20+ Fascinating Facts For Perpetual Knowledge Seekers

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Mel Dawn
Jan 24, 2022 12:00 PM EST

Everyday we're bombarded with so much information, our poor brains our bound to get overwhelmed and only process the necessary data, so to speak. It's a shame we can't retain all the interesting stuff we discover throughout our lives, but thanks to the internet and subreddits like r/todayilearned, we can revisit fascinating facts and historical tidbits we might have forgotten—or better yet, learn something new. If you're always the one at the party starting conversations with 'did you know...' then keep scrolling, because we've got a ton of interesting facts for your mind museum. 

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    Gesture - r/todayilearned u/GWRecords · 29d 11 15 16 1 TIL Raven the chimpanzee appeared in the 2009 Guinness World Records book as the most successful chimpanzee on Wall Street after choosing her stocks by throwing darts at a list of 133 internet companies. She became the 22nd most successful money manager in the USA. *MOST SUCCESSFUL CHIMPANZEE ON WALL STREET Raven, a sixyearoid chimpanzee, became the 22nd most successful money manager in the USA after choosing her stocks by throwing darts at
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    Organism - r/todayilearned u/MildlySuspicious · 176d 1 1 1 19 1 21 a 11 S 11 1 4 TIL in 1980 the FBI formed a fake company and attempted to bribe members of congress. Nearly 25% of those tested accepted the bribe, and were convicted en.wikipedia.or
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    Chin - r/todayilearned u/WigboldCrumb • 13d • youtube 1 1 1 11 e 8 S 11 TIL that Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, sold the series as a pure entertainment vehicle due to censorship he experienced with previous projects that would delve into controversial social/political issues. The Twilight Zone tackled the same issues but veiled in science fiction and fantasy
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    Photograph - r/todayilearned u/SeizeOpportunity · 29d の34 21 S 25 1 23 TIL: Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan as part of a "Work Life Choice Challenge" by shutting down offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, increased by almost 40% compared to the same period the previous year. cnn.com
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    Font - r/todayilearned u/Cinemaphreak · 29d 1 14 a 14 1 S 7 A 15 TIL that Samuel L. Jackson heard someone repeating his Ezekiel 25:17 speech to him, he turned to discover it was Marlon Brando who gave him his number. When Jackson called, it was a Chinese restaurant. But when he asked for Brando, he picked up. It was Brando's way of screening calls. Hollijwood THE Wooml REPORTER hollywoodreporter.com
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    Product - r/todayilearned u/operator139 · 18d Top Awarded 1 67 47 3 40 A 66 1 TIL a 75-year Harvard study found close relationships are the key to a person's success. Having someone to lean on keeps brain function high and reduces emotional, and physical, pain. People who feel lonely are more likely to experience health declines earlier in life. ve RO VE RO cnbc.com
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    Rectangle - r/todayilearned u/Psycho_Chicken_99 · 154d 16 9 10 a 10 3 7 9. TIL That in 2007, Rockstar Games allowed fans to call a number and gtaforums.com rant about what they thought was wrong with America. The best calls were featured on a radio station in "Grand Theft Auto IV"
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    World - r/todayilearned u/SloxTheDlox • 25d 13 9. 12 7 TIL A casino's database was hacked through a smart fish tank thermometer interestingengineering.com
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    Bird - r/todayilearned u/Polar_Roid · 22d 1 TIL 1 66 9 28 S 33 1 23 TIL fish eggs can survive and hatch after passing through a duck, providing one explanation of how seemingly pristine, isolated bodies of water can become stocked with fish smithsonianmag.com
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    Watch - r/todayilearned u/Alkyen · 12d 1 1 2 57 19 S 29 9 4 35 1 TIL ADHD doesn't always mean 'short attention span'. 'Hyperfocusing' on a task for hours on end is also a known symptom of ADHD, where the inability to stop is considered to be the problem. additudemag.com
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    Terrestrial plant - r/todayilearned u/LegendLarrynumero1 · 15d 1 31 O 16 36 23 TIL Joseph Strauss, the engineer of the golden Gate Bridge, mandated that a net be installed under the bridge for safety while being built. This was revolutionary at the time. The net caught 19 men who fell, saving all of them from a certain death. en.wikipedia.or 80.3k 1.5k 1 Share
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    Eyelash - r/todayilearned u/QuicklyThisWay • 12d 26 e 10 S 19 15 TIL Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and hundreds more, started smoking at the age of 9, changed his last name from Blank to Blanc, survived a car accident resulting in a two week coma, recorded The Flintstones in a full body cast, and died only a year after recording Who Framed Roger Rabbit. en.wikipedia.or 80.2k 1.2k 1 Share
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    Eye - r/todayilearned u/BrautanGud· 8d 8 6. 10 TIL That dogs and cats circle around before bedding down as a throwback to their wild ancestors. Their survival instincts provoked them to position themselves in the direction of the wind to pick up predator scents and choose the best angle for keeping an eye on the environment. vcahospitals.com
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    Font - r/todayilearned u/throwawayblueline · 28d O7 3 4 2 TIL The lack of an Oxford comma in the wording of a state law laying out what activities qualify a worker for overtime pay, more than 120 drivers for the Oakhurst Dairy became eligible for a multi-million settlement for unpaid overtime. NPR () npr.org
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    Photograph - r/todayilearned u/drdisney · 8d 15 O 22 3 14 2 20 TIL: That a Japanese ice cream company created a commercial to publicly apologize about needing to raise the price of their ice cream bars for the first time in 25 years from 60 yen to 70 yen independent.co.uk
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    Font - r/todayilearned u/shoeswontwork • 9d O 21 e 21 3 16 18 TIL Danny DeVito did the dub for his role as the titular character in The Lorax (2012) in Russian, German, Italian, Catalan, and Castilian Spanish, despite not speaking any of those languages
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    Building - r/todayilearned u/yomamascub · 17d 18 9 11 S 9 2 12 TIL in Cuba, picking up hitchhikers is mandatory for government vehicles, if passenger space is available. vice.com
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    Organism - r/todayilearned u/WhileFalseRepeat · 25d 1 2 7 O 1O 7 6. TIL Jim Henson originally wanted the Muppets to be for adults and didn't see his characters as a vehicle for children's education and family entertainment. Indeed, he first envisioned something closer to South Park rather than Sesame Street and in the 1950s they did dark comedy in commercials.
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    Ecoregion - r/todayilearned u/SL1200mkll · 28d A 1 19 15 1 2 15 S 8 1 11 TIL that Meerkats are the most murderous animals on earth. 20% of all meerkats die at the hands of another meerkat. npr.org
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    Rectangle - r/todayilearned u/WouldbeWanderer • 1d 16 O 5 S 7 TIL that, in 2014, scientists found a giant 30,000 year old virus in Siberian permafrost. The virus, Pithovirus sibericum, was still infectious and began killing amoebas. This raised concerns that melting or drilling arctic ice could unearth previously undiscovered pathogenic viruses. en.wikipedia.or
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    Rectangle - r/todayilearned u/wattnurt · 1d 2 20 e 8 S 11 TIL when your immune system fights an infection, it cranks up the mutation rate during antibody production by a factor of 1,000,000, and then has them compete with each other. This natural selection process creates highly specific antibodies for the virus. sciencedirect.c
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    Organism - r/todayilearned u/SnailGirl-3310 · 16d の10 29 3 6 18 TIL that baby owls sleep down on their stomach because their heads are too heavy. They do that until they are large enough to sleep upright. mymodernmet.com
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    Plant - r/todayilearned u/_The_Architect · 77d Top Awarded 1 1 2 63 58 1 3 60 1 1 51 O 2 TIL that slaveholders in the US knew that enslaved people were escaping to Mexico, the U.S. tried to get Mexico to sign a fugitive slave treaty, but Mexico refused to sign such a treaty, insisting that all enslaved people were free once they set foot on Mexican soil. history.com
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