The rise of the knowledge
economy, the growing desire to learn, and the proliferation of educational platforms are opening up new opportunities for personal and professional growth. In the US, for example, 73% of adults say the phrase “I think of myself as a lifelong learner” applies “very well” to them and another 20% say it applies “somewhat well.” So to keep your curiosity burning, we decided it’s about time to throw in a few more recent posts from the subreddit ‘Today I Learned.’ This online community with 35 million members keeps sharing interesting facts and pictures that continually expand our horizons and challenge our perspectives. 3,200-year-old tablet shows that ancient Egyptians took attendance at work and recorded absences. One type of reason cited for missing work was “wife or daughter bleeding” referring to menstruation because men were needed at home during this time to help with the housework. tyrion2024 , britishmuseum Report In World War I, a homing pigeon named Cher Ami was shot by the Germans, but managed to keep flying and carry the message of help. Thanks to this, 194
American soldiers were saved. TobyMainuld , Mauro Tandoi Report Since the year 2000, 5 new elements have been added to the periodic table. The 7th row of the periodic table is finally filled. SilentWalrus92 Report Jumbo the elephant was not named such because of his size. Instead, Jumbo the word, meaning exceptionally large, was only introduced into the english language because of Jumbo the elephant. He was so big and so well known that his name became synonymous with size. lemelisk42 , awesomestories Report During the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty that founded
NATO, the Portuguese delegate gave a speech in English with such a heavy accent that the translator just repeated it without the accent and nobody realised. JDHoare , Andrea Piacquadio Report “I Have a Dream” speech was a last-minute decision. Dr. King planned to give an entirely different speech, until a legendary gospel
Singer behind the podium yelled, “Tell them about the dream, Martin!” o2lsports , nobelprize Report In
Japan there is a group of prominent female housewife stock traders known as Mrs. Watanabe who are so proficient at what they do that many traders look to them for reference on which stocks are doing well. Livid_Resort_1374 , Anne Nygård Report The Bajau, a group of people in South East Asia who evolved to have spleens 50 percent larger than normal. This allows them to spend eight hours a day underwater, catching octopus by hand. TheOSU87 Report 30 scientists and staff of the Pavlovsk Experimental Station starved to death guarding the institute’s edible seeds and plants during the siege of Leningrad. mucubed Report Japanese man Yasuo Takamatsu lost his wife in the 2011
earthquake and has not stopped looking for her body for more than 10 years and has dived more than 800 times in the ocean to retrieve her. generation_chaos , Julianna Report Danny DeVito’s short stature is the result of Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia (Fairbank’s disease), a rare genetic disorder that affects bone growth. He met Rhea Perlman when she went to see a friend in the play The Shrinking Bride, which featured DeVito, and they moved in together 2 weeks later. CleaTorris , Gage Skidmore Report The writer of ‘Crime and Punishment’, Dostoevsky, was sentenced to death by firing squad for political reasons. Moments before he was to be shot, a cart delivered a letter from the Tsar commuting the sentence to four years of exile in Siberia. jacknunn Report Tim Curry was one of the top choices to play the Joker in the 1989 “Batman” film, but the role went to Jack Nicholson instead. Curry later voiced the Joker in the 1992 animated series, but was quickly replaced by Mark Hamill as his voice was deemed “too scary”. waitingforthesun92 , Alan Light Report Six Tongan castaways were able to keep a
fire burning continuously for more than 12 of the 15 months they spent marooned on a deserted island in 1965 after one of the boys named Stephen (who would go on to become an engineer), had managed to use two sticks to start one. tyrion2024 , Oussama Elhaidi Report George
Washington had to borrow money to travel to
New York City for his presidential inauguration. Despite owning 60,000 acres and 300 slaves he had very little cash and part of the reason he took the
Job was the salary. friendlystranger4u , clarkart Report Flamma, one of the most successful gladiators in his time under the Roman Empire, through great skill & bravery was awarded his freedom four times but refused each time & instead chose to remain a gladiator. He fought 34 times, won 21 of them, fought to a draw 9 times, & won reprieve 4 times. tyrion2024 , TimeTravelRome Report Original script to Rocky V, Rocky is so beaten from his fight with Tommy that he places his head on Adrian’s lap while on the way to the hospital and dies. Stallone apparently wept when he wrote that scene. flippedpages Report
United States is Ranked 2nd by Total Number of Spanish Speakers, Beating Out
Spain. Physical-Ride Report Batman was created almost at the same time as the Black Bat, a pulp fiction hero so similar that the publishers considered suing each other. They eventually found an agreement: the Black Bat wouldn’t appear in comics, and in exchange, Batman wouldn’t appear in pulp magazines. ShabtaiBenOron Report In the 1920’s, a man was given 1 year to live by doctors, if he moved to a warm climate. He built a house in Bartow, FL with a lot of unique features and designs, and would go on to live to the 1970’s. It has become known as “The Wonderhouse” and become a local tourist attraction. Any-Ball-1267 Report When Chi Chi, a giant panda at the
London Zoo, was taken to
Moscow to breed with a male giant panda, she refused his attempts to mate with her and made a full sexual self-presentation to a zookeeper. bnrshrnkr Report Prior to the announcement of the Mach3 razor blade in the late 90s, Gillette built plywood walls around the production lines in its factory in Boston, in order to keep it a secret from many of its own employees. Kale_Brecht , chiproller Report Animals lacking teeth to grind their food (eg. birds, fish) have a specialized stomach containing rocks to replace that function. Nobody6432 Report Aside from being an
Actor and an activist, Marlon Brando was also an inventor with 4 patents to his name. One of them were pool shoes that that would increase friction as you walk on the bottom of the pool to give you a better workout, and another invention being a single-tuning conga drum. waitingforthesun92 Report The French monarchy fell five times and was restored four times in the span of a century, from 1771 to 1871. VLenin2291 Report The word ‘Rizz’ was Oxford’s word of the year for 2023, beating the words Swiftie, situationship and de-influencing. doodly-123 Report
France sent the first cat into space in 1963. Félicette was a stray cat from the streets of
Paris and was one of 14 cats trained for spaceflight. She survived her trip but was euthanised 2 months later. EssexGuyUpNorth Report Actor Gerard Butler paid for bee venom injections twice and ended up in hospital both times. Unleashtheducks Report Publisher