The "Today I Learned" Thread

TIL that Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady pilots eat their food by sucking them through straw.

TIL that in 2004, actor Carmine Caridi, star of “The Godfather”, was expelled from the Academy for making VCR copies of promotional screeners and sharing them with friends and family.

Today I’ve learned about NFTs. ;-)

TIL that every third movie of a trilogy is always ends up being bad.

TIL that the greater La Paz Metropolitan Area in Bolivia is the highest city in the world with a population of over 2.1 million and is approximately 300 feet taller than Mt. Fuji in Japan at over 3869 meters above sea level.

TIL in 1986, divers at the wreck of the Titanic discovered there was no large gash in the hull as originally expected. Instead, it is believed that the iceberg simply loosened or buckled seams in the hull of the “unsinkable” ship

TIL that when you start “Breath of the Wild”, the in-game clock starts at 5 AM, and it slowly creeps up to 11 AM. Once you activate the Great Plateau Tower (which subsequently starts the “Isolated Plateau” main quest), the clock becomes visible and time starts flowing normally.

i am just chilling my life
why should I learn smth?)
just watching memes on reddit and twitter what can be better

i am trying to learn something every day
or watch some motivation video

@luisharp
Are these TIL related? These posts does not seems to meet the topic and if it does, then this thread is where you folks should post it.

Go. Beat it.

TIL that a marshmallow hitting the earth at just under the speed of light would cause an explosion equal in energy to the power of a few dozen hydrogen bombs.

TIL that the same company that made both Jazz Jackrabbit games on PC later made Fortnite.

TIL that the German battleship Tirpitz’s route along Norway can still be traced by trees along the coast that were damaged by artificial fog.

TIL that during D-day, the USS Texas intentionality flooded a part of itself to help provide inland fire support. It flooded the starboard torpedo blister to list the ship 2 degrees, giving the ship’s guns enough elevation to continue its mission.

So this is what inspired Ace Combat 7 with Matias Torres about flooding the Alicorn’s aft to fire the railgun at Oured.

TIL that Them’s Fightin’ Herds was originally an MLP game called Fighting is Magic.

TIL that My Chemical Romance was formed a day after 9/11 after Gerard Way personally saw the entire attacks unfold while on a ferry cruising the Hudson River.

Today I learned there a band called Acidez

TIL The hit song “One Night in Bangkok” from the musical “Chess” is banned in Thailand because its lyrics “cause misunderstanding about Thai society and show disrespect towards Buddhism”. While choruses praise Bangkok and its atmosphere, spoken verses ridicule its attractions.

TIL the name “Magomed/Magomedov” is actually a Russian variation of the Arabic name “Muhammad”.

Then the pronunciation of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s name would be: Habib Nurmuhammadov.

I learned recycling was started by corporations to take the heat off them and to blame us.

TIL that the Statue Of Liberty’s original colors were reddish brown copper skin. 30 years later, her color would slowly change into green due to oxidation from exposure from the city’s air.

Today I learned you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

Today I learned Matthew Mcconaughey, probably best known for his role playing Cooper in Interstellar, also stars as Buster Moon in the Sing movies

I learned that there a type parasite found on cactus used to make red paint and dye.

There’s a plane with the registration D-EATH