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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 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
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
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
Feb 15, 2020
TIL Whitney Houston died in suite 434 of the Beverly Hilton hotel. After a reported stream of insensitive guests who partied in the room “like Whitney did” and even snapped pictures of themselves lying in the bath where it happened, the hotel removed the room
beverly hills
beverly hilton hotel
california
carol giuseppi
crime scene
curious would-be guests
darren john webb
death hotels
disturbing death
estate world vendors
eugene hyland
getty images inc.
highland garden hotel
hotel chains
hotel deaths
hotel guests
hotel industry
hotel room
hotel source
hotel world
industry bodies
industry body
industry icons
janis joplin
jason merritt
liz burke
music world
national enquirer
oscar wilde
real estate
recording academy
reservation inquiry
room number
room room
senior industry source
sex worker
sydney cbd hotel
throat slit
united states of america
whitney houston
whitney room
todayilearned
Feb 11, 2020
TIL Apple was fined $9 million in Australia because it misled hundreds of Australian customers by ‘bricking’ their iPhones in a software update and then denying them repairs. The customers were informed they were no longer entitled to a repair because they had used a third party to fix their devices
agence france presse
america
apple shows
australian court case
australian customers
bricked devices
californian judge finding
consumer commission
consumer guarantees
consumer watchdog
federal court
getty images inc.
improve staff training
iphone deception
jennifer dudley-nicholson
judge finding prosecutors
multinational company
national technology editor
north america
northern america
phone support staff
reality tech
sarah court
scott olson
security checks
software update
tech drama
tech giant
technology giant
third-party repairs
timothy d. cook
united states of america
voiding warranties
warranty information
warranty rights
warranty systems
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
Jan 23, 2020
TIL that Adam West and Frank Gorshin were once kicked out of an orgy because they stayed in their Batman characters during the orgy.
adam west
america
california
entertainment news
family guy
fans joy
frank gorshin
gilbert gottfried
hilarious orgy story
hilarious reason
hollywood
kayla cobb
north america
northern america
orgy story
sex party
united states of america
todayilearned
Jan 02, 2020
TIL that Lee Valley, a Canadian woodworking tool company, pays their employees on a “slope”. This means the top paid CEO cannot make more than 10 times the lowest paid employee. It also means the same CEO gets the same cut of their profit sharing as the lowest paid employee
average executive pay
business
canada
company
economy
engaged staff
executive pay
flatter pay structure
lee valley tools ltd.
leonard lee
lowest-paid cleaner
manufacturing
ontario
ottawa
our time to lead
pay
pay slope
pay structure
retail
retention
top marketing executive
traditional pay ratios
united states of america
wage
worker
worker pay
worker retention
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
Aug 13, 2019
TIL despite having over a billion views, Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" doesn't run any ads on YouTube at the singer's request. When asked why, he explained he just wants to keep the song out of the "hey buy this stuff" world.
america
anna webber
australia
australia and new zealand
cameron adams
chris kidd
dj mark ronson
enrique iglesias
europe
french proto-synthesiser
iggy azalea
jean-jacques perrey
justin bieber
katy perry
korean pop star
launceston
luis fonsi
most-viewed music video
music video
musical hero
natasha pincus
national music writer
new york
north america
northern america
northern europe
oceania
tasmania
taylor swift
united kingdom
united states of america
wally de backer
todayilearned
Apr 12, 2019
TIL Jayne Mansfield died in a car crash in 1967 aged 34. Her car hit a tractor, killing her instantly. After her death, the NHTSA recommended requiring an underride guard on all tractor-trailers. In America the underride guard is sometimes known as a "Mansfield bar".
acting lessons
america
australia
australia and new zealand
biloxi
blonde bombshell
bryn mawr
california
city council vehicle
college student
dallas
dance lessons
film career
film director
film roles
gus stevens supper club
heart attack
highway bringing
history editor
hollywood
jayne mansfield
lawyer father
louisiana
marilyn monroe
mariska hargitay
matt cimber
mississippi
movie star
new orleans
north america
northern america
oceania
peeled back roof
pennsylvania
publicity stunts
rear underrun protector
road safety
ron harrison
samuel s. brody
school teacher
sophia loren
stage productions
texas
truck safety feature
united states of america
vehicle actor
vera jayne palmer
wardrobe malfunctions
won beauty contests
todayilearned
Apr 11, 2019
TIL that Disney's 1994 film The Lion King was made by their B-team of animators. The company expected Pocahontas to be the bigger hit and had their A-team make that movie.
aeoleon
beloved family classic
cheech & chong
comedy classic
comedy duos
copy cats
eddie murphy
elton john
family classic
global box office
hidden message
homemade film
hyena expert
hyena researcher
james earl jones
jon favreau
lead role
lion king
live action remake
live-action version
love interest
madge sinclair
matthew broderick
message animaters
moira kelly
mufasa
multiple japanese cartoonists
musical commitments
musical maestro
nathan lane
nick bond
night sky
racist representation
release dates
roger allers
special effects
stoner comedy
stoner comics
the lion king
tim rice
tom sito
united states of america
voice actors
voice cast
white lion ag
whoopi goldberg
winning comedy duo
work from home
todayilearned
Apr 01, 2019
TIL that Ed Sheeran never sells front row seats in order to see the real fans right in front of him. He gives them away to random fans outside so the front row isn't always just wealthy people.
ed sheeran australia
ed sheeran australia tour
ed sheeran new video
ed sheeran x
ed sheeran ticket price
ed sheeran christmas song
las vegas
nevada
united states of america
england
germany
melbourne
victoria
australia
poland
brisbane
queensland
getty images inc.
hawthorn hawks
sydney swans
qantas credit union arena
dj premier
taylor swift
cameron adams
ellie goulding
quinn rooney
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