TIL that the "LED TV" was only made possible by the invention of the Blue LED. While Red and Green LEDs existed since the 60s, the Blue LED was so difficult to create that its inventors won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for finally enabling energy-efficient white light sources.
https://ift.tt/YI4qgMr
Submitted 2026-02-25T16:49:05+00:00 by Quiet_Card_8789
via reddit https://ift.tt/tveX0Li
https://ift.tt/YI4qgMr
Submitted 2026-02-25T16:49:05+00:00 by Quiet_Card_8789
via reddit https://ift.tt/tveX0Li
TIL that author Michael Crichton entered Harvard as an English major but changed his major after he submitted an essay by George Orwell under his own name and got a B-. He decided that if a writer of Orwell's caliber could only get a B- then he needed to major in something else.
https://ift.tt/Taftuho
Submitted 2026-02-25T17:19:13+00:00 by astarisaslave
via reddit https://ift.tt/URjKPet
https://ift.tt/Taftuho
Submitted 2026-02-25T17:19:13+00:00 by astarisaslave
via reddit https://ift.tt/URjKPet
🔥1
TIL that in 2025, a woman in Thailand who was declared dead was discovered alive after temple staff heard knocking from inside her coffin before cremation.
https://ift.tt/tjTWZOc
Submitted 2026-02-25T17:14:10+00:00 by Haode5
via reddit https://ift.tt/W91fLzX
https://ift.tt/tjTWZOc
Submitted 2026-02-25T17:14:10+00:00 by Haode5
via reddit https://ift.tt/W91fLzX
Sky News
'Dead' Thai woman sent to crematorium wakes up in coffin
Staff at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham temple near Bangkok say they were alerted after they heard knocking from inside the coffin moments before the cremation was due to start.
😱1😨1
TIL Heinrich Kramer, the man responsible the early modern witch craze, was initialy admonished by the inquisition for "illegal and unethical" practices. He had a feud with a local woman named Helena Scheuberin and when he refused to stop harassing her, he was asked by the bishop to leave Innsbruck
https://ift.tt/hfYeClm
Submitted 2026-02-25T15:43:43+00:00 by Nero2t2
via reddit https://ift.tt/HOCVWsK
https://ift.tt/hfYeClm
Submitted 2026-02-25T15:43:43+00:00 by Nero2t2
via reddit https://ift.tt/HOCVWsK
TIL roughly 100,000 African elephants were killed by poachers in just three years (2010-2012). The population declined by approximately 110,000 over a decade, leaving only about 415,000 remaining by 2016.
https://ift.tt/FLYktlJ
Submitted 2026-02-25T19:47:36+00:00 by freudian_nipps
via reddit https://ift.tt/cFDO1SR
https://ift.tt/FLYktlJ
Submitted 2026-02-25T19:47:36+00:00 by freudian_nipps
via reddit https://ift.tt/cFDO1SR
🤬4
TIL while recording samples for the Mellotron (an early keyboard sampler), cellist Reginald Kilbey refused to downtune his Cello to cover lower notes claiming he'd be robbing a bassist of their fee. A bassist was hired for the next recording session, which turned out to be Kilbey with a bass.
https://ift.tt/nsE7S5R
Submitted 2026-02-25T20:55:20+00:00 by MrRabbit-
via reddit https://ift.tt/QJocOVf
https://ift.tt/nsE7S5R
Submitted 2026-02-25T20:55:20+00:00 by MrRabbit-
via reddit https://ift.tt/QJocOVf
🤣4
TIL about Lionel Crabb, a Royal Navy diver who vanished during a reconnaissance mission around a Soviet cruiser in 1956. A headless, handless corpse was discovered over a year later, it has never been conclusively proven to be Crabb's as known scars were absent.
https://ift.tt/N5DR3Hq
Submitted 2026-02-25T16:50:26+00:00 by johnsmithoncemore
via reddit https://ift.tt/TAo8RIu
https://ift.tt/N5DR3Hq
Submitted 2026-02-25T16:50:26+00:00 by johnsmithoncemore
via reddit https://ift.tt/TAo8RIu
TIL if the experiments are controlled and sensitive enough, we find quantum behavior in objects big enough to be seen with an ordinary optical microscope
https://ift.tt/5luW4sa
Submitted 2026-02-26T00:02:19+00:00 by Heliocentrist
via reddit https://ift.tt/HT9GpkX
https://ift.tt/5luW4sa
Submitted 2026-02-26T00:02:19+00:00 by Heliocentrist
via reddit https://ift.tt/HT9GpkX
Quanta Magazine
Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning To Dissolve?
Columnist Philip Ball thinks the phenomenon of decoherence might finally bridge the quantum-classical divide.
TIL about Deborah Samson who successfully hid that she was a woman in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, even removing a musket ball from her leg herself to avoid being discovered
https://ift.tt/IqQdhls
Submitted 2026-02-25T23:57:41+00:00 by jwferguson
via reddit https://ift.tt/ZYqo6BP
https://ift.tt/IqQdhls
Submitted 2026-02-25T23:57:41+00:00 by jwferguson
via reddit https://ift.tt/ZYqo6BP
TIL The mercury in tuna and other fish largely comes from human activity, not the ocean itself.
https://ift.tt/qGyuiDU
Submitted 2026-02-26T00:16:22+00:00 by Tight_kangaroo1
via reddit https://ift.tt/3UQOJmV
https://ift.tt/qGyuiDU
Submitted 2026-02-26T00:16:22+00:00 by Tight_kangaroo1
via reddit https://ift.tt/3UQOJmV
FoodPrint
So Where Does All That Mercury in Fish Come From?
Learn where all the mercury in fish comes from, how it gets there and what it could mean for the health of you and your family.
TIL the iconic "Peace Symbol" isn't just a random geometric design. It's actually composed of the flag semaphore signals for the letters "N" and "D", standing for "Nuclear Disarmament".
https://ift.tt/qAiL7TE
Submitted 2026-02-26T00:56:32+00:00 by -Speechless
via reddit https://ift.tt/XJS1IpN
https://ift.tt/qAiL7TE
Submitted 2026-02-26T00:56:32+00:00 by -Speechless
via reddit https://ift.tt/XJS1IpN
TIL that the ancient Chinese Confucian thinker Xunzi argued that humans are born with selfish, chaotic impulses, and that “goodness” is something we build through education, ritual, and strong social institutions. His whole point was basically: if you remove the rules, people don't auto-become good.
https://ift.tt/kg9IbrH
Submitted 2026-02-26T01:56:59+00:00 by fromthefuturedude
via reddit https://ift.tt/GmYyRKw
https://ift.tt/kg9IbrH
Submitted 2026-02-26T01:56:59+00:00 by fromthefuturedude
via reddit https://ift.tt/GmYyRKw
❤1
TIL The "Asoh Defense" refers to the legendary 1968 incident where Japan Airlines Captain Kohei Asoh candidly admitted, "As you Americans say, I f---ed up," after mistakenly landing his DC-8 jet in San Francisco Bay. By taking full, immediate responsibility without excuses, he set a gold standard
https://ift.tt/arp0qSm
Submitted 2026-02-26T01:58:49+00:00 by Capital-Aide-1006
via reddit https://ift.tt/iW6wJ34
https://ift.tt/arp0qSm
Submitted 2026-02-26T01:58:49+00:00 by Capital-Aide-1006
via reddit https://ift.tt/iW6wJ34
Mentour Pilot
The Asoh Defense: “As you Americans say, I ****** up”
Sometimes an aviation concept finds applications in other fields, and the Asoh Defense is one such example. It’s still an aviation lesson, however. The story around the statement may well be apocryphal. Captain Kohei Asoh, pilot-in-command of Japan Airlines…
TIL of Starlight Tours in the 1990s and early 2000, where an Indigenous person, frequently Indigenous men, is picked up at night and abandoned outside of the city limits in subzero temperatures.
https://ift.tt/O9LaVgs
Submitted 2026-02-26T03:29:20+00:00 by GoodMornEveGoodNight
via reddit https://ift.tt/Y4RopUm
https://ift.tt/O9LaVgs
Submitted 2026-02-26T03:29:20+00:00 by GoodMornEveGoodNight
via reddit https://ift.tt/Y4RopUm
TIL There was an attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne outside Buckingham Palace where her protection officer was shot
https://ift.tt/yY2o3We
Submitted 2026-02-26T02:40:31+00:00 by b_asic
via reddit https://ift.tt/I8PSqMw
https://ift.tt/yY2o3We
Submitted 2026-02-26T02:40:31+00:00 by b_asic
via reddit https://ift.tt/I8PSqMw
Tatler
The day Princess Anne survived a dramatic kidnap attempt
50 years ago, the Princess Anne escaped a kidnapper without a scratch. Discover the extraordinary story with Tatler