TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien had been known to (as a practical joke) dress up as an axe-wielding Anglo-Saxon warrior and chase his neighbor down the street.
http://bit.ly/1xB11NK
Submitted May 21, 2019 at 09:10PM by The_Rothbardian
via reddit http://bit.ly/2wfdgqU
http://bit.ly/1xB11NK
Submitted May 21, 2019 at 09:10PM by The_Rothbardian
via reddit http://bit.ly/2wfdgqU
Mentalfloss
10 Surprising Facts About J.R.R. Tolkien
There are plenty of things even the most ardent fans don't know about The Lord of the Rings author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
TIL "Irish goodbye" refers to a person ducking out of a party, social gathering or very bad date without bidding farewell. The phrase is attributed to the Potato Famine of 1845-1852, when many Irish fled their homeland for America. The distance and technology meant that they were gone forever.
https://abcn.ws/2LYDg4L
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 03:50AM by chercheur17
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Wgroij
https://abcn.ws/2LYDg4L
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 03:50AM by chercheur17
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Wgroij
ABC News
What the Heck is an 'Irish Goodbye?'
It's rude to leave a party without seeking out the host.
TIL there are more CEOs named "David" than all female CEOs combined in the US
http://bit.ly/2sJRY0U
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 04:06AM by professorhojoz
via reddit http://bit.ly/2WjnTaY
http://bit.ly/2sJRY0U
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 04:06AM by professorhojoz
via reddit http://bit.ly/2WjnTaY
Fairygodboss
More CEOs Named John or David Than All Female CEOs in S&P1500
That fact speaks for itself.
TIL The band ‘Tool’ have a “secret album” called “The Holy Gift.” If you listen to their album “Lateralus” in a different order of tracks, the songs flow into each other even better, and and they make different musical themes from the original.
http://bit.ly/2wbYEIS
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 05:11AM by Langosta_9er
via reddit http://bit.ly/2QhKEGN
http://bit.ly/2wbYEIS
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 05:11AM by Langosta_9er
via reddit http://bit.ly/2QhKEGN
Tigerdroppings
Tool's secret album "The Holy Gift"
Tool's secret album "The Holy Gift" - [link=(https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/so_tool_have_a_secret_album_called_the_holy_gift
TIL that the reason we feel compelled sing in the shower is partly because the reverb of the shower boosts the voice, adds more bass, and sounds more powerful, thus boosting the singer's confidence to sing.
http://bit.ly/2wbJKCL
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 04:39AM by russianlexicon
via reddit http://bit.ly/2QofRZf
http://bit.ly/2wbJKCL
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 04:39AM by russianlexicon
via reddit http://bit.ly/2QofRZf
HowStuffWorks
Why do people sing in the shower?
Jack Black does it. Wyclef Jean does it. And chances are, you do it, too. Everyone's a rock star in the bathroom. And there's a scientific explanation behind our soapy musical stylings.
TIL that following the crash of a commercial airplane he owned that killed all 223 passengers, three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda investigated the crash and found that thrust reversers caused it, he got Boeing to admit fault and change the design of the 767 airplane
http://bit.ly/2we58as
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 05:31AM by Ryan_Holman
via reddit http://bit.ly/2QgI6J8
http://bit.ly/2we58as
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 05:31AM by Ryan_Holman
via reddit http://bit.ly/2QgI6J8
Wikipedia
Lauda Air Flight 004
Lauda Air Flight 004 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight between Bangkok, Thailand, and Vienna, Austria. On 26 May 1991, the thrust reverser on the No.1 engine of the Boeing 767-300ER operating the flight deployed in flight without being…
TIL Japan proposed an amendment to the Treaty of Versailles that outlawed all racial discrimination. Despite receiving a majority vote for it to be added to the treaty Woodrow Wilson personally vetoed the measure and as a comprise let Japan claim a number of islands in the Pacific.
http://bit.ly/1D96fDV
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 01:41PM by UsualHistory5
via reddit http://bit.ly/2EnYrHe
http://bit.ly/1D96fDV
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 01:41PM by UsualHistory5
via reddit http://bit.ly/2EnYrHe
Wikipedia
Racial Equality Proposal - Wikipedia
The Racial Equality Proposal (Japanese: 人種的差別撤廃提案 Hepburn: Jinshutekisabetsu teppai teian, lit. "Proposal to abolish racial discrimination") was an amendment to the treaty under consideration at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference offered by Japan. The racial…
TIL that Niki Lauda asked his fellow drivers in 1976 to boycott the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring due to safety concerns even after he was the fastest on the track. Fellow drivers declined and Lauda suffered a crash in the second lap which left him with half face and scalp burned.
http://bit.ly/2VGsJL7
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 01:33PM by sersleepsalot1
via reddit http://bit.ly/2WWceMd
http://bit.ly/2VGsJL7
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 01:33PM by sersleepsalot1
via reddit http://bit.ly/2WWceMd
Wikipedia
Niki Lauda
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian Formula One driver, a three-time F1 World Drivers' Champion, winning in 1975, 1977 and 1984, and an aviation entrepreneur. He was the only driver in F1 history to have been champion…
TIL Yogi Bear was one of several Hanna-Barbera characters to have a collar. This allowed animators to keep his body static, redrawing only his head in each frame when he spoke—a method that reduced the number of drawings needed for a seven-minute cartoon from around 14,000 to around 2,000.
http://bit.ly/1KPAkjj
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 01:58PM by kneadthat
via reddit http://bit.ly/2YKwSQ9
http://bit.ly/1KPAkjj
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 01:58PM by kneadthat
via reddit http://bit.ly/2YKwSQ9
Wikipedia
Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear is a fictional character who has appeared in numerous comic books, animated television shows and films. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show.
TIL Nurkhon Yuldashkojayeva was one of first 23 Uzbek dancers to perform unveiled on stage in 1923. In 2 months, aged 16, she was killed by her brother in honor-killing. The statue was built in 1967 to symbolize women's freedom but destroyed after Uzbekistan's independence in 1991 as being immoral.
http://bit.ly/2VGsNul
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 01:27PM by ivyStars
via reddit http://bit.ly/2WWXLzX
http://bit.ly/2VGsNul
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 01:27PM by ivyStars
via reddit http://bit.ly/2WWXLzX
Wikipedia
Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva
Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva (Uzbek: Nurxon Yoʻldoshxoʻjayeva, often anglicized as Nurkhon Yuldasheva) was one of the first Uzbek women to dance onstage without the traditional Islamic veil. She was born in 1913 in Margilan, a city in Fergana Province and was…
TIL about Peter Oakley, known as Geriatric1927 on youtube, he was the most subscribed youtube account in 2006, in his channel he talked about his life experiences, such as growing up in the UK during WW2 and experiencing the British inter-war school system, he passed away in 2014 at 86 years old
http://bit.ly/1O4t9Ev
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 05:22PM by RutilantBoss
via reddit http://bit.ly/2WYZogh
http://bit.ly/1O4t9Ev
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 05:22PM by RutilantBoss
via reddit http://bit.ly/2WYZogh
Wikipedia
Peter Oakley
Peter Oakley (20 August 1927 – 23 March 2014) was a pensioner from Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. He was better known by his pseudonym geriatric1927 on the video sharing website YouTube.
TIL African Wild Dogs vote on whether not to go on a hunt by sneezing. If a dominant pair sneezes first, then on average 2 additional sneezes will mean a hunt occurs. If a non dominant dogs sneeze first, then it typically takes 10 additional sneezes to sway the group to hunt.
http://bit.ly/2Wj33IQ
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 04:51PM by tetra_mus
via reddit http://bit.ly/2M5NujK
http://bit.ly/2Wj33IQ
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 04:51PM by tetra_mus
via reddit http://bit.ly/2M5NujK
Wikipedia
African wild dog
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as the painted hunting dog,painted wolf,African hunting dog,Cape hunting dog or African painted dog, is a canid native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest of its family in Africa, and the only extant member…
TIL in 1975, Joel Kaplan escaped from a prison in Mexico without breaking a single law. He didn't bribe or assault the guards since they were on a break, the helicopter and plane used in his breakout were bought legally, his flight followed FAA guidelines, and he entered the US with his real name.
http://bit.ly/1G7r8lm
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 06:01PM by MistressGravity
via reddit http://bit.ly/2YJxHZg
http://bit.ly/1G7r8lm
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 06:01PM by MistressGravity
via reddit http://bit.ly/2YJxHZg
Time
The Strange Case of the Non-Criminal Jail Break
Not every escape leads to a manhunt
TIL that there is a fire in a Zoroastrian temple in Iran that has burned for more 1500 years straight
http://bit.ly/2Aw0DdL
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 06:39PM by I_mInfinite
via reddit http://bit.ly/2WjNa4P
http://bit.ly/2Aw0DdL
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 06:39PM by I_mInfinite
via reddit http://bit.ly/2WjNa4P
Atlas Obscura
Yazd Atash Behram
The fire inside this temple has burned for more than 1,500 years.
TIL the cost of a Bugatti Veyron's oil change is between $20,000 to $25,000 & the cost of tires is around $38,000
https://cnb.cx/2Qdkipm
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 06:56PM by MarineKingPrime_
via reddit http://bit.ly/2wgV0gQ
https://cnb.cx/2Qdkipm
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 06:56PM by MarineKingPrime_
via reddit http://bit.ly/2wgV0gQ
CNBC
This is how much a $1.7 million Bugatti hypercar's oil change costs — it's as much as another car
It costs as much as a 2019 Toyota Camry.
TIL: George Lucas traded 2.5% of "Star Wars" ticket sales with Steven Spielberg for 2.5 % of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" sales. Lucas did this because he was not sure that Star Wars would be profitable. Spielberg ended up making $40 Million from Star Wars.
https://yhoo.it/2K3lx9w
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 11:28PM by Oak987
via reddit http://bit.ly/2HwkddR
https://yhoo.it/2K3lx9w
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 11:28PM by Oak987
via reddit http://bit.ly/2HwkddR
reddit
r/todayilearned - TIL: George Lucas traded 2.5% of "Star Wars" ticket sales with Steven Spielberg for 2.5 % of "Close Encounters…
0 votes and 7 comments so far on Reddit
TIL that James McCune Smith, the first African-American doctor, was rejected from all American colleges and had to attend the University of Glasgow in Scotland, where he graduated at the top of his class
http://bit.ly/1QFM6Kc
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 10:50PM by Ryan_Holman
via reddit http://bit.ly/2YLCtpw
http://bit.ly/1QFM6Kc
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 10:50PM by Ryan_Holman
via reddit http://bit.ly/2YLCtpw
Wikipedia
James McCune Smith
James McCune Smith (April 18, 1813 – November 17, 1865) was an African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author in New York City. He was the first African American to hold a medical degree and graduated at the top in his class at the University…
TIL that Prince Philip was not allowed to invite his three sisters to his wedding to Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth in 1947, because they were all married to German noblemen, and this would have been considered inappropriate in postwar Britain.
http://bit.ly/2WZwf4F
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 10:29PM by escapesuburbia
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Et5AGd
http://bit.ly/2WZwf4F
Submitted May 22, 2019 at 10:29PM by escapesuburbia
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Et5AGd
Wikipedia
Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
The wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten took place on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey in London. Philip had been made Duke of Edinburgh on the morning of the wedding.
TIL that China and India's combined population now is greater than that of the entire world in 1950.
http://bit.ly/1G9TCZU
Submitted May 23, 2019 at 12:48AM by crochet_du_gauche
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Hvu9UR
http://bit.ly/1G9TCZU
Submitted May 23, 2019 at 12:48AM by crochet_du_gauche
via reddit http://bit.ly/2Hvu9UR
Wikipedia
World population estimates
This article lists current estimates of world population, as well as projections of population growth.
In summary, estimates for the progression of world population since the late medieval period are in the following ranges:
In summary, estimates for the progression of world population since the late medieval period are in the following ranges:
TIL there's a manga about Jesus and Buddha living as roommates in modern Japan
http://bit.ly/2WZU64d
Submitted May 23, 2019 at 02:53AM by Darth_Agnon
via reddit http://bit.ly/2EoWbQ8
http://bit.ly/2WZU64d
Submitted May 23, 2019 at 02:53AM by Darth_Agnon
via reddit http://bit.ly/2EoWbQ8
MangaDex
Saint Oniisan (Title) - MangaDex
Saint Oniisan is slice-of-life or divine-life, tale of Jesus and Buddha as they try to experience the modern world, in this case, Japan. The manga places a funny twist on religion, attitudes, culture and customs in Japan through the eyes of Jesus and Buddha.…
TIL that flatulence, if held in too long, is sometimes reabsorbed into the circulation and exhaled in your breath. Holding in farts may also lead to diverticulitis, where small pouches develop in the gut lining and can become inflamed.
http://bit.ly/2VX2d4Z
Submitted May 23, 2019 at 01:57AM by walterwhiteinschimer
via reddit http://bit.ly/2HwA3Fq
http://bit.ly/2VX2d4Z
Submitted May 23, 2019 at 01:57AM by walterwhiteinschimer
via reddit http://bit.ly/2HwA3Fq
The Conversation
Health Check: what happens when you hold in a fart?
Holding on too long triggers a build up of intestinal gas that may eventually escape via an uncontrollable fart.