Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Play_Crack_The_Sky on 2025-01-29 09:47:45.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/DepecheModeFan_ on 2025-01-29 07:38:34.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/grumpyporcini on 2025-01-29 06:30:02.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/jxdlv on 2025-01-29 05:23:00.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/grendelt on 2025-01-29 04:39:41.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Very_merryberry on 2025-01-29 03:39:42.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Mole_person1 on 2025-01-28 23:30:58.

Original Title: TIL that the rediscovery of the Fast Fourier Transform happened after John Tukey attended the Conference of Experts to Study the Possibility of Detecting Violations of a Possible Agreement on the Suspension of Nuclear Tests then begun looking for a reliable way of detecting underground nuclear tests

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ProudReaction2204 on 2025-01-28 21:28:07.

Original Title: TIL Anton Yelchin who played Chekov in the newer star trek films was killed when he was checking on his mail at the end of his steep driveway; his Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled into him and pinned him against a pillar

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Omfraax on 2025-01-28 19:42:25.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Weird_Tax_5601 on 2025-01-29 05:44:16.

Original Title: TIL An estimated 5% to 28% of people experience auditory hallucinations as they fall asleep or are waking up. Up to 70% of people have experienced this at least once. Having auditory hallucinations when wide awake is cause for concern though.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/nyg1 on 2025-01-29 04:02:42.

Original Title: TIL April 8th 1945 a prisoner at Buchenwald rigged up a radio transmitter and sent a message in a desperate attempt to contact the allies for rescue. 3 minutes after his message the US Army answered "KZ Bu. Hold out. Rushing to your aid. Staff of Third Army". The camp would be liberated 3 days later

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2025-01-29 03:59:54.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/wilsonofoz on 2025-01-29 02:37:25.

Original Title: TIL Morrissey had security search his fans for meat products on the way into one of his gigs in 2011. Morrissey who is vegetarian, had previously stopped a gig because someone was throwing sausages at him

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/cdnmike on 2025-01-29 02:05:00.

Original Title: TIL: Hitler created Volkswagen in 1937 known as Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH. Later that year, it was renamed simply Volkswagenwerk, or “The People’s Car Company.” The company was originally operated by the German Labor Front, a Nazi organization.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-01-29 01:22:12.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Past_Figure_940 on 2025-01-29 00:41:43.

Original Title: TIL about Operation Snow White, a criminal conspiracy by the Church of Scientology during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. It included a infiltrations and thefts from 136 government agencies, foreign embassies and consulates.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Pfeffer_Prinz on 2025-01-28 23:41:36.

Original Title: TIL Q Lazzarus, singer of Goodbye Horses, was unknown when the song appeared in Silence of the Lambs. Labels had rejected her due to her dreads, so she drove a cab. Once, she picked up "Lambs" director Jonathan Demme, and played him her demo. He responded "Oh my God, what is this and who are you?"

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/reble02 on 2025-01-28 21:57:04.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/julyninetyone on 2025-01-28 21:54:26.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/HerbziKal on 2025-01-28 20:45:55.

Original Title: TIL the British Library must store one copy of every single book published in the UK and Ireland. It houses over 200,000,000 publications, adds 6 miles (9.65 km) of new shelf space a year, and receives over 8000 new publications daily

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/HR_99 on 2025-01-28 20:00:36.

Original Title: TIL philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre heavily used amphetamines, mixed with coffee & tobacco, to boost productivity. This led to intense writing spurts (e.g., a 400-page book in a month) but severely damaged his health.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ezekiel-25-17-guy on 2025-01-28 18:52:52.

Original Title: TIL: In 1992-1993, while on the run from authorities, Pablo Escobar and his family were hiding in the mountains of Colombia. During one freezing night, his daughter complained about being cold. To keep her warm, and without any other material, Escobar burned $2 million worth stacks of cash

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/not--a--redditor on 2025-01-28 18:43:39.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/HansEliSebastianFors on 2025-01-28 18:41:44.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-01-28 17:48:18.

Original Title: TIL Emily Rosa at age nine became the youngest person to have a research paper published in a peer reviewed medical journal. She devised a single-blind protocol to determine if therapeutic touch practitioners could actually detect "human energy fields." She found they were right only 44% of the time