Today I Learned - Ad Free – Telegram
Today I Learned - Ad Free
1.22K subscribers
3 photos
59.2K links
The 'Today I Learned' or TIL channel, forwards hot posts from /r/todayIlearned. This channel doesn't add advertisements to the source url.
Learn more, without ads.

Now open to invites and shareable with link:
t.me/TodayILearnedAF

Admin: @ZeroByMiesOne
Download Telegram
TIL: about Disulfiram (Antabuse) which is a drug used to treat Alcoholism. It causes acute sensitivity to alcohol, producing hangover like symptoms almost immediately after consuming any amount of alcohol.
https://ift.tt/32GsqJF

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 02:19PM by Alikona_05
via reddit https://ift.tt/3qHORpN
TIL that for much of the 20th century, the US state of Oklahoma practiced blatant sexism when it came to alcohol: women were allowed to drink 3.2% beer at 18 and everything else at 21, whereas men weren't allowed to drink anything at all until 21.
https://ift.tt/3sPetEe

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 03:13PM by Common_Coyote_3
via reddit https://ift.tt/3sPcIqC
TIL: Steve Jobs was infamous for parking his Mercedes in handicapped parking spots. He also didn’t use license plates.
https://ift.tt/3sWCmcG

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 05:30PM by A-Delonix-Regia
via reddit https://ift.tt/3pIKUC0
TIL the blob of toothpaste shown in ads is called a ‘nurdle’ and there have been lawsuits between companies over the rights to use this shape.
https://ift.tt/32Lugc1

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 05:57PM by aam1rj
via reddit https://ift.tt/3zk8Uii
TIL rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival played the 1969 Woodstock festival but refused to allow their performance to be included in the movie or on the soundtrack. The Greatful Dead had just finished a long mellow set so when CCR took the stage after midnight most of the audience was asleep.
https://ift.tt/2NbAkBK

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 06:27PM by Final_Character4678
via reddit https://ift.tt/347jJZf
TIL that when Malcom X was drafted into the military to serve in WW2, he feigned being insane by rambling about wanting to go down south, steal guns with black people, and hunt white people. This was an act, but it was enough for him to be declared mentally disqualified and avoid the draft.
https://ift.tt/3sPTZv2

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 07:22PM by Command-Grab
via reddit https://ift.tt/3JAtJdI
TIL there was a study investigating how odors affected sexual arousal in men and women. Several scents diminished arousal in women; there was no scent that diminished arousal in men.
https://ift.tt/2UO8qxJ

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 08:03PM by cherrybounce
via reddit https://ift.tt/31jODwG
TIL that in 1954 Betty White refused to remove a black dancer from her show and actually offered him more air time.
https://ift.tt/3eIjAO8

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 08:19PM by TheOA12345
via reddit https://ift.tt/32ynWFb
TIL Betty White was actually the oldest of the four Golden Girls and she outlived all of the other three by over 10 years.
https://ift.tt/3FO6EC2

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 08:30PM by ryannefromTX
via reddit https://ift.tt/3eHqZgC
TIL that Superman was initially conceived as a villain. The 1933 story "The Reign of the Superman" featured a man choosing to pursue evil after he was granted powers from an experiment. The authors later thought the character would be better as a hero and published the first Superman comic in 1938.
https://ift.tt/3FQdXJC

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 07:16PM by derstherower
via reddit https://ift.tt/3sPp4ij
TIL the original Death Star model from 1977's A New Hope was used as a trash can in Missouri in the 1990's by a store owner who did not know its significance.
https://ift.tt/3mPSd9o

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 08:16PM by Lokismoke
via reddit https://ift.tt/342ZNXs
TIL Robin Williams was a huge gamer. Staying up till 2 am playing Battlefield 2, roasting teenagers on Call of Duty, even naming his daughter Zelda after 'The Legend of Zelda.'
https://ift.tt/3pIT65i

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 09:47PM by The_deeb
via reddit https://ift.tt/34fgNKn
TIL a town in Newfoundland has a nightly Puffin Patrol during fledgling season that has saved hundreds of thousands of puffin chicks leaving the nest for the first time and confuse the towns lights for the moon and stars when trying to head out to sea.
https://ift.tt/2MHWCab

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 06:44PM by DigiQuip
via reddit https://ift.tt/3eEBMbl
TIL a Parrot got an award for warning a mother that her toddler was choking, by repeatedly yelling "Mama, baby" and flapped his wings
https://ift.tt/34spxuf

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 10:47PM by RipplingSyrup
via reddit https://ift.tt/3mOBnaF
TIL that in 1954 Betty White refused to remove a black dancer from her television show and actually offered him more air time.
https://ift.tt/3eJ8AAa

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 09:44PM by TheOA12345
via reddit https://ift.tt/3eEk7k4
TIL that the inventor of the lie detector test, William Moulton Marsten, also created Wonder Woman; the character is based on his polyamorous partner Olive Byrne, who is credited with founding the first birth control clinic in the US.
https://ift.tt/3JyXwDO

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 11:13PM by HoustonIAmTheProblem
via reddit https://ift.tt/3eJZt25
TIL There's a local tradition in Akita Japan called Namahage where grown men dress up like demons to scare children into behaving for their parents. They go from house to house yelling things like "Are there any crybabies at home?" or "Are naughty kids around?"
https://ift.tt/3mOTxJA

Submitted January 02, 2022 at 12:41AM by Movie_Advance_101
via reddit https://ift.tt/3EOYZCe
TIL that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt video game had a 450,000-word noscript spread across 950 speaking roles. The dialogue took nearly 3 years to record.
https://ift.tt/3mNf2up

Submitted January 01, 2022 at 09:27PM by WouldbeWanderer
via reddit https://ift.tt/3EKTvZa