10-11 16:58:25.

Original Title: TIL In 2000, three Scottish sisters took out a 1 million pound insurance policy in the event one of them immaculately conceived the second coming of Christ. They paid £100 a year until 2006 when the insurance company canceled the policy.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/rhiz0me on 2024-10-11 16:48:01.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/FrontRowKate on 2024-10-11 16:40:12.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ibrahimtuna0012 on 2024-10-11 16:06:51.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Kurma-the-Turtle on 2024-10-11 15:46:14.

Original Title: TIL that pirates and buccaneers sometimes engaged in "matelotage", a practice in which male couples would agree to share their incomes and inherit their partner's property in the case of their death.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ThurloWeed on 2024-10-11 15:12:39.