Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-02-02 03:54:46.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Adventurous-Pause720 on 2025-02-02 02:17:32.

Original Title: TIL in 1347, Cola di Rienzo, after reading about ancient Rome, ousted the city's government & nobility. He titled himself "Tribune of the Roman people" & sought to unify Italy & restore the Roman Republic. He defeated crime, gave Roman citizenship to all Italian cities, & tried to elect an emperor.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Portal_Jumper125 on 2025-02-02 00:55:48.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ProudReaction2204 on 2025-02-02 00:37:11.

Original Title: TIL 35% of whole blood donors become iron-deficient (defined as ferritin levels of below 25 µg/L). Daily iron supplementation (37 mg of iron) for at least 8 weeks after is expected to replenish iron loss from one whole blood donation.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/efthfj on 2025-02-02 00:27:11.

Original Title: TIL that prior to 1880, there was no official time in Great Britain. Cities would often keep their own time, different from neighboring cities. Also, GB was the first nation in the world to adopt a universal time.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Super_Goomba64 on 2025-02-01 21:35:10.

Original Title: TIl That Burma Dictator Ne Win announced the demonetisation of the 25, 35, and 75 kyat notes, leaving only the 1, 5, and 10 kyat bills valid and replaced them with 45 and 90 bills, wiping out 60-80% of legal tender and peoples savings.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-02-01 21:20:59.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-02-01 20:52:42.

Original Title: TIL 1066 and 1936 were the only years in English history with three different kings, both due to a short reign by the second king. In 1066, Harold II ruled 282 days before dying at Hastings. In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated after 326 days to marry an American divorcée.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2025-02-01 20:43:18.

Original Title: TIL: "Itasha" which translates to "painful" or "cringeworthy" car is a subculture that originated in Japan which involves wrapping cars in flashy graphics, typically anime girls. In recent years it has been growing in popularity in the US with specialized businesses such as "The Weeb Stop".

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/lucifrage on 2025-02-01 20:25:07.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-02-01 19:42:38.

Original Title: TIL under suspicion that he might join protests at the republican party convention in 1972, John Lennon was under heavy CIA surveillance. Lennon and his wife were aware they were under surveillance to some degree, but were still shocked once they were informed about the full extent of it

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/RebelGrin on 2025-02-01 18:50:38.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ralphbernardo on 2025-02-01 18:34:50.

Original Title: TIL about Black Sunday, April 14, 1935, when a massive dust storm hundreds of miles wide and thousands of feet high tore through Oklahoma and Texas. Temperatures dropped 30+ degrees in 2 hours as the storm turned day into night, plunging the Southern Plains into total darkness.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ObjectiveAd6551 on 2025-02-01 18:19:43.

Original Title: TIL that after Superman’s much-publicized 1992 “death”, he returned in 1993’s “Reign of the Supermen” sporting a mullet. The cancelled film Superman Lives would have also featured a mullet-wearing Superman.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/us_against_the_world on 2025-02-01 17:30:06.

Original Title: TIL Jefferson Davis attempted to patent a steam-operated propeller invented by his slave, Ben Montgomery. Davis was denied because he was not the "true inventor." As President of the Confederacy, Davis signed a law that permitted the owner to apply to patent the invention of a slave.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/us_against_the_world on 2025-02-01 17:00:32.

Original Title: TIL an enslaved blacksmith named Ned invented a "cotton scraper". His master, Oscar Stuart sought the patent for himself in Ned’s name but was denied as a slave was considered property and not a citizen, therefore could not apply for patent rights in the United States.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ObjectiveAd6551 on 2025-02-01 16:48:36.

Original Title: TIL that demand for semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) in 2024 forced Novo Nordisk to run factories 24/7, 365 days a year, hire 10,000+ workers, and spend $6B on expansion. New UK prescriptions were also halted due to shortages.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/woeful_haichi on 2025-02-01 16:21:38.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/us_against_the_world on 2025-02-01 16:12:35.

Original Title: TIL in 1715 Sybilla Masters was awarded the patent for her corn-processing machine in her husband's name as coverture laws at the time prevented a married woman from owning property, including intellectual property.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/thematicwater on 2025-02-01 16:09:28.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/wilsonofoz on 2025-02-01 14:49:01.

Original Title: TIL Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a Jewish neurologist that escaped Nazi Germany, founded what would become the Paralympic Games in 1948 with the Stoke Mandeville Games. Guttmann believed sport was a major form of therapy for disabled people

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Lokalaskurar on 2025-02-01 14:19:44.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/wilsonofoz on 2025-02-01 12:14:27.

Original Title: TIL Nikola Tesla was obsessed with the number 3 and engaged in a number of compulsive behaviors around it. For example, he would walk around a building three times before entering and he commonly washed his hands three times in a row

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Familiar_Onion4898 on 2025-02-01 11:22:31.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Marblesmiller1 on 2025-02-01 09:27:19.