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todayilearned
Jun 28, 2020
TIL That 200 years ago, Robert Gibbon Johnson ate a whole basket of tomatoes outside a courthouse to prove that they were safe to eat and not posionous!
aphrodisiac qualities
australia
being evil
british people
deadly.the tomato
d’oro
european literature
evil association
favourite food
food staple
french botanist
history editor
involved mixing tomatoes
italian cuisine
john nix
joseph pitton de tournefort
juicy red vegetable
medicinal properties
moorish parts
natural means
new south wales royal
nora heysen
oregon
ornmental fruits
poisonous evil tomato
pommes d’amour
psychic visions
quantities believing
robert gibbon johnson
salem
scientific name lycopersicon
spain
supreme court
sydney
tomato dishes
tomato plant
united states of america
todayilearned
Jun 27, 2020
TIL that the rarest insect in the world is the Lord Howe Island stick insect. It was believed to be extinct since 1920 until some were found again in 2001. In 2006 there were only about 50 of them, but only 2 years later their population increased to 700!
australia
dna
extinct species
flies
insects
lord howe island
stick insect
stick insects
tree lobster
todayilearned
Jun 21, 2020
TIL Fran Drescher’s stalker changed how sitcoms were made. To stop him from sneaking into the studio audience of The Nanny, they began to cast the audience from extras. Good/loud laughers were picked in casting, making the show feel funnier to home audiences. This became an industry standard.
america
audience interaction
australia
australia and new zealand
brash fashion
british boarding-school girl
california
casting call
cbs corporation
charles shaughnessy
clean police record
comfortable chair
established casting agency
europe
female friend
fran drescher
france
gender split
hollywood
home run
jeff sagansky
julie elizabeth andrews
laugh tracks
life advice
life experiences
london
nathan jolly
new south wales
north america
northern america
northern europe
oceania
over-the-phone auditions
paris
peter marc jacobsen
professional laugher
ratings smash
reality programming
shopping trip
side dish
single-camera comedies
sitcom pitch
sitcom stalker
st clair
stalker ordeal
studio audience
teenage daughter
united kingdom
united states of america
way sitcoms
western europe
todayilearned
Jun 12, 2020
TIL about the quokka, a marsupial in Australia that has become so accustomed to humans visiting that it is known to take selfies with them
animal facts
australia
australian conservation
conservancy
native australian wildlife
quokka
quokka selfie
rottnest island
the nature conservancy
tnc
wallaby
western australia
todayilearned
Jun 01, 2020
TIL Quokka mothers have spare babies in their womb in a suspended state of development as back-up in case tragedy befalls the older joey, such as the mum using it as a decoy to escape a predator
animal facts
australia
australian conservation
conservancy
native australian wildlife
quokka
quokka selfie
rottnest island
the nature conservancy
tnc
wallaby
western australia
todayilearned
May 20, 2020
TIL In-N-Out burgers operates occasional pop-up restaurants in Australia for the sole purpose of protecting their tradmark there.
america
american chain
arnold schwarzenegger
australia
australia and new zealand
australian restaurants
burger chain
burger restaurants
california
california-based burger giant
customers lining
fast food chain
federal court
getty images inc.
in n out burger
inner west
lunch break
melbourne
nevada
new south wales
north america
northern america
oceania
oregon
patrick t fallon
pop-up restaurants
real reason
reason burger chain
rohan smith
sneaky reason burger
stephen savoia
surry hills
sydney
trademark law provisions
united states of america
utah
victoria
todayilearned
May 16, 2020
TIL When it gets too hot in Australia, the nectar in certain flowers will ferment and turn into alcohol. These bees get "drunk" and are not allowed back into the hive before they sober up.
australia
bees
crime
culture
documentary
drugs
drunk
entertainment
film
journalism
lgbtq
nectar
news
parliament house
politics
sex
travel
tv
video
wtf
todayilearned
Mar 11, 2020
TIL the day after John Lennon was murdered, Mark D. Chapman was supposed to attend a David Bowie concert, as Bowie was his next target. Lennon and Yoko Ono were supposed to go to the show too, so when the show started, there were three empty seats in front row. The ones for Lennon, Ono and Chapman
alien overtones
australia
chameleon performer
creative period
david bowie
essential reading
fictional rock singer
front row
front-row ticket
interminable solos
john lennon
liver cancer
london
mark chapman
new south wales
new york
nick hopton
rare pictures
rock concert
rock performers
roger griffin
stage door
stage production
sydney
united kingdom
united states of america
todayilearned
Mar 05, 2020
TIL that Burger King is called ’Hungry Jack’s’ in Australia because some bloke in Adelaide already had a snack stand called Burger King and wouldn't change it, so BK gave Jack (the original franchisee) some choices on names and he chose Hungry Jack’s.
accidental household name
american chain
australia
australia and new zealand
australian hamburger fans
australian name
australian retailer
australian stores
burger chain
burger king
burger king restaurant
chain form opening
don dervan
dough mixes
famous brand
fast food
fast food chain
fast food shops
franchise systems
heather forrest
household name
hungry jack
jack cowin
john james
mars bars
memorable adverting campaigns
morning explaining
new south wales
oceania
pacific.mars bars
seagulls awayhungry
supermarket staple
sydney
us mars
todayilearned
Feb 08, 2020
TIL that in the 2018 Hawaii false missle alert, PornHub offered an unusual sociological report. After the alert was sent, traffic on PornHub dropped 77%. Nearly an hour after people were informed of a false alarm, PornHub traffic jumped to 48% more than normal from people relieving themselves.
america
asia
australia
australia and new zealand
ballistic missile
ballistic missile threat
ballistic missile warning
canada
eastern asia
eighth-biggest porn consumer
europe
france
germany
hawaii
hawaii missile
india
initial warning
japan
matthew dunn
missile crisis
north america
northern america
northern europe
oceania
porn habits
porn searches
porn sites
porn traffic
southern asia
strange reason
united kingdom
united states of america
western europe
todayilearned
Feb 05, 2020
TIL a student on his first airplane flying lesson had his instructor pass out, and managed to land the plane safely with help and guidance from the tower operators.
academy
aereo
air
aircraft
airlines
airplane
airport
airways
approach
atc
audio
australia
c152
c172
cessna
cockpit
control
controlador
controller
delivery
departure
emergency
engine
faa
failure
flight
flightaware
flightradar24
funny
ground
iata
icao
ils
instructor
international
ivao
jandakot
landing
liveatc
mayday
ndb
ntsb
perth
pilot
prepar3d
radio
real
runway
school
simulator
student
takeoff
tower
traffic
trainee
unconscious
vasaviation
vatsim
vhtfr
visual
vor
xplane
ypjt
todayilearned
Feb 01, 2020
TIL Ewa Wisnerska is a professional paraglider who in 2007 was sucked into a storm cloud and survived being 10,000 metres in the air without oxygen and subjected to temperatures of -50 °c. after an hour and falling back down to 6,900 metres she came to and was able to fly her way back down to earth.
australia
paraglider
uk
todayilearned
Dec 29, 2019
TIL of Gavel, a K-9 Cadet who was fired from the Police Academy for being too friendly after months of training; he then got a new job as Vice-Regal Dog for the Office of the Governor in Queensland where he greets visitors, attends official functions, sits in on Governor's briefings
australia
dogs
police
standard
todayilearned
Dec 28, 2019
TIL Spiders can sense electrical currents in the air and use them to launch themselves upward, traveling up to hundreds of miles. Occasionally a “mass ballooning” occurs, where so many spiders descend from the sky it looks like snow
animals
australia
environment
silk
spiders
webs
todayilearned
Dec 15, 2019
TIL 25 years after its release, Mariah Carey still earns around $3,300,000 a year in royalties alone for her song "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
america
arena tour
australia
australia and new zealand
australian fans
chart rules
europe
extravagent lifestyle
festive pop song
festive season
mariah carey
north america
northern america
northern europe
oceania
tour dates
united kingdom
united states of america
upgrading venues
walter afanasieff
todayilearned
Nov 20, 2019
TIL cigarette butts are a huge threat to marine life, each one contaminating 40 liters of ground water for at least 7 days, exposing over 7000 toxins in the environment and taking up to 10 years to break down.
andy bottoms
australia
australia and new zealand
australian manufacturer
boat ramp
butts end
century brand ambassador
cigarette butts
cigarette butts toxicity
cigarettes formaldehydes
discarded bait bags
environment challenge
filtered cigarettes
food chain
hydrogen cyanide
marine batteries
marine battery
model car
oceania
pip kiernan
plastic bag ban
plastic bags
storm washing
woolworths limited
todayilearned
Nov 16, 2019
TIL the single police officer of the regional town Birdsville, NSW (population: 100) patrols an area larger than Britain.
administration jobs
australia
australia and new zealand
birdsville
birdsville police station
brisbane
constable stephan pursell
frying pan
loneliest job
morning tea
oceania
patrol area
patrol area equivalent
police job
police officer
queensland
remote town
sharon
vanessa brown
victoria
todayilearned
Nov 10, 2019
TIL 80's pop group Spandau Ballet got their name after seeing it written on a nightclub toilet. Spandau Ballet actually refers to prisoner hangings at Spandau Prison and their twitching and jumping at the end of the rope.
abba
adolf hitler
anne frank
australia
berlin
bhutan
birds
blood
body
borders
breakfast
bruce willis
cake
camels
canada
charles dickens
children
countryside
crickets
crystal palace fc
cuba
dc
diamonds
doctor who
dodge
dreams
dublin
ecuador
eggs
elvis presley
estonia
fa cup
fire
flowers
frank sinatra
genetics
gold
hair
hawaii
history
hollywood
horses
humans tv series
iceland
ireland
jamaica
james may
japan
jk rowling
john f kennedy
jonny may
jupiter
kent
lead
leicester
liechtenstein
liverpool
liverpool fc
london
mac
mammals
manchester
men editor's choice
merseyside
met office
mexico
michael jackson
michael phelps
moles
mosquitos
nature
nazis
new caledonia
new york city
new zealand
norway
nuclear weapons
palestinian territories
paris
philip may
platinum
pluto
pound
premier league
pride
prince philip
princess anne
prisons
radiohead
rice
roads
roald dahl
roger federer
russia
saturn
saudi arabia
scotland
seals
shares
silver
skin
spain
st lucia
stegosaurus
swindon
take that
thailand
us navy
usa
uzbekistan
victorians
wales
weather
wikipedia
william shakespeare
wonder woman
york
todayilearned
Nov 03, 2019
TIL that Lady Gaga admited that Kiss FM was the only radio station to correctly censor the song during the chorus when she replaces "poker face" with "fuck her face". Although not in the official lyrics, the switch can be heard every second repetition of the phrase during the chorus.
australia
france
gagapedia
germany
ireland
italy
ladygaga
malta
netherlands
poker face (song)
scotland
spain
united kingdom
todayilearned
Sep 20, 2019
TIL that since every baby girl is born with up to two million eggs in her ovaries, a woman who is pregnant with a girl is not only carrying her baby — but also the beginnings of her grandchild, and her diet and lifestyle can impact the make-up of the eggs in the child’s reproductive system.
aldgate
amanda crisafulli
australia
australian researchers
baby girl
calum robertson
diet
exercise habits
fat cells
fatty fish
generational footprint
grandmother ate
grandmother's diet
health profile
incorporating lots
lauren wilson
lifestyle choices
maternal grandmother
multiple generations
pharmacology margaret morris
pregnant woman
pregnant women
reproductive system
saturated fats
social affairs
south australia
trudy o'donnell
unbalanced diet
unborn child
university of adelaide
vitamin levels
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