Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Temnodontosaurus on 2024-10-08 05:57:39.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/PrestigiousAd3576 on 2024-10-08 05:29:16.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Minifig81 on 2024-10-08 05:24:31.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Mammedoff on 2024-10-08 03:26:26.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/motownmods on 2024-10-08 01:23:41.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SpecialNeedsBurrito on 2024-10-08 00:18:58.

Original Title: Today i learned the co-owner of Macy's and his wife died in the sinking of the Titanic. His wife refused to board a lifeboat and save herself, instead choosing to stay with her husband and go down with the ship.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/CrafterCat33 on 2024-10-07 22:30:42.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/godsenfrik on 2024-10-07 22:09:49.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/oyiyo on 2024-10-07 21:26:16.

Original Title: TIL The movie Footloose, which is about a town where dancing is prohibited, is inspired from a real town, Elmore City, Oklahoma. The ban started before statehood, and high-schoolers petitioned in 1980 to be able to dance at prom

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/stargazer304 on 2024-10-07 21:08:58.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-10-07 20:14:57.

Original Title: TIL the tension between Marlon Brando & director Frank Oz while filming The Score escalated to such a point that Brando refused to be on set if Oz was there. So co-star Robert De Niro ended up directing Brando with Oz stationed at a distance while he privately passed directorial messages to De Niro.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Left-Coffee3944 on 2024-10-07 20:13:21.

Original Title: TIL George Michael woke from a coma in 2011 speaking with a West Country accent due to Foreign Accent Syndrome, a rare condition often caused by brain injuries that alters speech patterns, making it sound like a different accent despite still using the native language

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/delano1998 on 2024-10-07 19:09:33.

Original Title: TIL a levitating coin shaped like a flying saucer was commissioned by Cameroon's national bank to be used as legal tender in that country, minted with help from Poland's Mint. A tiny motor hidden inside it creates a magnetic field between it and the specially designed base below it, making it float.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Bart-MS on 2024-10-07 18:50:50.

Original Title: TIL that the jazz singer Norah Jones is the daughter of Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar best known in the Western world from his collaboration with ex-Beatle George Harrison. She and her half-sister Anoushka were both nominated for Grammys in 2003 (where Norah won in 5 categories).

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Sorripto on 2024-10-07 18:41:36.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/LadyWarrior73 on 2024-10-07 18:15:45.

Original Title: TIL About The Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum which is housed in a converted brassiere factory, located in McLean, Texas. It was officially opened in 1991 and focuses on barbed wire and its history. The museum is thought to have the largest collection of published material concerning barbed wire.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Hassaan18 on 2024-10-07 15:50:40.

Original Title: TIL that in 2013, the British singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner streamed the recording of his album live for 5 weeks. His home studio in East London was set up with 4 cameras, to allow fans to follow every detail of recording the album – with no producer or engineer, only Faulkner and a few guests.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ThurloWeed on 2024-10-07 14:09:52.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/kramerica_intern on 2024-10-07 17:21:37.

Original Title: TIL that the Richmond Bridge in London was financed through a tontine, with the toll charged to cross the bridge shared between the investors, each receiving a larger share as the others died, and the bridge became free to cross after the final survivor's death.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/gixk on 2024-10-07 16:32:19.

Original Title: TIL Michael Bay was under consideration to direct the movie Phone Booth (2002), but he was removed from consideration after the first question he had about the script was, "OK, how do we get this thing out of the damn telephone booth?"

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/bawledannephat on 2024-10-07 16:29:14.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/malarky-b on 2024-10-07 14:45:32.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2024-10-07 14:32:01.

Original Title: TIL: There is a comprehensive scientific study on genital size and attractiveness which suggests that throughout history, female mating preferences resulted in the evolution of larger sizes. The study contradicts the claim that size doesn't matter. It was funded by the Australian Research Council.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/charmer143 on 2024-10-07 14:08:28.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jenesuispashariselon on 2024-10-07 13:05:50.

Original Title: Today I learned that Charles Foussard spent 70 years and 303 days in custody in Ararat, Victoria (Australia) between 1903 and 1974 for killing an old man and stealing his boots, making him the prisoner with the longest effective incarceration. He died while still incarcerated.