TIL that according to a 2008 survey of infant and toddler feeding habits, some babies are served soft drinks daily as early as 9 months of age. The same survey found that by 24 months, more than 10 percent of toddlers were drinking soda every single day.
http://bit.ly/2I7HfcF
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 03:41PM by SirT6
via reddit http://bit.ly/2X1iYYO
http://bit.ly/2I7HfcF
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 03:41PM by SirT6
via reddit http://bit.ly/2X1iYYO
BabyCenter
The worst foods for babies | BabyCenter
Learn why some popular foods are unhealthy (and even unsafe) for babies, and get ideas for healthier alternatives.
TIL In the early 20th century the term "Muggles" meant someone who smoked marijuana. Louis Armstrong and some bandmates would get high before recording sessions and even recorded a song called "Muggles".
http://bit.ly/2G6VnPA
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 08:22PM by Keepsmakingaccounts
via reddit http://bit.ly/2UtX0RF
http://bit.ly/2G6VnPA
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 08:22PM by Keepsmakingaccounts
via reddit http://bit.ly/2UtX0RF
Wikipedia
Louis Armstrong - Wikipedia
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
TIL, on April 9th 2007, a theater filled with parents and their small children who were there to see 'The Last Mimzy' were accidentally shown 'The Hills Have Eyes 2', in which the beginning of the movie features a screaming, bruised, beaten, and bloodied woman delivering a deformed newborn
http://bit.ly/2ImydaK
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 09:07PM by PaulaBakerBush86
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Ge73S2
http://bit.ly/2ImydaK
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 09:07PM by PaulaBakerBush86
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Ge73S2
Filmjunk
The Hills Have Eyes 2 Accidentally Shown To Family Audience in Long Island - Film Junk
TIL that the gin and tonic was invented as a result of the British being unable to stomach the taste of bitter malaria medication in India
http://bit.ly/2X343xh
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 09:27PM by FallEggplant
via reddit http://bit.ly/2I8Ou3O
http://bit.ly/2X343xh
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 09:27PM by FallEggplant
via reddit http://bit.ly/2I8Ou3O
Flaviar
A Brief History of Gin and Tonic
The Gin and Tonic is one of the simplest cocktails, but there is a whole lot of history behind the invention of this popular drink.
TIL of Dennis H. Klatt, a computer scientist who programmed Stephen Hawking's voice box. He tirelessly worked on the code while undergoing treatment for cancer, which eventually took his own voice, and his life. Hawking never changed his voice program, saying, "My friend Dennis' voice is my voice"
http://bit.ly/2D8ywT4
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 11:23PM by autonova3
via reddit http://bit.ly/2VBxwOL
http://bit.ly/2D8ywT4
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 11:23PM by autonova3
via reddit http://bit.ly/2VBxwOL
Wikipedia
Dennis H. Klatt - Wikipedia
Dennis H. Klatt (March 31, 1938 – December 30, 1988) was a noted American researcher in speech and hearing science. Klatt was the pioneer of computerized speech synthesis and created an interface which allowed for speech for non-expert users for the first…
TIL during World War II, young black musicians started calling each other "man" as a sign of respect, in part because they were so tired of being referred to as "boy".
https://to.pbs.org/2X0FnFK
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 03:59AM by shaunmbarry
via reddit http://bit.ly/2UbF35c
https://to.pbs.org/2X0FnFK
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 03:59AM by shaunmbarry
via reddit http://bit.ly/2UbF35c
PBS.org
Dedicated to Chaos | Season 1 Episode 7 | Jazz
When America enters World War II, jazz is part of the arsenal.
TIL In 1728, the philosopher Voltaire got rich by outsmarting the lottery. The prize money was larger than the cost of all the tickets combined, so Voltaire and his friend formed a syndicate, bought all the tickets, and won several times.
https://nyti.ms/2D9EJOL
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 11:38PM by cyXie
via reddit http://bit.ly/2VzI016
https://nyti.ms/2D9EJOL
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 11:38PM by cyXie
via reddit http://bit.ly/2VzI016
NY Times
How Voltaire Made a Killing in the Lottery
About the Archive
TIL of Orestes Lorenzo, a Cuban fighter pilot who defected to the US. He flew to Florida in a MiG-23 and requested his family join him, when his family were banned from leaving Cuba he raised money to buy a plane. He then flew back to Cuba, landed on a highway an bought his family back himself.
http://bit.ly/2uVhZO9
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 09:42PM by AT2512
via reddit http://bit.ly/2P2OlQa
http://bit.ly/2uVhZO9
Submitted April 10, 2019 at 09:42PM by AT2512
via reddit http://bit.ly/2P2OlQa
reddit
r/todayilearned - TIL of Orestes Lorenzo, a Cuban fighter pilot who defected to the US. He flew to Florida in a MiG-23 and requested…
1,655 votes and 57 comments so far on Reddit
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.
http://bit.ly/2Ie0Es9
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 03:58AM by Hey_Im_Probably_Okay
via reddit http://bit.ly/2UbF49g
http://bit.ly/2Ie0Es9
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 03:58AM by Hey_Im_Probably_Okay
via reddit http://bit.ly/2UbF49g
reddit
r/todayilearned - TIL that Disney's 1994 film The Lion King was made by their B-team of animators. The company expected Pocahontas…
832 votes and 108 comments so far on Reddit
TIL Satanists do not literally worship Satan. They are closer to an Atheist religion, and believe Satan is a positive archetype demonstrating pride, individualism and enlightenment and use Satan as a symbol of defiance against Abrahamic faiths.
http://bit.ly/1lYsPnC
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 05:21AM by BobGobbles
via reddit http://bit.ly/2X8C3J1
http://bit.ly/1lYsPnC
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 05:21AM by BobGobbles
via reddit http://bit.ly/2X8C3J1
Wikipedia
Church of Satan
international organization dedicated to the religion of Satanism
TIL that **tint** is a mixture of a color with white, which reduces darkness, **shade** is a mixture with black, which increases darkness, **tone** is produced either by mixing a color with grey (or by both tinting and shading), and **hue** is how much red, blue and yellow it has.
http://bit.ly/1G2ijpv
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 07:31AM by TequillaShotz
via reddit http://bit.ly/2P3z29G
http://bit.ly/1G2ijpv
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 07:31AM by TequillaShotz
via reddit http://bit.ly/2P3z29G
Wikipedia
Tints and shades - Wikipedia
In color theory, a tint is a mixture of a color with white, which reduces darkness, while a shade is a mixture with black, which increases darkness. Both processes affect the resulting color mixture's relative lightness. A tone is produced either by mixing…
TIL In 1951 Thelma Howard was hired as a maid for Walt & Lillian Disney. Walt would gift her shares of Disney stock every X-mas for the next 30 yrs. She died in 1994 that's when it was discovered she still had all 192,000 shares valued at $9,000,000. It went to disadvantaged kids & her disabled son
http://bit.ly/2v418Zf
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 11:27AM by BirdPlan
via reddit http://bit.ly/2P2pHz2
http://bit.ly/2v418Zf
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 11:27AM by BirdPlan
via reddit http://bit.ly/2P2pHz2
PEOPLE.com
Saving Grace
LAST JUNE, JUST 16 DAYS SHY OF her 80th birthday, Thelma Howard died in a Santa Monica nursing home. When…
TIL of the micromort, a unit of risk defined as one one-in-a-million chance of death. Travelling 10km on a bike, 400km in a car, and 10,000km via jet all expose you to 1 μmt of risk. Simply existing at age 90 exposes you to 300 μmt a day.
http://bit.ly/1m3AfaN
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 01:56AM by Mega_Dunsparce
via reddit http://bit.ly/2D87qMe
http://bit.ly/1m3AfaN
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 01:56AM by Mega_Dunsparce
via reddit http://bit.ly/2D87qMe
Wikipedia
Micromort - Wikipedia
A micromort (from micro- and mortality) is a unit of risk defined as one-in-a-million chance of death. Micromorts can be used to measure riskiness of various day-to-day activities. A microprobability is a one-in-a million chance of some event; thus a micromort…
TIL cocktails became popular during Prohibition as juices were added to bootleg liquor to disguise the taste of ingredients like dead rat and wood tar
http://bit.ly/2Dd3ESd
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 02:19PM by bostonstrong781
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Gh7QSl
http://bit.ly/2Dd3ESd
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 02:19PM by bostonstrong781
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Gh7QSl
Smithsonian
The Modern Craft Cocktail Movement Got Its Start During Prohibition
Something needed to be done to mask the taste of bootleg alcohol that could include ingredients ranging from dead rats to wood tar
TIL Cats were kept on ships by Ancient Egyptians for pest control and it become a seafaring tradition. It is believed Domestic cats spread throughout much of the world with sailing ships during Age of Discovery(15th through 18th centuries).
http://bit.ly/1cmotcx
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 03:03PM by Viraviraco
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Ic30Yz
http://bit.ly/1cmotcx
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 03:03PM by Viraviraco
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Ic30Yz
Wikipedia
Ship's cat - Wikipedia
cat carried on ships for many reasons, most importantly to control rodents
TIL London is the largest urban forest in the world: with more than 8 million trees - about one for every Londoner - the capital of the UK is literally classified as a forest in its own right.
http://bit.ly/2GgeDMb
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 04:28PM by tyzo789
via reddit http://bit.ly/2IrGbiR
http://bit.ly/2GgeDMb
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 04:28PM by tyzo789
via reddit http://bit.ly/2IrGbiR
Lonely Planet
16 things you never knew about London
Think you know London? Think again as Lonely Planet lets you in on some of the British capital's most surprising secrets and hidden corners.
TIL in 2008, Jeremy Clarkson published his bank details in his Sun newspaper column to prove nobody could take money from his account. Somebody then donated £500 to a Diabetes charity from his account.
https://bbc.in/2vpQJpl
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 03:45PM by carl0071
via reddit http://bit.ly/2DbZFou
https://bbc.in/2vpQJpl
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 03:45PM by carl0071
via reddit http://bit.ly/2DbZFou
news.bbc.co.uk
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Clarkson stung after bank prank
TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has lost money after publishing his bank details in his newspaper column.
TIL pedestrianism was a famous sport in the 19th century where people would compete to walk the furthest distance in the shortest amount of time. A famous challenge was walking 1000 miles in 1000 hours, first completed by Robert Barclay Allardice in 1809.
http://bit.ly/2D36gBx
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 04:06PM by SamisSmashSamis
via reddit http://bit.ly/2VHhtz6
http://bit.ly/2D36gBx
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 04:06PM by SamisSmashSamis
via reddit http://bit.ly/2VHhtz6
Wikipedia
Pedestrianism - Wikipedia
19th-century competitive walking contest
TIL Richard Nixon's administration had a master list of all of the president's main opponents among both people and organizations. Hunter S. Thompson felt disappointed not to have been on it.
http://bit.ly/1CCBNWX
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 04:07PM by YourOwnBiggestFan
via reddit http://bit.ly/2KBhrHY
http://bit.ly/1CCBNWX
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 04:07PM by YourOwnBiggestFan
via reddit http://bit.ly/2KBhrHY
Wikipedia
Master list of Nixon's political opponents - Wikipedia
supplemental expansion of Nixon's Enemies List
TIL Indians are relearning Sanskrit and reviving the ancient language, with 10,000 new speakers in 2010 alone
http://bit.ly/2GhicBx
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 06:45PM by ithilienwanderer
via reddit http://bit.ly/2IwXSgW
http://bit.ly/2GhicBx
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 06:45PM by ithilienwanderer
via reddit http://bit.ly/2IwXSgW
Pratidin Time | Leading News Channel of Assam | Breaking News Assam
Latest census figure reveals increase in Sanskrit speakers in India - Pratidin Time | Leading News Channel of Assam | Breaking…
According to latest census figure of 2011, the ancient Sanskrit language has earned 10,000 new speakers in a span of 10 years in the country marking a growth of 71 per cent. Hindi-speaking population in the country has increased by more than 10 crore between…
TIL Uncle Tom was actually the hero that stood up against slavers but pro-slavery works created afterwards poisoned the name "Uncle Tom"
http://bit.ly/2VCRpVJ
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 07:26PM by praguepride
via reddit http://bit.ly/2DarAFf
http://bit.ly/2VCRpVJ
Submitted April 11, 2019 at 07:26PM by praguepride
via reddit http://bit.ly/2DarAFf
Wikipedia
Uncle Tom - Wikipedia
fictional character