π TIL - Today I Learned but no π
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| 2 | Today I Learned that the late Sam Neill was actually a big fan of Jurrassic Park 3's raptor dream sequence, stating in an interview that he thought it was "really cool" when he first read the script. [source, comments] | 95 |
| 3 | TIL "wireheading" (direct stimulation of the mesolimbic pathway) creates a euphoria stronger than any drug with zero tolerance. The bliss was so overpowering that historical rat and human subjects ignored food, sleep, and sex, willingly starving themselves to press a button until physical collapse. [source, comments] | 99 |
| 4 | TIL: The popular children's song "do your ears hang low" is actually a sanitized version of a World War I soldiers song called "do your balls hang low" [source, comments] | 108 |
| 5 | TIL Spartan men and women competitively performed a type of dance that doubled an an exercise intended to make their butt as toned as possible: They would leap in the air and slap their butt with their feet, as many times as possible. One Spartan girl was recorded to have achieved 1000 slaps [source, comments] | 110 |
| 6 | TIL the ABS plastic used in Lego bricks withstands compression better than concrete [source, comments] | 163 |
| 7 | TIL George Lucas gave Mel Brooks his blessing to make "Spaceballs" on the condition that no action figures be produced, to ensure they wouldn't be mistaken for official Star Wars toys. [source, comments] | 159 |
| 8 | TIL when Shirley Temple retired from movies at age 22 in 1950, she discovered that her father had "drastically mismanaged" her money by making bad investments. Out of the $3.2 million she had earned during her career, only $44K remained in her trust account. She said "I wasn't upset; I was shocked." [source, comments] | 160 |
| 9 | TIL in 1842 after hearing false news that war had broken out between the United States and Mexico, Commodore Jones captured Monterey, CA with no resistance. After learning their mistake the Mexican troops were freed, the Americans set sail, saluting the Mexican flag as they exited the harbor. [source, comments] | 193 |
| 10 | TIL ancient Greeks treated every stranger as a potential god in disguise. Their hospitality code, "xenia," required hosts to bathe and feed guests before even asking their nameβbecause a bad host risked the wrath of Zeus. The Trojan War was framed as punishment for violating it. [source, comments] | 201 |
| 11 | TIL Sam Neill was seated next to Princess Diana at the London premiere of βJurassic Park.β During the screening, his young son repeatedly passed gas, and because a draft kept blowing in Diana's direction, Neill spent the entire film worried she thought the smell was coming from him. [source, comments] | 189 |
| 12 | TIL in 1983 Charles Dingle shot barkeep Herbert Cummings before forcing a mortician he'd taken hostage to decapitate him. The headline "Headless body in topless bar" later became famous. Dingle's hostages were able to flee after he passed out. [source, comments] | 208 |
| 13 | TIL that during the Revolutionary War, an American Commander conducted a raid on the port of Whitehaven, England and successfully burnt down a fort. This attack was at the same place the commander started his naval career at 13 years old. [source, comments] | 207 |
| 14 | TIL the Wimbledon Menβs Singles Trophy, created in 1887, is adorned with a golden pineapple, once an exotic luxury which was reserved for Britainβs most wealthy aristocrats during the Victorian Era, most likely to symbolize how winning Wimbledon is a rare, prestigious and priceless achievement. [source, comments] | 221 |
| 15 | TIL postpartum confinement centres in parts of Asia let new mothers spend about a month recovering under the traditional Chinese practice of "doing the month", based on the philosophy of restoring yinβyang balance after childbirth [source, comments] | 239 |
| 16 | TIL about 'woolly mice', created in the pursuit of bringing back the mammoth [source, comments] | 240 |
| 17 | TIL William Hurt, Harrison Ford, and Tim Robbins all turned down offers to play Dr. Alan Grant, the paleontologist in Jurassic Park. The role eventually went to Sam Neill [source, comments] | 238 |
| 18 | TIL in 1927 Japan and the United States exchanged dolls to improve their relations. 12739 "American blue-eyed dolls" were sent to Japan and 58 Japanese ambassador dolls (one for the Empire and each prefecture, major city and territory) were sent to the USA [source, comments] | 234 |
| 19 | TIL a 1,000-year-old Greek monastery which was built directly into a sheer cliff face using local stone so it would act as camouflage [source, comments] | 250 |
| 20 | TIL that Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, a brutal Lucchese mob boss and later informant, was so unruly in prison that the FBI took the incredibly rare step of kicking him out of the Witness Protection Program. [source, comments] | 291 |
