Today I Learned | SpeakBits

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TIL millennial dads are spending 3 times as much time with their kids than their dads spent with them

Submittedbytheonesourcetotodayilearned

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TIL identical twins don't have identical fingerprints

sciencefocus.com

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TIL German chocolate was invented in texas

Submittedbypracticalmagictotodayilearned

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TIL Scotland's national animal is the unicorn

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL the 9/11 rescue dogs started to become depressed when they weren't able to find any living people. Rescue workers had to fake being rescued to boost their morale.

Submittedbysometimessobertotodayilearned

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TIL Russia has 11 timezones

hindustantimes.com

Submittedbysometimessobertotodayilearned

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TIL hot water freezes faster than cold water

quantamagazine.org

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL about Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict XVI's butler, who leaked confidential documents and letters of the papcy and Catholic church in hopes of exposing what he saw as corruption in the Vatican's business dealings.

Submittedbypracticalmagictotodayilearned

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TIL the FBI has been struggling to hire hackers for years because applicants must not have used marijuana in the past three years.

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL that the Whitest Kids U Know sketch "It's Illegal to Say..." was involved in a Supreme Court case where the defendant posted an altered version of the controversial sketch's script with his wife's name being substituted in place of the President.

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL YuGiOh and Super Smash Bros tournaments had to introduce hygiene clauses to their rulebooks, where being dirty or smelling foul would result in a loss, due to so many players neglecting their personal hygiene.

theregister.com

Submittedbypracticalmagictotodayilearned

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TIL a dog in 1908 would pushed people into the Seine to get treats for "rescuing" them

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL the Animal Planet show 'River Monsters' ended because host Jeremy Wade caught all of the large freshwater fish species on earth

distractify.com

Submittedbypracticalmagictotodayilearned

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TIL the ingredient guanine that is in lipstick and makeup actually fish scales. These are used to give them a shimmering look.

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL the universe has an average colour called cosmic latte

sciencefocus.com

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL Dr. Seuss coined the word "nerd" in the book "If I Ran the Zoo"

merriam-webster.com

Submittedbytheonesourcetotodayilearned

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TIL that scientists were able to identify a song, Amelia's Song, as a genuine West African Mende funeral song that had been passed down orally over multiple centuries

Submittedbysometimessobertotodayilearned

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TIL snails have teeth and a jaw to eat

Submittedbytheonesourcetotodayilearned

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TIL Ancient Egyptians were the first to make candy in the world. It was made out of honey, nuts, and fruits to worship their gods.

candyhistory.net

Submittedbypracticalmagictotodayilearned

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TIL the Eiffel Tower has to be repainted every seven to maintain its integrity due to being made of puddle iron

toureiffel.paris

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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Five Lithuanian soldiers were considered missing during a graduation exam in 2020 due to believing the attempts to find them were part of the exam.

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL conservation-induced extinction is where attempting to save a critically endangered species directly cause the extinction of another

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL Koko the gorilla didn't actually learn ASL and it's widely disputed the she could actually communicate

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL people are more creative in the shower

Submittedbyiareuniquetotodayilearned

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TIL your brain starts to eat itself when it doesn't get enough sleep

sciencealert.com

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL Natalie Portman invented a simple method to demonstrate the enzymatic production of hydrogen from sugar and co-authored a scientific paper when she was a sophomore at Syosset High

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL Ancient Egyptians were the first recorded to use toothpaste. It was made from myrrh, oxen hooves, water, pumice, and eggshells.

Submittedbypracticalmagictotodayilearned

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TIL there are pink freshwater dolphins that eat piranhas in the amazon

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL receiving mild electric shocks can help you be better at math up to six months later

theguardian.com

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL the Bumblebee Bat is the smallest mammal in the world

discovermagazine.com

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt, 250 to 138

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL Sharks detect nearby prey by using weak electrical fields generated by muscle contractions

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL a cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL the oldest known recipe is over 4,000 years old

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned

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TIL Smallpox wasn't the only disease unintentionally introduced to the Americas. There was also the ubonic plague, measles, mumps, chickenpox, influenza, cholera, diphtheria, typhus, malaria, leprosy, and yellow fever. Indigenous Americans had no immunity to any of these diseases.

Submittedbyeldiscipulototodayilearned