TIL: Nigeria’s federal medical authority mantains a public list of registered quacks. (mdcn.gov.ng)
Author: /u/CyberBlizzard...
TIL since 1850, more than 5,000 individuals have attempted to cross Niagara Falls, either intentionally (as stunts or suicide attempts) or accidentally. Of these, only 16 have survived. (www.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cnahuw/til_since_1850_more_than_5000_individuals_have/...
TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the ~~sound~~ pressure wave travelled the earth over 3 times (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cna6g6/til_the_1883_eruption_of_krakotoa_which_killed/...
TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the sound wave travelled the earth over 3 times (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cna0nb/til_the_1883_of_krakotoa_which_killed_36417/...
TIL that the Otis Redding hit "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" was written only 4 months before he died in a plane crash at age 26 – and was recorded only days before. (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cn9nab/til_that_the_otis_redding_hit_sittin_on_the_dock/...
TIL that the Otis Redding hit "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" was written only 4 months before he died in a plane crash at age 26 – and was recorded only days before. (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cn9nab/til_that_the_otis_redding_hit_sittin_on_the_dock/...
TIL that a 30-year boycott of 'The Sun' newspaper in Merseyside UK resulted in a substantial rise in EU support, as shown in a 2021 research paper on public opinions & media
The study is available for free here, via. cambridge.org:...
TIL about the 'River' effect in typography (en.m.wikipedia.org)
In typography, rivers (or rivers of white) are gaps in typesetting which appear to run through a paragraph of text due to a coincidental alignment of spaces. Rivers can occur regardless of the spacing settings, but are most noticeable with wide inter-word spaces caused by full text justification or monospaced fonts. Rivers are...
TIL that lettuce can grow with artificial sunlight (specifically red/blue LED lights) (nowiknow.com)
As Cary Mitchell, a horticulturist at Purdue University told NPR, in the 1990s, “research showed that you could grow lettuce in just red light. If you add a little bit of blue, it grows better.”...
TIL: Eating pine nuts can occasionally cause some people to experience a bitter or metallic taste lasting from a few days up to 2 weeks (www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au)
The symptoms normally disappear after several days and there are no adverse health effects....
TIL Pope Leo XIII awarded a Vatican gold medal to the creator of his favourite brand of cocaine-infused wine and also appeared on a poster endorsing it. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL Roald Dahl wrote a sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Willy Wonka goes to space, fights aliens, and overdoses Charlie's parents on age rejuvenation pills (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL MSNBC host Alicia Menendez is Senator Bob Menendezes daughter (radaronline.com)
Menendez, who serves as a Democrat senator for the state of New Jersey, faces a slew of criminal charges including bribery and conspiracy to act as a foreign agent.****
TIL David Bowie was so unconvinced of the commercial viability of his album "Low" that after its release, he toured as Iggy Pop's keyboardist instead of promoting the new record. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL - Investors are buying up properties as investments in resort towns and they can be rented as high as 45k per week (www.motherjones.com)
Resort towns face an exaggerated version of this crisis. Havens beset by the 1 percent—like Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Vail and Aspen, Colorado; and Nantucket, Provincetown, and the Vineyard in Massachusetts—have seen working- and middle-class housing disappear. Seasonal rental properties, including Airbnbs, often cannibalize...
Why MagSafe? Exploring the Benefits of MagSafe Phone Cases (www.tvcmall.com)
What is MagSafe?...
TIL that Ben and Jerry's has a graveyard for discontinued ice cream flavors. (www.benjerry.com)
TIL a guide dog named Roselle led a group of people including her blind owner down 78 flights of stairs before the North Tower collapsed on 9/11. (wikiless.tiekoetter.com)
cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/12665977...
TIL Banksy snuck "cave art" into the British Museum as a hoax in 2005 and then they put it on display for real in 2018. (www.bbc.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11171500...
TIL the first CEO of Apple was not Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak, but Michael Scott (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins (www.smithsonianmag.com)
TIL Czechia remains the leader in per capita beer drinking for the 29th year. In 2021, the average Czech drank more than 184 l of beer, Europe counting 9 out of 10 countries in beer per capita (www.visualcapitalist.com)
Source: www.kirinholdings.com/en/newsroom/…/1223_01.html
TIL the middle finger was used offensively from 423 BC (www.dictionary.com)
TIL about the existence of Wikipedia's Nearby page, a list of pages tagged with coordinates nearby where you are (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that horses went extinct in North America about 10,000 years ago. They were then reintroduced to the continent by the Spanish as early as the 1550s. (www.pbs.org)
