TIL:The Small blue ball is all the earth's Salt water & the even smaller blue ball is all the earth's fresh water.13yr ⋅ snoobs89 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the 'Daddy Long Legs' harvestman group together in massive numbers to avoid climatic harm/predators13yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL XKCD has a transcript of each comic in the source so you can search the text of the comic.13yr ⋅ Jumhyn ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that in 1942 48% of americans approved of Canada and the US becoming a single country according to a poll conducted by Gallup13yr ⋅ jomo983 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL there are touch screen coke machines that have every variety of coke brands imaginable.13yr ⋅ acaraballo21 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Mickey Mouse once tried to kill himself in the 30s comic strip.14yr ⋅ ninjapocalypse ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL: McDonald's apple dippers from happy meals don't turn brown (48 hours and counting) ...15yr ⋅ avalokitesvara ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Christina Hendricks is married to the snozberries kid from Super Troopers14yr ⋅ brokentyro ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL about Lonesome George, the sole surviving member of the Pinta Island Tortoise. Considered extinct until he was found in 1971, there's now a $10,000 reward to anyone who finds a female.13yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Germany made tires out of metal springs after WW1 because there was no more rubber.14yr ⋅ ninjao ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the day with the lowest porn viewing rates is Thanksgiving.15yr ⋅ scottcmu ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that one half liter evian costs more than 3811 half liter bottles of tap water13yr ⋅ rymar ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Galapagos tortoises go into a sort of trance when you rub their necks, and stand up on all fours extending their neck. They will stay entranced like this for minutes, even after it's stopped.13yr ⋅ briarbeauty ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Picasa's icon has a house in the middle of it, hence its name being a combination of Pic and Casa14yr ⋅ cloudsdrive ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that upon entering Indonesia, you are greeted with a sign that threatens death to drug traffickers.13yr ⋅ lovePixl ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL - Reddit puts a slice of cake in front of your username on your birthday ftw!15yr ⋅ duopixel ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the Diet Pepsi logo is thinner than the regular Pepsi logo.14yr ⋅ mattalicious ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL: There is a German word Drachenfutter that means literally Dragon-fodder, or the gift that a husband gives his wife to make up for bad behavior.9yr ⋅ redditmarmot ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL walmart sells a 'plastic stick' as a kids toy for $10. Can't the kid just go outside and get a real stick for free?14yr ⋅ nevadog ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL just how big Africa is. You knew it was big, but you didn't think this big.14yr ⋅ aureli101 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Facebook lets your friends give away all your information to applications you don't even use.15yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that there is a statue of Freddie Mercury overlooking Lake Geneva in Switzerland. How badass is that?13yr ⋅ willmoorexcore ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Donald Glover got his stage name from a Wu-Tang name generator13yr ⋅ Dialogue_Dub ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL TV Networks superimpose advertisements onto previously recorded TV shows14yr ⋅ capitalhforhero ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the peace sign comes from the semaphore signs for N and D, standing for Nuclear Disarmament.14yr ⋅ eaglemike ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the human eye evolved from a plain spot of photoreceptive cells, and how14yr ⋅ xnhy ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the phrase blow smoke up your ass originates from a practice of doing exactly that: Tobacco Smoke Enemas.13yr ⋅ missquack ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Christina Hendricks is married to this guy (the freaking out guy from super troopers)13yr ⋅ turdmalone ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that there's usually a little arrow telling you which side to pump gas on13yr ⋅ zomghax ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that bottles of Obama's blood are kept inside Cadillac One in case he needs an emergency transfusion14yr ⋅ drgradus ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL there is a Darth Vader grotesque on the Washington National Cathedral13yr ⋅ motch ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that 90% of the murders in NYC are made by Blacks and Hispanics.13yr ⋅ Double-decker_trams ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL If Andre the Giant were alive today, he could have realistically used the iPad for a phone14yr ⋅ Kludar ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Shel Silverstein and Hugh Hefner were bros and Shel regularly lived at the Playboy mansion.14yr ⋅ GrodyChan ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the richest American today have nothing on the Robber Barons of the 1800s.14yr ⋅ theparagon ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Galileo's middle finger has been preserved and is on display in Florence. Now if only they could move it to Rome and set it up in a window facing the Vatican.14yr ⋅ Cyc68 ⋅ r/todayilearned
Today I Learned That At 1:07:32 in The Fellowship of the Ring, You Can See The Three Stone Trolls from The Hobbit (X-post from r/lotr)13yr ⋅ ALawyersWhale ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Conan O'Brien has a sister (who starred in The Fighter) who looks like Conan in Drag.14yr ⋅ manlycode ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL 40% of all bottled water in the U.S. is actually taken from municipal water sources (making you pay over 6000 times as much for the same water)13yr ⋅ alexanderpas ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL You can click on the number of views on a YouTube video, and it will expand, giving you a history of the video, what age and gender groups like the video most, and in what countries it is popular14yr ⋅ Jernon ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL what you see when you go to a blocked site in the United Arab Emirates.13yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that if you stay on nyan.cat long enough, you can turn on a karaoke mode13yr ⋅ BlueMaxima ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Kim Jong-il doesn't defecate or urinate like other people and planned on solving hunger in North Korea by breeding giant rabbits.14yr ⋅ YoDaKryllOut ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the Canadian Supreme Court dresses as if they came from the North Pole.13yr ⋅ right_to_arm_bears ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL where the Soviets would have sent nuclear missiles if war had happened with the United States.14yr ⋅ Mattpointgrat ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle is 19 years old. Here's a more recent photo. God, I'm old. 14yr ⋅ myhusbandsrepublican ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Shrek's appearence is based on that of pro-wrestler Maurice Tillet, a man born with a rare disease called acromegaly. 13yr ⋅ streeter5000 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that in the 30's, the Rockefellers hired Diego Rivera to paint a mural representing the advancement of mankind during that era. They destroyed the result because it showed communism in a positive light.13yr ⋅ lasalvavida ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Crayola makes a pack of Multicultural crayons to give children a realistic palette for coloring their world13yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL what a shaved bear looks like, and I think it's freakier than a normal bear.13yr ⋅ Batman_the_Dino ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the term Hand-egg was first proposed in a letter to the New York Times in 1909.13yr ⋅ culturalelitist ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL you can check video fps/kbps & debug info on any youtube video if you right click the play button15yr ⋅ zxn0 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL what the cast of the original Willy Wonka has been doing as adults. Accounting apparently..13yr ⋅ ConstantEvolution ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that if you hover your cursor over Redditor for X months it will show your Reddit birthday.13yr ⋅ whothefucksaidthat ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL There is a Cadbury Creme Egg McFlurry in England, Ireland and Canada12yr ⋅ SpilledMiak ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the arrow next to the gas icon indicates the side of your car the tank's on.14yr ⋅ heresthebestpart ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the moon wobbles, giving us a slightly different view of the surface as it orbits. 13yr ⋅ Absoulute ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL this is Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, and that it was once expected that boys wore dresses and didn't cut their hair till age 6.13yr ⋅ cantstopthe ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that baby raccoons hide their eyes when scared, like a little kid who thinks you can't see them if they do this!13yr ⋅ drawdelove ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that little girl from Hocus Pocus, Dani, Grew up to be really freaking hot!14yr ⋅ Shizneb ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL there were many more crazy English units like poppyseed, palm, and finger.13yr ⋅ aoisenshi ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the average distance from Earth to the Sun, 1 AU, has almost the same ratio to the light-year as an inch does to a mile.14yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL The arrow in Amazon's logo means they have everything from A to Z13yr ⋅ coopdaville4 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL: Most American citizens have never experienced this epitome of mass-produced culinary deliciousness [PIC]14yr ⋅ Milo06 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL there are steampunk versions of the Transformers (from the comic series Hearts of Steel)14yr ⋅ taximes ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Ancient Chinese (1400's) 'treasure fleet' included ships that were nine-masted and 126.73 metres long and 51.84 metres wide13yr ⋅ OctopusBrine ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL: King Abullah of Jordan had a non-speaking role on Star Trek Voyager13yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL... 7 of 9 has one of the most uncanny doppelgangers that I have ever seen14yr ⋅ Hamster_cannibalism ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the character Claudia in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE is a tribute to Anne Rice's daughter Michele, who died on this day in 1972 at age six. (i.imgur.com)13yr ⋅ homebrewedx ⋅ r/todayilearned
excuse the caps, but TIL that JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES IS NOW ON NETFLIX! my life is now complete.14yr ⋅ kabrizzle42 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the size of all the NES games ever published in the US added up is only 70 MB.14yr ⋅ Underyx ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL There's a breed of cats called Munchkins. They have really short legs and are extremely adorable. 13yr ⋅ TheFiims ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL How incredibly ginormous Apatosaurus type dinosaurs actually were. 14yr ⋅ flashbeagle ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL in Chrome, you can right-click a YouTube video and have the option to Save Video As...!13yr ⋅ EverySingleDay ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL: Tommy Wiseau, director of The Room, likes to anonymously give his movies good reviews on IMDb.14yr ⋅ Jewski28 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Angora wool doesn't come from the Angora goat - it comes from the Angora RABBIT! This is what Angora rabbits look like.14yr ⋅ Fawne ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL how Buzz Lightyear and Woody looked like after the first draft. (Notice how much bigger Woody is than Buzz).14yr ⋅ kidzbopfan1 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL theres a par 3 golf hole in South Africa that involves driving off of a mountain to a green shaped like Africa at the bottom of the mountain. It costs $200 dollars to play and only one pro has shot par on it.14yr ⋅ smackin ⋅ r/todayilearned
