Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/IHadThatUsername on 2024-10-05 20:49:38.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Blue_Eyed_Lass on 2024-10-05 19:58:10.

Original Title: TIL women who had their last kid after 33 had double the chance of living to 95 or older as opposed to those who had their last one by 29. According to a 2020 study, women who gave birth after 40 were four times more likely to live to be a 100 years old.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/SaltyPeter3434 on 2024-10-05 18:50:23.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/globehater on 2024-10-05 18:45:24.

Original Title: TIL that in 1949, a NJ gas station owner started the first cheap self-serve station in the state; rival stations tried to intimidate him into closing, but when even a drive-by shooting didn't work, they got the legislature to pass a law banning self-service that is still on the books today

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/XiGoldenGod on 2024-10-05 18:17:05.

Original Title: TIL a man was killed by a beaver while trying to photograph it. The man spotted the beaver while fishing with friends, approached it, and the beaver bit the man on the thigh, which severed an artery. Tragically the man's friends were unable to stanch the blood loss.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jami_veret118 on 2024-10-05 17:51:01.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Forward-Answer-4407 on 2024-10-05 17:29:58.

Original Title: TIL in 2012, a California high school student was directed to urinate in a bucket in a supply room closet after a teacher mistakenly believed that bathroom breaks were not permitted. In 2017, a court ordered the school district to pay the student $1.25 million.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Mike-Schachter on 2024-10-05 17:25:49.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/St_Gregory_Nazianzus on 2024-10-05 17:04:00.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/BadenBaden1981 on 2024-10-05 16:50:37.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ralphbernardo on 2024-10-05 15:55:15.

Original Title: TIL that Mel Blanc's gravestone reads "That's All Folks!"—the phrase made famous by the character Blanc voiced, Porky Pig, at the end of Looney Tunes cartoons. Blanc, known as "The Man of 1,000 Voices," voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, and numerous other characters.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Puzzleheaded_Eye_276 on 2024-10-05 15:00:49.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/dtdowntime on 2024-10-05 14:43:38.

Original Title: TIL about the 1951 mass poisoning in Pont-Saint-Esprit, France, where over 250 people experienced hallucinations, madness, and severe illness after eating contaminated bread. The incident resulted in 7 deaths, and the cause was later attributed to ergot, a fungus found in rye flour.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/WilliamofYellow on 2024-10-05 12:44:16.

Original Title: TIL that when Dylan Thomas (the Welsh poet) died, his widow had his body shipped from New York to Wales. While they were under way, she discovered a group of sailors unwittingly using the coffin as a card table. She decided not to say anything as she thought her husband would have liked it.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/MajesticBread9147 on 2024-10-05 11:16:12.

Original Title: TIL After a lawyer complained that Cleveland Browns fans were throwing paper airplanes, their lawyer responded "Attached is a letter that we received on November 19, 1974. I feel that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters."

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Majorpain2006 on 2024-10-05 10:24:09.

Original Title: TIL Medieval Peasants generally received anywhere from eight weeks to a half-year off. At the time, the Church considered frequent and mandatory holidays the key to keeping a working population from revolting.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ItsVinn on 2024-10-05 10:13:30.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2024-10-05 09:03:42.

Original Title: TIL: A newer study about marital issues contradicts a previous laboratory study which concluded that money is not a frequent source of marital conflict. Using real world data from parents in schools, churches, etc, money was the main source of marital conflict and had a big effect on relationships.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/filipv on 2024-10-05 07:28:11.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Tom_Sacold on 2024-10-05 06:42:12.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2024-10-05 06:11:11.

Original Title: TIL senior citizen Emerich Juettner eluded the US Secret Service for 10 years while he used just enough poorly created counterfeit $1 bills (one version misspelled Washington) to support himself & his dog. He only used fake $1 bills one at a time & never to the same place twice. He'd serve 4 months.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/cbost on 2024-10-05 03:57:49.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/foetus_on_my_breath on 2024-10-05 02:37:15.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/theotherbogart on 2024-10-05 02:34:52.

Original Title: TIL: A study of autopsy results found the mean age of death for tattooed persons was 39 years, compared with 53 years for non-tattooed persons. The presence of any tattoo was more significant than the content of the tattoo.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/meenie on 2024-10-05 01:09:58.