Today I Learned (TIL)

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/ProudReaction2204 on 2025-01-27 02:57:03.

Original Title: TIL the term Three-peat is trademarked and owned by Pat Riley who was the coach of the Lakers in the 80s when they were attempting for a three-peat in 1989 but didn't win it. The Jordan Bulls did get a three-peat in 1993 and Riley made royalties off of apparel using the term.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/LazyLaserWhittling on 2025-01-26 23:58:46.

Original Title: TIL Keith Thibodeaux aka Richard Keith, who played Little Ricky on I Love Lucy was paid $461 a week. At age 3 he was making $500 a week playing drums on tour. Today he would be making 5,123.55 a week doing the same gig at the same pay scale.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2025-01-26 23:44:55.

Original Title: TIL: The Fire Lance was one of the first gunpowder based weapons and is seen as an ancestor of firearms. A pyrotechnic device is attached to a polearm which gives it flamethrower and shotgun like effects, but only for one or two shots. The Mongols feared the weapon after the Jin used it in 1233

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Moskeeto93 on 2025-01-27 02:49:22.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Festina_lente123 on 2025-01-27 02:48:21.

Original Title: TIL of safety razor slots. In the 1930s-50s some home bathrooms had slots built into their walls where people would insert used razor blades. Future renovations have found walls packed with hundreds of blades.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-01-27 02:47:17.

Original Title: TIL in 2010 a doctor and his son just happened to be walking by an apartment building in Paris when a 15-month-old boy fell 80ft (24m) from a seventh floor balcony before bouncing off a cafe awning into the doctor's arms. His catch helped the boy escape "miraculously without a single scratch."

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/beans_and_tuna on 2025-01-27 01:51:41.

Original Title: TIL - there was an earthquake and avalanche in Peru that killed up to 30k people in 1970, and was warned about several years prior, but was ignored by the government. The avalanche traveled about 100 miles.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-01-27 00:54:55.

Original Title: TIL of Harriet, a tortoise owned by Steve Irwin's Australia zoo that was estimated to be 175 years old when she died in 2006. Reportedly collected from the Galapagos by C.Darwin, she first arrived in Australia in the mid 19th century. For over 100 years, she was mistaken for a male and named Harry

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-01-26 23:48:50.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Jay_B_ on 2025-01-26 23:38:43.

Original Title: TIL that people seeking a Mediterranean climate in the US can find it in: most of California, southwestern Oregon, part of Washington, and a portion of northeastern Nevada. This climate type is characterized by dry summers and warm, wet winters.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Potatoe_expert on 2025-01-26 23:38:32.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/MaroonTrucker28 on 2025-01-26 23:35:16.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Costanza2704 on 2025-01-26 23:14:01.

Original Title: TIL The initials GTT ("Gone to Texas") came into use in the first half of the nineteenth century, when Texas had the reputation for producing and harboring outlaws. The letters were often chalked on the doors of houses in the Southern states to tell where the occupants had gone.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Jay_B_ on 2025-01-26 23:09:49.

Original Title: TIL that 2.5% of people are affected by prosopagnosia, or face-blindness. Symptoms include an inability to recognize people you know, and finding a vague familiarity in strangers who bear some resemblance to loved ones. Causes range from genetic to acquired, which sometimes spontaneously resolves.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/NapalmBurns on 2025-01-26 21:26:46.

Original Title: TIL Marge Simpson once "wrote" a letter to Barbara Bush in response to some critical comments FLOTUS shared about The Simpsons. Barbara Bush replied and said this in her letter: "Clearly you are setting a good example for the rest of the country. Please forgive a loose tongue." Ladies made peace.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/rozyhammer on 2025-01-26 19:47:53.

Original Title: TIL about Dokos, the oldest known shipwreck ever discovered. Dated to ~2700-2200 BCE, it was found in the Aegean Sea, near the island of Dokos, Greece. It predates other famous ancient wrecks by thousands of years, providing crucial isights into early maritime trade and navigation.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/owiseone23 on 2025-01-26 19:42:11.

Original Title: TIL the original definition of "the exception that proves the rule." Although often misused today, the phrase should apply to things like "Casual Friday," an exception that proves the existence of a dress code on other days

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/capribex on 2025-01-26 17:25:12.

Original Title: TIL one day, Robbie Williams woke up to find a stalker in his bedroom and initially mistook her for a cleaning lady. She gave him a handjob and left. Years later, he told his band members, who immediately recognized her because she had bragged about the incident, though no one had believed her.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/TriviaDuchess on 2025-01-26 17:19:06.

Original Title: TIL that Catherine of Aragon was married to King Henry VIII’s older brother, Arthur, for a few months before his untimely death in 1502. Because the marriage was never consummated, she was granted a papal dispensation, allowing her to marry Henry in 1509.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Jazzlike_Tale888 on 2025-01-26 16:52:00.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/BabyPandaEgg- on 2025-01-26 16:17:07.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Warmest_Farts on 2025-01-26 15:31:36.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-01-26 13:30:37.

Original Title: TIL the first known instance of a storm chaser or meteorologist killed by a tornado occurred in 2013 when Tim Samaras, his son Paul, & Carl Young were killed near El Reno, OK by the widest tornado ever recorded. It expanded from 1 mile to 2.6 miles wide in about 30 seconds as it closed in on them.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/YARR1N on 2025-01-26 11:23:54.

Original Title: TIL scientists named a bacteria after the famous Welsh town with the 58-letter name; Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis, it's considered the longest name in the binomial nomenclature system, bearing 73 letters in total.

The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Double-decker_trams on 2025-01-26 10:56:13.