50 Interesting Things People Didn t Learn At School
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Publish Not your original work? Add source Nobody has all the answers. Except for the internet. Today I Learned, or "TIL," is a subreddit for people to share tidbits of information that may not be widely known, but that others may find fascinating. Often with accompanying pictures, too. While these factoids may not be newsworthy or highly beneficial to our everyday lives, they at least produce a genuine "Oh, I didn't know that, how cool!" About every two weeks, we at Bored Panda go through the subreddit and handpick a selection of posts we find to be the most interesting and worthy of your time. Below, you will find what we have in store for you this time. To view our earlier pieces on the subreddit, go here, here, and here. This post may include affiliate links. #1 TIL In the 1936 Olympics two Japanese pole vaulters (Shuhei Nashida & Sueo Oe) tied for second. Declined to compete against each other, Nashida was awarded silver and Oe bronze. On return to Japan they had the medals cut in two & joined together to make two 'friendship medals' out of silver & bronze sewn_of_a_gun , wikimedia.commons Report Final score: 698points POST engineer_nope.avi engineer_nope.avi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Sportmanship at its finest 194 194points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 TIL a homeless man found a 10 000$ check on the street meant for a real estate broker and found a way to return it. So, touched, the broker awarded him a place to live and arranged for a job interview. A year later, he was on the board of directors of one of their foundations. Emergency_Culture_35 , WTNH News8 Report Final score: 647points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Good on him. Hope he is still doing well in his job. 140 140points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 TIL During World War II, an American lieutenant, realizing his position was inundated with enemy troops, called in an artillery barrage on himself. Following a US counterattack later that day, the lieutenant's body was found alongside approximately 100 German soldiers. His name was John R. Fox. dansux , Wikimedia Commons Report Final score: 458points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I want to see a movie about this man !!! 175 175points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 TIL When his owner died in August 1936, Shep the Dog followed the casket to the railroad station and watched it being loaded onto a train heading to the eastern US. For six years until his own death, he would greet every train that arrived each day, expecting his master to return. tjfergusen , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 429points POST Mumchkin Mumchkin Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago We don't deserve dogs. 274 274points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 TIL that on October 18, 1963 French scientists launched a rocket into space, containing a cat named Felicette. She orbited close to 100 miles above earth, then descended safely to the ground via a special parachute. Felicette has the high honor of being the only cat launched into space thus far. aimilah Report Final score: 347points POST Manuela Martins Manuela Martins Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Dubious honor. 71 71points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 TIL Nordic countries have a "Freedom to Roam", allowing people to enjoy all nature regardless of ownership (within reason) korro90 Report Final score: 341points POST Rachknits Rachknits Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's the same in Scotland 87 87points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 TIL Michael Jackson was a virtuoso composer, despite being unable to read music or play instruments well. He wrote the parts to his songs by singing and beatboxing into a tape recorder. “He would sing us an entire string arrangement, every part. Had it all in his head, harmony and everything." Friskyinthenight , White House Photo Office Report Final score: 339points POST DforDory DforDory Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago One of the biggest and greatest musicians of modern times. 72 72points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 TIL that in 1986 an astronomer trying to trace a 75 cent computer time discrepancy for 10 months eventually found a German hacker selling defense secrets to the KGB Skarmunkel , AT&T Tech Channel Report Final score: 330points POST Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This gives 5 extra Internets for a crowded desktop. 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 TIL spiders tune their webs like guitar strings, tightening and loosening strands so they can read the different frequencies caused by intruders and determine where/how big the intruders are, if they are predator or prey, or if they’re just a potential mate flirtatiously strumming their strings. ShocketRip Report Final score: 323points POST Ivo H Ivo H Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Spiders are creepmazing! I'm sure it's proper word. Or at least should be... 100 100points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 TIL Neuroscientists have found evidence to suggest feeling powerful dampens a part of our brain that helps with empathy. Even a small amount of power can have this effect on someone sewn_of_a_gun Report Final score: 293points POST Mark Howell Mark Howell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutly ;o) 159 159points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 TIL about the Japanese national pillow fighting tournament. The pillow fighters start by pretending to sleep on futons. But when the whistle sounds, they spring to their feet and race to get a pillow. A mix between dodgeball and chess, teams throw pillows at each other while protecting the 'King'. SeizeOpportunity Report Final score: 282points POST SomeCrazyDogLover SomeCrazyDogLover Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago OOoo, I wanna play! 94 94points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 TIL when former NFL safety Dave Duerson took his life he left a note that read, “Please see that my brain is given to the NFL’s brain bank.” He shot himself in the chest rather than his head so as to preserve his brain. Doctors confirmed that he was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Str33twise84 Report Final score: 280points POST sofacushionfort sofacushionfort Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Can we rename the game "Spinal Battering Ram" instead of football, considering the percentage involved in the former far exceeds the latter? 137 137points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 TIL Nic Cage once crashed a Nic Cage film festival, watched 4 of his own films, did a 47-minute Q&A and read a 10-minute short story Naweezy , nicolas genin Report Final score: 260points POST engineer_nope.avi engineer_nope.avi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Guess he's a fan of himself? 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Today I learned Dana Carvey underwent heart bypass surgery for a blocked coronary artery, but the surgeon operated on the wrong artery. Eventually he won a lawsuit against the hospital and won 7.5 million dollars, all of which was donated to charity. sephirothreturns Report Final score: 259points POST Dave P Dave P Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well good for him, I mean he sued because the doctor screwed up (as you should when that happens), but being a rich celeb he gave the money to charity. 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 TIL when sonar was first invented, operators were puzzled by the appearance of a ‘false seafloor’ that changed depth with the time of day and amount of moonlight. It was eventually identified as a previously unknown layer of billions of lanternfish that reflect sonar waves and migrate up and down. Meninaeidethea , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 252points POST Wouldiwas Shookspeared Wouldiwas Shookspeared Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I know this comment adds absolutely nothing but that is really really cool 118 118points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 TIL Charles Barkley was the first black baby born at a segregated, all-white town hospital in Leeds, Alabama and was in the first group of black students at his elementary school. BenSimmonsToTheMoon , Wikimedia.Commons Report Final score: 238points POST TK 421 TK 421 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I had his signature on a commemorative cup. Then my mom washed it. She thought it was just a cup on my shelf 61 61points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 TIL Owls’ ears are placed asymmetrically – at different heights on the sides of their faces – so the sounds reach each ear at different times. This is essential to identifying the exact direction of their prey. yeahumsure Report Final score: 234points POST Vinay Pai Vinay Pai Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I always wondered why they tilted their heads when we called out to them. Then I read about this somewhere. 35 35points reply View more comments #18 TIL Poland sent the US a birthday card with 5.5 million signatures to mark the 150th anniversary of the US in 1926. wrldms14 Report Final score: 232points POST 54 54 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago lol and i dont even get a birthday card from my grandparents 70 70points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 TIL that in 1948 the Nobel Committee did not award the Nobel Peace Prize on the grounds that “there was no suitable living candidate”, implying that Mahatma Gandhi would have received it if it were not for his assassination earlier that year. Zircon_72 , Elliott & Fry Report Final score: 221points POST ProfessionalTimeWaster ProfessionalTimeWaster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) The more I read about Gandhi's life, the less I feel he deserved it. The more I read about who have been awarded Nobel Peace Prize, I feel it would have not been outrageous to award him. He was good at speeches that mobilized people but he had a "my way or highway" kinda attitude. Despite his powers, he did little to stop partition of India or the manner it was done, which eventually resulted in the death of millions. 176 176points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 TIL there is such a thing as Earl Grey tea intoxication, where drinking 4L per day causes extensive muscle cramps and blurred vision. Cutting down to 1-2L makes the symptoms go away. tamsui_tosspot , auntmasako Report Final score: 216points POST Isabel Frost Isabel Frost Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not sure who's drinking a LITER of tea per day, much less FOUR. Seriously, how did they find this out? 102 102points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 TIL that in 1648 an angry mob of Parisians once broke into the royal palace, demanding to see the king. They were led into the bedchamber of Louis XIV, who was pretending to be asleep. Satisfied, the mob quietly departed. argon435 , Wikimedia.Commons Report Final score: 214points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well they did ask to only see him. 129 129points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 TIL in the 1900s the Austerlitz family in Omaha, Lutheran German emigrants, moved to New York City in hopes of finding fortune through their children's vaudeville talents. The son wore a top hat and studied tango, waltz, and other ballroom dances. He would become Fred Astaire. AnthillOmbudsman Report Final score: 212points POST Julia Atkinson Julia Atkinson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Fred's sister Adele was also a big star in their stage act. She married a younger son of the Duke of Devonshire and became the sister-in-law of Kathleen Kennedy and Deborah Mitford. 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 TIL Hummingbirds are one of the fastest animals on Earth relative to their body size. They can cover more body lengths per second than any other vertebrate and for their size can outpace fighter jets and the space shuttle – all while withstanding g-forces that would make a fighter pilot blackout. WhileFalseRepeat Report Final score: 207points POST I I I I Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago never seen one in real life but always loved the delicate way they fly and hover , beautiful 37 37points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 TIL many people in ancient Rome who were among the educated elite were aware that lead was poisonous and some of these people even tried to make others aware of this. randomsnowflake Report Final score: 201points POST lara lara Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago People in the ancient world were NOT stupid. 120 120points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 TIL Baby horses are born with "feathers", AKA faery fingers or golden slippers (real name eponychium). They protect the mother's uterus during gestation and birth canal during parturition from damage from the otherwise sharp and dangerous hoof kicks. They harden and fall off very soon after birth. DariusMDeV Report Final score: 201points POST Yevvie ART Yevvie ART Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago horse-60d5...3b242e.jpg 129 129points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 TIL When the doctor Alois Alzheimer wanted to share in a meeting his findings of the Alzheimer patology, the attendees where uninteresed and skipped the questions because they were hurried to go to the next talk that was about "compulsive masturbation". RodriPuertas , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 200points POST François Carré François Carré Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Years later they all suffered from Alzheimer pathology, and the only activity they would remember and practice properly was compulsive masturbation. 30 30points reply View more comments #27 TIL that when the allied forces were at the edge of the city, Hitler ordered the destruction of Paris. The Nazi commander of Paris couldn’t bring himself to execute the order and surrendered the city a few days later. ser_antonii Report Final score: 199points POST Scagsy Scagsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's sometimes difficult to believe that Nazis could be heroic. Just people, I guess. With some strange ideas. But still, just people. 56 56points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #28 TIL that In 1979, two families escaped East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon. They flew for 28 minutes at −8 °C with no shelter as the gondola was just a clothesline railing. They landed just 10km from the border. The escape was planned out over 1 and 1/2 years and took 3 attempts. UnknownAlien123 Report Final score: 195points POST Sue Hazlewood Sue Hazlewood Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wasn't this made into a movie? 40 40points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 TIL that P.T. Barnum's famous elephant Jumbo got his name from the Swahili word for chief. It was the elephant who caused the word "jumbo" to mean something large - not the other way around. p38-lightning Report Final score: 188points POST Sheila Stamey Sheila Stamey Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) .My SOs great great great grandfather started J&P Coats Thread Co. in Coats NC. it was later bought out and created Coats and Clark thread which was the largest sewing thread producer in the world for a very long time. This was an ad from the extremely early days and actually does depict "Jumbo" (see the little notation) and in fact reflects the public fascination with elephants at the time. (Yes I was corrected by SO, this ad is in his hometown museum!) If you notice the logo in the lower left this elephant is "restrained" by J&P COATS thread. This is the original logo! 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 TIL: The United States Department of Defense runs Linux. "In fact, the US Army is the single largest installed base for RedHat Linux and the US Navy nuclear submarine fleet runs on Linux" CelibateSamyaza , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 182points POST Guido Pisano Guido Pisano Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago no windows on submarines 331 331points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31 TIL that guitarist Eddie Van Halen was half Indonesian, and that his family immigrated to the United States because of how badly his mixed-race parents were treated in the Netherlands. granta50 Report Final score: 182points POST Danieletc Danieletc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Gosh, and Bored Panda seems to think that only Americans are racist monsters. But alas, it's elsewhere. Golly. 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #32 TIL that there is more water in the vapor and clouds above the Amazon rainforest than there is in the Amazon river DigbyChickenZone Report Final score: 177points POST Petra, princess of Brigid Petra, princess of Brigid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Off topic, but I really love that illustration! 92 92points reply View More Replies... View more comments #33 TIL in Scandinavia the Kiruna to Narvik electrified railway carries iron ore down a steeply graded route. On the way down the trains generate large amounts of electricity by regenerative braking, which is sufficient to power the empty trains back up the track and pump excess energy into the grid. upzylon Report Final score: 177points POST M O'Connell M O'Connell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The eMining AG "eDumper" mine truck uses exactly the same concept, and one truck saved 50k liters of diesel per year at a mine in Switzerland. 30 30points reply View more comments #34 TIL that in 2016 a research ship was named The RRS Sir David Attenborough. An internet poll to suggest the name of the ship showed the actual winner was the name "Boaty McBoatface," but the Science Minister wanted a "more suitable name" and chose a different name from the poll's choices. littlemetalpixie Report Final score: 177points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The Boaty McBoatface name was given to one of the submarines on board the ship. Also the person who suggested the name chose it for a laugh. 92 92points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 TIL that 10s of farmers die each year from Grain entrapment, which is when a person is partially or fully submerged in grain, and cannot get out without assistance. In 2019, 67 incidents of grain entrapment took place, of which 39 were fatal. Fruit_Louse , icon0com Report Final score: 175points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago There has to be a way to prevent this from happening. Or is there a way and the farmers ignore it? 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments #36 TIL of all the gold medals won by US swimmers in the history of the Olympics, nearly 10% were won by Michael Phelps. (23/246) scrumbly , Wikimedia.Commons Report Final score: 163points POST Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I think there are too many medals awarded for too similar swimming competitions. This is not to downplay the performance of the swimmers in any way. I just think that the competitions at an olympic level are too fine-grained. 46 46points reply View More Replies... View more comments #37 TIL in 1990 Marilyn vos Savant wrote about the "Monty Hall problem" in her column in Parade magazine, correctly answering the statistical brainteaser. Thousands wrote to her to insist she was wrong, including many people with PhDs. Mythbusters even confirmed she was right in a 2011 episode. MyPasswordIsMyCat , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 159points POST Jill Jill Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Even though I teach it every year to middle and high school students, it's not the most intuitive of answers when you first look at it. 37 37points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #38 TIL that In 1889 a lion escaped from a travelling show in Birmingham and ran into the sewers. When an angry mob formed, Frank Bostock, the owner secretly snuck another lion out the back. He then returned with the lion clearly visible and was hailed a hero. The escaped lion was still in the sewers! UnknownAlien123 Report Final score: 153points POST Mad Dragon Mad Dragon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It took 500 members of the police force descending into the sewer , but the lion was recaptured 24 hours later. This particular lion (Wallace) escaped several times and killed at least three men and several horses while he was on the loose. 67 67points reply View More Replies... View more comments #39 TIL about “formaldehyde hunger” a well-known phenomenon in anatomy labs where med students get hungry while dissecting cadavers, allegedly due to formaldehyde being an appetite stimulant. FauxPaws87 Report Final score: 151points POST Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago How the zombie apocalypse really begins. 118 118points reply View More Replies... View more comments #40 TIL The population of Rio de Janeiro was so unsatisfied with its politicians during the election of 1988, that a well-known local monkey from a zoo received over 400,000 votes. dansux Report Final score: 151points POST Kay blue Kay blue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago We should do this in the UK, a primate would be more effective than Boris. 82 82points reply View More Replies... View more comments #41 TIL that unlike terrestrial mammals, whales do not have a connected mouth and respiratory system. They do not and cannot breathe through their mouths. TommaClock Report Final score: 146points POST Nicola Roberts Nicola Roberts Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Neither can horses. 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments #42 TIL for centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Jewish community in the world. Poland sheltered Jews persecuted and expelled from various European countries. About three-quarters of the world's Jews lived in Poland by the middle of the 16th century. redwhiterosemoon Report Final score: 145points POST Gin. No tonic Gin. No tonic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth religious freedom was official since 1573, but practiced for centuries before that, because it was a multicultural country with people of different faiths (Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Jewish and Muslim). The King (Poland) and the Grand Duke (Lithuania) invited tradespeople and soldiers from other countries to immigrate for work, granting religious and cultural freedoms in exchange for having good workers. 54 54points reply View More Replies... View more comments #43 TIL Elizabeth Swaney, a relatively amateur skier, was able to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics halfpipe by accumulating points at qualifying events leading up to the Olympics by doing flawless yet completely simple routines, outscoring opponents who often would crash in their more-ambitious runs
This is how her performance looked:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e1eh4dk2b4&ab_channel=LesGoGoals
In comparison, this was the level of her competitors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgIDsIdBTGo&ab_channel=Olympics holyfruits , olympics.com Report Final score: 144points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Keep it simple. 48 48points reply View More Replies... View more comments #44 TIL Charles Dickens' father was imprisoned when he was boy for unpaid debts. At the age of 12, Dickens' was forced to leave school and work 10-hour long days at a warehouse for 6 shillings per day. MarineKingPrime_ , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 141points POST Daniel Atkins Daniel Atkins Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That would explain why most of his heroes started out poor or wen to debtors prison as in Little Dorrit 68 68points reply View more comments #45 TIL that during the 1870s, 16 Black Members held seats in Congress—14 in the House, two in the Senate, and each one a Republican from the South with Hiram Revels of Mississippi having been appointed the first Black Senator in February 1870 KevTravels Report Final score: 139points POST Dave P Dave P Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That was because when this happened (BTW between 1866-1875, many White Southerners in certain states couldn't vote because they refused to take a loyalty oath to the US, so Southern States elected Black Members to Congress, their State Legislatures, even governors. Bascially most of the voters were Black People who were now free and elected other Black People. Once Whites got the vote back, things started to roll back. 49 49points reply View More Replies... View more comments #46 TIL The only copies of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Beowulf" are unique manuscripts that came from the same private library -- both were nearly destroyed in a fire in 1731. RandomName39483 Report Final score: 137points POST s. vitkovitsky s. vitkovitsky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Phew. 11 11points reply View more comments #47 TIL The famously large President Taft followed a weight loss program. Taft was in contact with Dr. Yorke-Davies for over twenty years and kept a daily record of his weight, food intake, and physical activity. Taft managed to go from 340 to 244 pounds and walked 3 miles to the Capitol every day. joeyjojodoh , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 134points POST Angie Ayres Angie Ayres Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I bet the last guy was at least 260... 24 24points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda 30 Of The Most Hectic Homes As Shared On 'The Broke Agent' Instagram Account Bride Doesn't Include Wedding Dinner Price In Her Wedding Invites, Is Surprised To See Many Guests Canceling On Her After They Find Out #48 Til the Ford Model T, of which Henry Ford famously said "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." was not painted black because it was cheaper, more the fact black paint dried quicker, speeding up the manufacturing process. Status-Victory Report Final score: 130points POST Michael Beswick Michael Beswick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago But speeding up the manufacturing process makes the process cheaper!? 31 31points reply View More Replies... View more comments #49 TIL the opening crawl to Star Wars begins with a storybook-esque narration ("A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....") because George Lucas first imagined his films as stories being told by an ancient race of immortals. The immortals were written out for early films, but this vestige remained. WhileFalseRepeat Report Final score: 129points POST the Me_greatest the Me_greatest Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yo now that’s cool 26 26points reply View more comments #50 TIL the oldest woman to climb El Capitan is the mother of Alex Honnold (of Free Solo fame) who did it at the age of 66. Her first time in a climbing gym was when she was 57. Adder00 Report Final score: 119points POST Christian Homuth Christian Homuth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Um... guys, no offense, but does she have a first name? Just identifying her as "the mother of" seems a bit misogynist. 265 265points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 127 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Share your thoughts POST Faith Hurst Faith Hurst Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love how these are always called "Things I didn't learn in school" as if school was supposed to teach you about Nicholas Cage, etc. 27 27points reply Menthe Litchi Menthe Litchi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I totally agree with you. I am a teacher and I am SO tired of this. Children are at school 24h per week. So 144 hours per week at home. We teach French, Maths, English, History, Geography, Sport, Music, Arts, Sciences. And of course social behaviour because they do not learned at home how to say "good morning, thanks, please". So sorry we do not have time to teach them everything else. 10 10points reply Load More Replies... Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm also a teacher and I think it's more just an expression. It's not always literal. 6 6points reply s. vitkovitsky s. vitkovitsky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And yet, they still come out mostly illiterate, with almost zero knowledge about the world, and with the critical thinking skills of a squished nematode. -1 -1point reply Yvette C. Marple Yvette C. Marple Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. If You Are On A Lookout For A Way To Earn Your First Dollar Online You Can Stop Searching! Start Now With This Award Winning Program And Receive Your First Paycheck Within A Week! Find out more here >>> ???.?????.??? -5 -5points reply Ivypaw Ivypaw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I don’t think the post meant that these are things that are supposed to be taught in school—just random little tidbits people learned elsewhere. 5 5points reply Kim Stucky Kim Stucky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well I think the subreddit is just interesting tidbits - TIL (today I Learned). I don’t know that it really has anything to do with school so not sure why this article was titled like that. 0 0points reply John Montgomery John Montgomery Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Is there a setting I'm missing for the bored panda app? This has no pics for me. It's just the text. 2 2points reply Lyn Moffett Lyn Moffett Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago John. When you are reading the captions there is a little chain link at the bottom of it. Press on that and it will take you to the story and any pictures if there are any included. 2 2points reply Load More Replies... John Montgomery John Montgomery Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Thanks! That's helpful. 0 0points reply Cels User Cels User Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago My phone does that sometimes too. My wifi is crap 1 1point reply Alloydog Alloydog Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago C'mon Bored Panda, stop recycling other internet sites' content! I subscribe to Reddit's TIL and read it several times a day. Most of these have been lifted from there and in pretty much the same order. 1 1point reply Madre_Dr4gnZFly Madre_Dr4gnZFly Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Way up at the top, Bored Panda specifically says they get this stuff from Reddit's "TIL" subreddit. Guess you missed that part so, I copy/pasted it here just for you: About every two weeks, we at Bored Panda go through the subreddit and handpick a selection of posts we find to be the most interesting and worthy of your time. Below, you will find what we have in store for you this time. To view our earlier pieces on the subreddit, go here, here, and here. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... Alloydog Alloydog Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yes, I did miss that, I just started scrolling through the content. Content re-use is so common now, though in most cases, where it is done, no credit is given the original source. At least here, both credit and reason for re-using the content is given. I guess I just assumed the worst. Apologies to Bored Panda. 0 0points reply Celtic Pirate Queen Celtic Pirate Queen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Try actually reading the article instead of just looking at the pretty pictures. 0 0points reply Wandaluzt Wandaluzt Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago No one does that apparently. Then they try replying to the posters on Reddit. Even more hilarious when the posts are from several years ago. Mostly happens on the emotional ones where you get people falling over themselves to reply with false sentiment. 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Faith Hurst Faith Hurst Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love how these are always called "Things I didn't learn in school" as if school was supposed to teach you about Nicholas Cage, etc. 27 27points reply Menthe Litchi Menthe Litchi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I totally agree with you. I am a teacher and I am SO tired of this. Children are at school 24h per week. So 144 hours per week at home. We teach French, Maths, English, History, Geography, Sport, Music, Arts, Sciences. And of course social behaviour because they do not learned at home how to say "good morning, thanks, please". So sorry we do not have time to teach them everything else. 10 10points reply Load More Replies... Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm also a teacher and I think it's more just an expression. It's not always literal. 6 6points reply s. vitkovitsky s. vitkovitsky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And yet, they still come out mostly illiterate, with almost zero knowledge about the world, and with the critical thinking skills of a squished nematode. -1 -1point reply Yvette C. Marple Yvette C. Marple Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. If You Are On A Lookout For A Way To Earn Your First Dollar Online You Can Stop Searching! Start Now With This Award Winning Program And Receive Your First Paycheck Within A Week! Find out more here >>> ???.?????.??? -5 -5points reply Ivypaw Ivypaw Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I don’t think the post meant that these are things that are supposed to be taught in school—just random little tidbits people learned elsewhere. 5 5points reply Kim Stucky Kim Stucky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well I think the subreddit is just interesting tidbits - TIL (today I Learned). I don’t know that it really has anything to do with school so not sure why this article was titled like that. 0 0points reply John Montgomery John Montgomery Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Is there a setting I'm missing for the bored panda app? This has no pics for me. It's just the text. 2 2points reply Lyn Moffett Lyn Moffett Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago John. When you are reading the captions there is a little chain link at the bottom of it. Press on that and it will take you to the story and any pictures if there are any included. 2 2points reply Load More Replies... John Montgomery John Montgomery Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Thanks! That's helpful. 0 0points reply Cels User Cels User Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago My phone does that sometimes too. My wifi is crap 1 1point reply Alloydog Alloydog Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago C'mon Bored Panda, stop recycling other internet sites' content! I subscribe to Reddit's TIL and read it several times a day. Most of these have been lifted from there and in pretty much the same order. 1 1point reply Madre_Dr4gnZFly Madre_Dr4gnZFly Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Way up at the top, Bored Panda specifically says they get this stuff from Reddit's "TIL" subreddit. Guess you missed that part so, I copy/pasted it here just for you: About every two weeks, we at Bored Panda go through the subreddit and handpick a selection of posts we find to be the most interesting and worthy of your time. Below, you will find what we have in store for you this time. To view our earlier pieces on the subreddit, go here, here, and here. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... Alloydog Alloydog Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yes, I did miss that, I just started scrolling through the content. Content re-use is so common now, though in most cases, where it is done, no credit is given the original source. At least here, both credit and reason for re-using the content is given. I guess I just assumed the worst. Apologies to Bored Panda. 0 0points reply Celtic Pirate Queen Celtic Pirate Queen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Try actually reading the article instead of just looking at the pretty pictures. 0 0points reply Wandaluzt Wandaluzt Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago No one does that apparently. Then they try replying to the posters on Reddit. Even more hilarious when the posts are from several years ago. Mostly happens on the emotional ones where you get people falling over themselves to reply with false sentiment. 0 0points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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Publish Not your original work? Add source Nobody has all the answers. Except for the internet. Today I Learned, or "TIL," is a subreddit for people to share tidbits of information that may not be widely known, but that others may find fascinating. Often with accompanying pictures, too. While these factoids may not be newsworthy or highly beneficial to our everyday lives, they at least produce a genuine "Oh, I didn't know that, how cool!" About every two weeks, we at Bored Panda go through the subreddit and handpick a selection of posts we find to be the most interesting and worthy of your time. Below, you will find what we have in store for you this time. To view our earlier pieces on the subreddit, go here, here, and here. This post may include affiliate links. #1 TIL In the 1936 Olympics two Japanese pole vaulters (Shuhei Nashida & Sueo Oe) tied for second. Declined to compete against each other, Nashida was awarded silver and Oe bronze. On return to Japan they had the medals cut in two & joined together to make two 'friendship medals' out of silver & bronze sewn_of_a_gun , wikimedia.commons Report Final score: 698points POST engineer_nope.avi engineer_nope.avi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Sportmanship at its finest 194 194points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 TIL a homeless man found a 10 000$ check on the street meant for a real estate broker and found a way to return it. So, touched, the broker awarded him a place to live and arranged for a job interview. A year later, he was on the board of directors of one of their foundations. Emergency_Culture_35 , WTNH News8 Report Final score: 647points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Good on him. Hope he is still doing well in his job. 140 140points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 TIL During World War II, an American lieutenant, realizing his position was inundated with enemy troops, called in an artillery barrage on himself. Following a US counterattack later that day, the lieutenant's body was found alongside approximately 100 German soldiers. His name was John R. Fox. dansux , Wikimedia Commons Report Final score: 458points POST Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I want to see a movie about this man !!! 175 175points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 TIL When his owner died in August 1936, Shep the Dog followed the casket to the railroad station and watched it being loaded onto a train heading to the eastern US. For six years until his own death, he would greet every train that arrived each day, expecting his master to return. tjfergusen , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 429points POST Mumchkin Mumchkin Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago We don't deserve dogs. 274 274points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 TIL that on October 18, 1963 French scientists launched a rocket into space, containing a cat named Felicette. She orbited close to 100 miles above earth, then descended safely to the ground via a special parachute. Felicette has the high honor of being the only cat launched into space thus far. aimilah Report Final score: 347points POST Manuela Martins Manuela Martins Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Dubious honor. 71 71points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 TIL Nordic countries have a "Freedom to Roam", allowing people to enjoy all nature regardless of ownership (within reason) korro90 Report Final score: 341points POST Rachknits Rachknits Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's the same in Scotland 87 87points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 TIL Michael Jackson was a virtuoso composer, despite being unable to read music or play instruments well. He wrote the parts to his songs by singing and beatboxing into a tape recorder. “He would sing us an entire string arrangement, every part. Had it all in his head, harmony and everything." Friskyinthenight , White House Photo Office Report Final score: 339points POST DforDory DforDory Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago One of the biggest and greatest musicians of modern times. 72 72points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 TIL that in 1986 an astronomer trying to trace a 75 cent computer time discrepancy for 10 months eventually found a German hacker selling defense secrets to the KGB Skarmunkel , AT&T Tech Channel Report Final score: 330points POST Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This gives 5 extra Internets for a crowded desktop. 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 TIL spiders tune their webs like guitar strings, tightening and loosening strands so they can read the different frequencies caused by intruders and determine where/how big the intruders are, if they are predator or prey, or if they’re just a potential mate flirtatiously strumming their strings. ShocketRip Report Final score: 323points POST Ivo H Ivo H Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Spiders are creepmazing! I'm sure it's proper word. Or at least should be... 100 100points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 TIL Neuroscientists have found evidence to suggest feeling powerful dampens a part of our brain that helps with empathy. Even a small amount of power can have this effect on someone sewn_of_a_gun Report Final score: 293points POST Mark Howell Mark Howell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutly ;o) 159 159points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 TIL about the Japanese national pillow fighting tournament. The pillow fighters start by pretending to sleep on futons. But when the whistle sounds, they spring to their feet and race to get a pillow. A mix between dodgeball and chess, teams throw pillows at each other while protecting the 'King'. SeizeOpportunity Report Final score: 282points POST SomeCrazyDogLover SomeCrazyDogLover Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago OOoo, I wanna play! 94 94points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 TIL when former NFL safety Dave Duerson took his life he left a note that read, “Please see that my brain is given to the NFL’s brain bank.” He shot himself in the chest rather than his head so as to preserve his brain. Doctors confirmed that he was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Str33twise84 Report Final score: 280points POST sofacushionfort sofacushionfort Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Can we rename the game "Spinal Battering Ram" instead of football, considering the percentage involved in the former far exceeds the latter? 137 137points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 TIL Nic Cage once crashed a Nic Cage film festival, watched 4 of his own films, did a 47-minute Q&A and read a 10-minute short story Naweezy , nicolas genin Report Final score: 260points POST engineer_nope.avi engineer_nope.avi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Guess he's a fan of himself? 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Today I learned Dana Carvey underwent heart bypass surgery for a blocked coronary artery, but the surgeon operated on the wrong artery. Eventually he won a lawsuit against the hospital and won 7.5 million dollars, all of which was donated to charity. sephirothreturns Report Final score: 259points POST Dave P Dave P Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well good for him, I mean he sued because the doctor screwed up (as you should when that happens), but being a rich celeb he gave the money to charity. 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 TIL when sonar was first invented, operators were puzzled by the appearance of a ‘false seafloor’ that changed depth with the time of day and amount of moonlight. It was eventually identified as a previously unknown layer of billions of lanternfish that reflect sonar waves and migrate up and down. Meninaeidethea , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 252points POST Wouldiwas Shookspeared Wouldiwas Shookspeared Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I know this comment adds absolutely nothing but that is really really cool 118 118points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 TIL Charles Barkley was the first black baby born at a segregated, all-white town hospital in Leeds, Alabama and was in the first group of black students at his elementary school. BenSimmonsToTheMoon , Wikimedia.Commons Report Final score: 238points POST TK 421 TK 421 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I had his signature on a commemorative cup. Then my mom washed it. She thought it was just a cup on my shelf 61 61points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 TIL Owls’ ears are placed asymmetrically – at different heights on the sides of their faces – so the sounds reach each ear at different times. This is essential to identifying the exact direction of their prey. yeahumsure Report Final score: 234points POST Vinay Pai Vinay Pai Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I always wondered why they tilted their heads when we called out to them. Then I read about this somewhere. 35 35points reply View more comments #18 TIL Poland sent the US a birthday card with 5.5 million signatures to mark the 150th anniversary of the US in 1926. wrldms14 Report Final score: 232points POST 54 54 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago lol and i dont even get a birthday card from my grandparents 70 70points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 TIL that in 1948 the Nobel Committee did not award the Nobel Peace Prize on the grounds that “there was no suitable living candidate”, implying that Mahatma Gandhi would have received it if it were not for his assassination earlier that year. Zircon_72 , Elliott & Fry Report Final score: 221points POST ProfessionalTimeWaster ProfessionalTimeWaster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) The more I read about Gandhi's life, the less I feel he deserved it. The more I read about who have been awarded Nobel Peace Prize, I feel it would have not been outrageous to award him. He was good at speeches that mobilized people but he had a "my way or highway" kinda attitude. Despite his powers, he did little to stop partition of India or the manner it was done, which eventually resulted in the death of millions. 176 176points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 TIL there is such a thing as Earl Grey tea intoxication, where drinking 4L per day causes extensive muscle cramps and blurred vision. Cutting down to 1-2L makes the symptoms go away. tamsui_tosspot , auntmasako Report Final score: 216points POST Isabel Frost Isabel Frost Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not sure who's drinking a LITER of tea per day, much less FOUR. Seriously, how did they find this out? 102 102points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 TIL that in 1648 an angry mob of Parisians once broke into the royal palace, demanding to see the king. They were led into the bedchamber of Louis XIV, who was pretending to be asleep. Satisfied, the mob quietly departed. argon435 , Wikimedia.Commons Report Final score: 214points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well they did ask to only see him. 129 129points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 TIL in the 1900s the Austerlitz family in Omaha, Lutheran German emigrants, moved to New York City in hopes of finding fortune through their children's vaudeville talents. The son wore a top hat and studied tango, waltz, and other ballroom dances. He would become Fred Astaire. AnthillOmbudsman Report Final score: 212points POST Julia Atkinson Julia Atkinson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Fred's sister Adele was also a big star in their stage act. She married a younger son of the Duke of Devonshire and became the sister-in-law of Kathleen Kennedy and Deborah Mitford. 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 TIL Hummingbirds are one of the fastest animals on Earth relative to their body size. They can cover more body lengths per second than any other vertebrate and for their size can outpace fighter jets and the space shuttle – all while withstanding g-forces that would make a fighter pilot blackout. WhileFalseRepeat Report Final score: 207points POST I I I I Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago never seen one in real life but always loved the delicate way they fly and hover , beautiful 37 37points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 TIL many people in ancient Rome who were among the educated elite were aware that lead was poisonous and some of these people even tried to make others aware of this. randomsnowflake Report Final score: 201points POST lara lara Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago People in the ancient world were NOT stupid. 120 120points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 TIL Baby horses are born with "feathers", AKA faery fingers or golden slippers (real name eponychium). They protect the mother's uterus during gestation and birth canal during parturition from damage from the otherwise sharp and dangerous hoof kicks. They harden and fall off very soon after birth. DariusMDeV Report Final score: 201points POST Yevvie ART Yevvie ART Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago horse-60d5...3b242e.jpg 129 129points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 TIL When the doctor Alois Alzheimer wanted to share in a meeting his findings of the Alzheimer patology, the attendees where uninteresed and skipped the questions because they were hurried to go to the next talk that was about "compulsive masturbation". RodriPuertas , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 200points POST François Carré François Carré Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Years later they all suffered from Alzheimer pathology, and the only activity they would remember and practice properly was compulsive masturbation. 30 30points reply View more comments #27 TIL that when the allied forces were at the edge of the city, Hitler ordered the destruction of Paris. The Nazi commander of Paris couldn’t bring himself to execute the order and surrendered the city a few days later. ser_antonii Report Final score: 199points POST Scagsy Scagsy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's sometimes difficult to believe that Nazis could be heroic. Just people, I guess. With some strange ideas. But still, just people. 56 56points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #28 TIL that In 1979, two families escaped East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon. They flew for 28 minutes at −8 °C with no shelter as the gondola was just a clothesline railing. They landed just 10km from the border. The escape was planned out over 1 and 1/2 years and took 3 attempts. UnknownAlien123 Report Final score: 195points POST Sue Hazlewood Sue Hazlewood Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wasn't this made into a movie? 40 40points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 TIL that P.T. Barnum's famous elephant Jumbo got his name from the Swahili word for chief. It was the elephant who caused the word "jumbo" to mean something large - not the other way around. p38-lightning Report Final score: 188points POST Sheila Stamey Sheila Stamey Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) .My SOs great great great grandfather started J&P Coats Thread Co. in Coats NC. it was later bought out and created Coats and Clark thread which was the largest sewing thread producer in the world for a very long time. This was an ad from the extremely early days and actually does depict "Jumbo" (see the little notation) and in fact reflects the public fascination with elephants at the time. (Yes I was corrected by SO, this ad is in his hometown museum!) If you notice the logo in the lower left this elephant is "restrained" by J&P COATS thread. This is the original logo! 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 TIL: The United States Department of Defense runs Linux. "In fact, the US Army is the single largest installed base for RedHat Linux and the US Navy nuclear submarine fleet runs on Linux" CelibateSamyaza , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 182points POST Guido Pisano Guido Pisano Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago no windows on submarines 331 331points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31 TIL that guitarist Eddie Van Halen was half Indonesian, and that his family immigrated to the United States because of how badly his mixed-race parents were treated in the Netherlands. granta50 Report Final score: 182points POST Danieletc Danieletc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Gosh, and Bored Panda seems to think that only Americans are racist monsters. But alas, it's elsewhere. Golly. 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #32 TIL that there is more water in the vapor and clouds above the Amazon rainforest than there is in the Amazon river DigbyChickenZone Report Final score: 177points POST Petra, princess of Brigid Petra, princess of Brigid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Off topic, but I really love that illustration! 92 92points reply View More Replies... View more comments #33 TIL in Scandinavia the Kiruna to Narvik electrified railway carries iron ore down a steeply graded route. On the way down the trains generate large amounts of electricity by regenerative braking, which is sufficient to power the empty trains back up the track and pump excess energy into the grid. upzylon Report Final score: 177points POST M O'Connell M O'Connell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The eMining AG "eDumper" mine truck uses exactly the same concept, and one truck saved 50k liters of diesel per year at a mine in Switzerland. 30 30points reply View more comments #34 TIL that in 2016 a research ship was named The RRS Sir David Attenborough. An internet poll to suggest the name of the ship showed the actual winner was the name "Boaty McBoatface," but the Science Minister wanted a "more suitable name" and chose a different name from the poll's choices. littlemetalpixie Report Final score: 177points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The Boaty McBoatface name was given to one of the submarines on board the ship. Also the person who suggested the name chose it for a laugh. 92 92points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 TIL that 10s of farmers die each year from Grain entrapment, which is when a person is partially or fully submerged in grain, and cannot get out without assistance. In 2019, 67 incidents of grain entrapment took place, of which 39 were fatal. Fruit_Louse , icon0com Report Final score: 175points POST Foxxy (The Original) Foxxy (The Original) Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago There has to be a way to prevent this from happening. Or is there a way and the farmers ignore it? 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments #36 TIL of all the gold medals won by US swimmers in the history of the Olympics, nearly 10% were won by Michael Phelps. (23/246) scrumbly , Wikimedia.Commons Report Final score: 163points POST Hans Hans Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I think there are too many medals awarded for too similar swimming competitions. This is not to downplay the performance of the swimmers in any way. I just think that the competitions at an olympic level are too fine-grained. 46 46points reply View More Replies... View more comments #37 TIL in 1990 Marilyn vos Savant wrote about the "Monty Hall problem" in her column in Parade magazine, correctly answering the statistical brainteaser. Thousands wrote to her to insist she was wrong, including many people with PhDs. Mythbusters even confirmed she was right in a 2011 episode. MyPasswordIsMyCat , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 159points POST Jill Jill Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Even though I teach it every year to middle and high school students, it's not the most intuitive of answers when you first look at it. 37 37points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #38 TIL that In 1889 a lion escaped from a travelling show in Birmingham and ran into the sewers. When an angry mob formed, Frank Bostock, the owner secretly snuck another lion out the back. He then returned with the lion clearly visible and was hailed a hero. The escaped lion was still in the sewers! UnknownAlien123 Report Final score: 153points POST Mad Dragon Mad Dragon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It took 500 members of the police force descending into the sewer , but the lion was recaptured 24 hours later. This particular lion (Wallace) escaped several times and killed at least three men and several horses while he was on the loose. 67 67points reply View More Replies... View more comments #39 TIL about “formaldehyde hunger” a well-known phenomenon in anatomy labs where med students get hungry while dissecting cadavers, allegedly due to formaldehyde being an appetite stimulant. FauxPaws87 Report Final score: 151points POST Jo Choto Jo Choto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago How the zombie apocalypse really begins. 118 118points reply View More Replies... View more comments #40 TIL The population of Rio de Janeiro was so unsatisfied with its politicians during the election of 1988, that a well-known local monkey from a zoo received over 400,000 votes. dansux Report Final score: 151points POST Kay blue Kay blue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago We should do this in the UK, a primate would be more effective than Boris. 82 82points reply View More Replies... View more comments #41 TIL that unlike terrestrial mammals, whales do not have a connected mouth and respiratory system. They do not and cannot breathe through their mouths. TommaClock Report Final score: 146points POST Nicola Roberts Nicola Roberts Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Neither can horses. 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments #42 TIL for centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Jewish community in the world. Poland sheltered Jews persecuted and expelled from various European countries. About three-quarters of the world's Jews lived in Poland by the middle of the 16th century. redwhiterosemoon Report Final score: 145points POST Gin. No tonic Gin. No tonic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth religious freedom was official since 1573, but practiced for centuries before that, because it was a multicultural country with people of different faiths (Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Jewish and Muslim). The King (Poland) and the Grand Duke (Lithuania) invited tradespeople and soldiers from other countries to immigrate for work, granting religious and cultural freedoms in exchange for having good workers. 54 54points reply View More Replies... View more comments #43 TIL Elizabeth Swaney, a relatively amateur skier, was able to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics halfpipe by accumulating points at qualifying events leading up to the Olympics by doing flawless yet completely simple routines, outscoring opponents who often would crash in their more-ambitious runs
This is how her performance looked:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e1eh4dk2b4&ab_channel=LesGoGoals
In comparison, this was the level of her competitors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgIDsIdBTGo&ab_channel=Olympics holyfruits , olympics.com Report Final score: 144points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Keep it simple. 48 48points reply View More Replies... View more comments #44 TIL Charles Dickens' father was imprisoned when he was boy for unpaid debts. At the age of 12, Dickens' was forced to leave school and work 10-hour long days at a warehouse for 6 shillings per day. MarineKingPrime_ , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 141points POST Daniel Atkins Daniel Atkins Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That would explain why most of his heroes started out poor or wen to debtors prison as in Little Dorrit 68 68points reply View more comments #45 TIL that during the 1870s, 16 Black Members held seats in Congress—14 in the House, two in the Senate, and each one a Republican from the South with Hiram Revels of Mississippi having been appointed the first Black Senator in February 1870 KevTravels Report Final score: 139points POST Dave P Dave P Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That was because when this happened (BTW between 1866-1875, many White Southerners in certain states couldn't vote because they refused to take a loyalty oath to the US, so Southern States elected Black Members to Congress, their State Legislatures, even governors. Bascially most of the voters were Black People who were now free and elected other Black People. Once Whites got the vote back, things started to roll back. 49 49points reply View More Replies... View more comments #46 TIL The only copies of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Beowulf" are unique manuscripts that came from the same private library -- both were nearly destroyed in a fire in 1731. RandomName39483 Report Final score: 137points POST s. vitkovitsky s. vitkovitsky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Phew. 11 11points reply View more comments #47 TIL The famously large President Taft followed a weight loss program. Taft was in contact with Dr. Yorke-Davies for over twenty years and kept a daily record of his weight, food intake, and physical activity. Taft managed to go from 340 to 244 pounds and walked 3 miles to the Capitol every day. joeyjojodoh , en.wikipedia.org Report Final score: 134points POST Angie Ayres Angie Ayres Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I bet the last guy was at least 260... 24 24points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda 30 Of The Most Hectic Homes As Shared On 'The Broke Agent' Instagram Account Bride Doesn't Include Wedding Dinner Price In Her Wedding Invites, Is Surprised To See Many Guests Canceling On Her After They Find Out #48 Til the Ford Model T, of which Henry Ford famously said "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." was not painted black because it was cheaper, more the fact black paint dried quicker, speeding up the manufacturing process. Status-Victory Report Final score: 130points POST Michael Beswick Michael Beswick Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago But speeding up the manufacturing process makes the process cheaper!? 31 31points reply View More Replies... View more comments #49 TIL the opening crawl to Star Wars begins with a storybook-esque narration ("A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....") because George Lucas first imagined his films as stories being told by an ancient race of immortals. The immortals were written out for early films, but this vestige remained. WhileFalseRepeat Report Final score: 129points POST the Me_greatest the Me_greatest Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yo now that’s cool 26 26points reply View more comments #50 TIL the oldest woman to climb El Capitan is the mother of Alex Honnold (of Free Solo fame) who did it at the age of 66. Her first time in a climbing gym was when she was 57. Adder00 Report Final score: 119points POST Christian Homuth Christian Homuth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Um... guys, no offense, but does she have a first name? Just identifying her as "the mother of" seems a bit misogynist. 265 265points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 127 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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So sorry we do not have time to teach them everything else. 10 10points reply Load More Replies... Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm also a teacher and I think it's more just an expression. It's not always literal. 6 6points reply s. vitkovitsky s. vitkovitsky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And yet, they still come out mostly illiterate, with almost zero knowledge about the world, and with the critical thinking skills of a squished nematode. -1 -1point reply Yvette C. Marple Yvette C. Marple Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. If You Are On A Lookout For A Way To Earn Your First Dollar Online You Can Stop Searching! Start Now With This Award Winning Program And Receive Your First Paycheck Within A Week! 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At least here, both credit and reason for re-using the content is given. I guess I just assumed the worst. Apologies to Bored Panda. 0 0points reply Celtic Pirate Queen Celtic Pirate Queen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Try actually reading the article instead of just looking at the pretty pictures. 0 0points reply Wandaluzt Wandaluzt Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago No one does that apparently. Then they try replying to the posters on Reddit. Even more hilarious when the posts are from several years ago. Mostly happens on the emotional ones where you get people falling over themselves to reply with false sentiment. 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Faith Hurst Faith Hurst Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love how these are always called "Things I didn't learn in school" as if school was supposed to teach you about Nicholas Cage, etc. 27 27points reply Menthe Litchi Menthe Litchi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I totally agree with you. I am a teacher and I am SO tired of this. Children are at school 24h per week. So 144 hours per week at home. We teach French, Maths, English, History, Geography, Sport, Music, Arts, Sciences. And of course social behaviour because they do not learned at home how to say "good morning, thanks, please". So sorry we do not have time to teach them everything else. 10 10points reply Load More Replies... Gabby M Gabby M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I'm also a teacher and I think it's more just an expression. It's not always literal. 6 6points reply s. vitkovitsky s. vitkovitsky Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And yet, they still come out mostly illiterate, with almost zero knowledge about the world, and with the critical thinking skills of a squished nematode. -1 -1point reply Yvette C. Marple Yvette C. Marple Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. If You Are On A Lookout For A Way To Earn Your First Dollar Online You Can Stop Searching! Start Now With This Award Winning Program And Receive Your First Paycheck Within A Week! 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