Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Taro-Forsaken on 2024-10-09 04:55:38.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/wimpykidfan37 on 2024-10-09 04:26:40.

Original Title: Today I learned that Lucille Ball sent flowers to Carol Burnett on the latter's birthday every year. The last year Burnett received flowers from Ball was 1989. In that year, Burnett's birthday was also the day of Ball's death.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/peppermintmeow on 2024-10-09 04:06:06.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-10-09 03:38:34.

Original Title: TIL the moon pose (facing one's backside to the judges & bending over from a standing position) is the only banned pose in bodybuilding. When it was still allowed, bodybuilders who performed it were labeled as homosexuals & the public accused them of trying to entice the judges which led to the ban.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/egomouse on 2024-10-09 03:37:57.

Original Title: TIL East Timor can be translated to "East East" as the word "Timor" is Malay for "East." This is an example of a tautological place name; where two parts which sound different are actually synonymous.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/NoRound5166 on 2024-10-09 03:25:19.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/phoeebsy on 2024-10-09 02:47:11.

Original Title: TIL Lalla Fatma N'Soumer was an Algerian resistance fighter & leader who fought many battles against the colonizing French. The french called her 'Joan of Arc of Algeria'. She was later captured and died while in prison aged 32. She is an Algerian national hero & a symbol for women's empowerment.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Broto-Baggins on 2024-10-09 02:30:49.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Potato_Stains on 2024-10-09 01:32:51.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Bluest_waters on 2024-10-09 01:02:17.

Original Title: TIL Most fans assume Imagine Dragons' 'Radioactive' is about a post apocalyptic world. But lyrics writer Dan Reynolds revealed in '21 it was actually about waking up in a new world after losing his faith in Mormonism.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/JackThaBongRipper on 2024-10-09 00:40:40.

Original Title: TIL that in 1900, a physician named Jesse William Lazear wanted to prove that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes. He allowed an infected mosquito to bite him, and he became infected with yellow fever, proving the hypothesis correct. He died 17 days later.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/racc15 on 2024-10-09 00:29:41.

Original Title: TIL about Lizzie Cyr, a prostitute whose lawyer (John Cameron) claimed that the female magistrate on the case was unfit to judge as women were not considered people under Canadian law in 1928. The case led to females finally being declared people by the British privy council.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Hoihe on 2024-10-09 00:23:53.

Original Title: TIL the early american jet used for ground-strike missions in Korea, the F-84 "Thunderjet" had a pilot's myth associated with it. It was said it had a ground-sniffer and would only take-off if it could smell dirt. As such, pilots suggested carrying bags of dirt to make her take off on a shorter run.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/maniwithoutqualities on 2024-10-09 00:14:34.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Keanu990321 on 2024-10-08 23:06:43.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SamanthaDanger6200 on 2024-10-08 21:31:28.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/MightyMightyMonkey on 2024-10-08 20:53:32.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Altruistic_Rhubarb68 on 2024-10-08 20:41:52.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/thenameiswom on 2024-10-08 20:32:40.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/KunSeii on 2024-10-08 18:32:28.

Original Title: TIL Margaret Hamilton, known for playing Almira Gulch and the Wicked Witch in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, was only 36 years old at the time of filming; a full 18 years younger than Billie Burke, who played Glinda.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/AutomaticInfluence64 on 2024-10-08 17:48:48.

Original Title: TIL about Pascal Payet who escaped prison 3 times. On Oct 12, 2001 his friends collected him from a roof with a hijacked copter. In 2003 he returned via helicopter to help 3 more prisoners escape. After being captured again, he escaped two more times, both via helicopter.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Pfeffer_Prinz on 2024-10-08 17:16:05.

Original Title: TIL Julius Caesar wasn't born via Caesarean section. In fact, the procedure was named well before he existed. Despite this, in some languages, the term directly translates the "caesar" part. For example, in German it's "Kaiserschnitt" (emperor cut).

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Sarke1 on 2024-10-08 18:22:03.

Original Title: TIL that Sylvester Graham (of Graham Cracker fame), the original clean-eating guru and vegetarian pioneer who shunned alcohol, lust, meat, and even white bread, died at age 57 of complications from an opium enema

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Coverlesss on 2024-10-08 16:45:01.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/malarky-b on 2024-10-08 16:22:47.