Today I, whose first language is not English, Learned that Sincerely yours at the end of letter is short for I remain sincerely yours.14yr ⋅ alreadytakenusername ⋅ r/todayilearned
Holy fuck. Try to see this picture like a Magic Eye. I just...damn. [PIC]14yr ⋅ iglidante ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL about one of Japan's beaches. Someone had to point out to me that it was in fact, in doors.14yr ⋅ Drakthul ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that McIlhenny Company provides really tiny bottles of tabasco sauce for use in army rations14yr ⋅ djiivu ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL I learned that this guy was the voice of The Little Mermaid's French chef.14yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that slowly boiling a can of condensed milk over a few hours produces caramel. Mind Blown.12yr ⋅ virtueandsin ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the Edo Council Chambers from Star Trek TNG S:1 E:9 Justice IS Bio-Dome 13yr ⋅ jonhog ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL about the Palestinian city of Qalqilia that is COMPLETELY encircled by Israeli wall, making the people that live within literally prisoners in their own city. Many in Israeli town Kfar Saba also don’t like situation/form grass roots movements against wall, but bigger politics rule the day. Sad.14yr ⋅ ponz ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL another amazingly simple Google Chrome feature - when using the ctrl+F function, Chrome shows markers on the scrollbar indicating where each item was found. 14yr ⋅ zabels ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Greg Proops, comedian famous from his improv on Whose Line Is It Anyway, was a voice actor in Star Wars Episode I. And Jabba the Hut was played by none other than...14yr ⋅ gandrews426 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL What Scallops look like in the wild. yes those blueish dots are its eyes!!15yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the guy who voiced Tony the Tiger also sang You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch14yr ⋅ biblio_maniac ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL I learned that Pabst Blue Ribbon isnt just recently trying to look upscale in China, but tried to be fancy liquid bread in early 1900s14yr ⋅ j4p4n ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the Pepsi Cola girl, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, is eighteen years old. [Pic]14yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Q-tips shouldn't be used in the ear canal. Are there any other cases where the manufacturer has to warn against a product's major use?15yr ⋅ corruptio ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Bill Paxton had blue spiked hair as the Punk Leader in Terminator13yr ⋅ jdrucker ⋅ r/todayilearned
This summer I learned the Ancient Greeks were more advanced than we realized.14yr ⋅ Navik ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that a legitimate scale exists to describe a human's pain level from different types of stings.13yr ⋅ qbmitch ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL That OS X has Autocomplete everywhere! Just \r press Command-Period (x-post from r/apple)14yr ⋅ son_of_fife ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL The Statue of Liberty is dwarfed by The Spring Temple Buddha13yr ⋅ skipidydooda ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Spider Monkeys don't have thumbs ... How did I never know this?14yr ⋅ SporkEnthusiast ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Vlado Taneski killed himself with a bucket of water. Can't stop wondering about how many attempts that would take me.... 13yr ⋅ Didymus21 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL The novel Grave of the Fireflies is based on the true events of the death of the author's sister during WW2. 13yr ⋅ Snagglerock ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that judges, and lawyers in the UK still wear those silly wigs via Law & Order UK.14yr ⋅ Sesmu ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the hooker who slept with Sam Seaborn in episode one of West Wing is Lisa Cuddy on House14yr ⋅ joinertek ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Kimberly-Clark, the toilet paper (and other paper products) manufacturer holds a US Patent for a Thermonuclear Fusion chamber13yr ⋅ zyamada ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that imgur's mirror site is i.filmot.com. For those who have imgur blocked.14yr ⋅ ahmadamaj ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL: You can hit tab and a link pops up telling you to jump to content on any reddit/user page.14yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Tim Allen (Toy Story / Home Improvement) is an author of two books back in the 90's.14yr ⋅ ryguy314 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that dog ticks swell to ridiculous, nauseating proportions after gorging14yr ⋅ oldbel ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Commander Riker and Counselor Troi also worked together on Gargoyles14yr ⋅ radamesort ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the logo for the SF Muni buses actually spells out Muni (took me 23 years to realize this, sadly).14yr ⋅ GhostRidin ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Billy West voices Phillip J Fry, Professor Fansworth, Dr Zoidberg, Zap Brannigan, Ren & Stimpy, Invader Zim , Woody Woodpecker (new series) and Rayman (series)14yr ⋅ mr_jp ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL what the distance between the earth and moon looks like to scale15yr ⋅ Pewpasaurus ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL if you don’t touch the mouse and hit TAB on a freshly refreshed Reddit page, you’ll reveal a hidden ‘Jump to Content’ link, hit Enter on it and navigate Reddit without a mouse! 14yr ⋅ machinesmith ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the first statue honoring a woman in the US was of Hannah Dustin. Yeah, that's an axe and some Injun scalps in her hand.15yr ⋅ ---sniff--- ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Americans pay up to $300 a month for 100Mbit internet. In the UK we can get 100Mbit fiber for £35 a month ($57).14yr ⋅ fgalv ⋅ r/todayilearned
in your car's dashboard there is an arrow next to your gas pump symbol that tells you which side will the pump go11yr ⋅ vlkyplky ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL There is an energy drink called Cocaine that has almost 3.5 times the energy value of a red Bull and is not allowed to be sold in Michigan supermarkets.11yr ⋅ Nyan_Ryan ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL US Gov did a case study on the effects of acid on an artist's drawings.11yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL The Archer Fish can spit water up to seven feet to shoot down bugs from overhanging leaves.14yr ⋅ itsmike ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the wrybill is the only species of bird in the world that has a beak curved to the right.14yr ⋅ Jazzbandrew ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL SeaWorld Killer Whale tank has false-bottom floors that can lift trainers and whales out of the pools in under a minute11yr ⋅ chime ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL: that in 1893 at the World's fair in Chicago, a group of Scandavian-Americans built a replica viking ship and moored in the harbor to protest Columbus being hailed as the discoverer of North America13yr ⋅ dreadnought_885 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL what a newborn joey looks like sucking on a teat in its mother's pouch, and I was not prepared for it.16yr ⋅ adelaidejewel ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL David Warner was not just my favourite villain in a computer game [pic]14yr ⋅ submanifold ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL That most cars have a little arrow on the gas \r gage to show what side your gas tank door is on.14yr ⋅ LeGiTAnonymity ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL why small snippets of sound played over and over again when your old computer froze14yr ⋅ LordOfBunnys ⋅ r/todayilearned
Summer is here TIL how to get out of a riptide. At the risk of sounding dramatic, this could save your life.15yr ⋅ themisanthrope ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the US national debt doubled during Reagan's presidency and afterwards continued to explode.13yr ⋅ steelecut ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Iggy from the Super Mario Bros. movie is the same person as the creator of Johnny 5 from Short Circuit14yr ⋅ artvandelay12345678 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Christina Hendricks is married to the The snozberries taste like snozberries! guy from Super Troopers.14yr ⋅ jmn357 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Samuel L Jackson is the second highest grossing actor of all time. 13yr ⋅ blahbot90 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Netflix has a Golden Bowtie at the bottom of the page that you can click12yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Macaulay Culkin was originally cast as Jack in Titanic. All I can think of is this.14yr ⋅ SeniorDiscount ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Prior to his presidency, FDR signed off on a secret Navy unit which were ordered to perform oral sex to seek out suspected homosexuals in the Navy and community. (from the book Defining Moment by Jonathan Alter)13yr ⋅ kittnzNrainbowz ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that this is at the bottom of /r/F7U12. 2 years of browsing and I had never scrolled to the bottom.14yr ⋅ foips ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the cover art of With Teeth by Nine Inch Nails is an electrophoresis gel14yr ⋅ ambystoma ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL This is Spinal Tap is the only movie on IMDB rated out of 11 stars 12yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that a swastika was painted on the inside of the plane flown by Charles Lindbergh, the Spirit of St. Louis.13yr ⋅ TheSimpleArtist ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL - Office 2010 OneNote has OCR...and it actually works pretty well14yr ⋅ friedrice5005 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that when I started using iTunes, I promised Apple that I wouldn't use it to engineer nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. 14yr ⋅ wmarble ⋅ r/todayilearned
[TIL] I have a 250GB/mo limit; apparently since October 2008? (Comcast)14yr ⋅ ninjadsm ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Mumford & Son's drummer in the Little Lion Man video has a tambourine attached to his kick.14yr ⋅ Doeo ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL there are other countries that actually have wildlife bridges so their animals can safely cross the interstates.12yr ⋅ morganchanae ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that when you fly in a helicopter over a test track, cars on the track will hide.14yr ⋅ zippyajohn ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that when you post a link to GrooveShark and press the little playbutton under the link, a mini GrooveShark Player appears.14yr ⋅ DrunkenHotDog ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution can be legally suspended for anyone who lives within 100 miles of a U.S. border or coastline12yr ⋅ INEEDMILK ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL the ass-to-ass guy from Requiem For A Dream makes an appearance in Black Swan13yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Notorious serial killer, John Wayne Gacy, used to dress up as a clown in his free time. It is adequately terrifying.13yr ⋅ Bskrilla ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL George W. Bush does surprisingly good oil paintings for fun, signs them 43, and recently did a portrait to mourn the loss of his dog, Barney. 12yr ⋅ infocandy ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Israel's most popular children's series is called The Boy Who Can See But Cannot Be Seen and is about an invisible boy recruited by Mossad to kill Arabs.13yr ⋅ shii ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL That most ceiling fans have a switch to reverse the direction of the fan for winter time.14yr ⋅ shadowman90 ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL Jack Nicholson didn't find out his sister was actually his mother until the age of 3714yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL This is not a Banksy, it is the logo of Bad Panda Records, by Julien D'Andon14yr ⋅ Anticonn ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that Steve Buscemi played Buddy Holly, the waiter, in Pulp Fiction.14yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that PS1 games dont work over component cableson a PS2 to HDTVs because of the way they are rendered. :(14yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL The 1997 movie Men in Black considered then Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to be an alien13yr ⋅ tmangat ⋅ r/todayilearned
TIL that the Italians call the folds of a necktie knot la sorchetta, which is an innuendo for the folds of a woman's vagina.14yr ⋅ Jazzbandrew ⋅ r/todayilearned
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