Today I learned
TIL Jazz musician, Fats Waller, was kidnapped by 4 men and “given” to Al Capone as a birthday gift. He performed for 3 days and was found drunk with thousands of dollars in cash stuffed in his pockets.
https://www.sandybrownjazz.co.uk/TheStoryIsTold/AlCaponeAndFatsWaller.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k7ah8t/til_jazz_musician_fats_waller_was_kidnapped_by_4/
Today I learned
TIL alcohol is the leading global risk factor for premature death and disability among people aged 15–49, causing more deaths than malaria, tuberculosis, and violence combined.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31310-2/fulltext
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k7b76b/til_alcohol_is_the_leading_global_risk_factor_for/
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Today I learned
TIL "Me at the zoo" is a YouTube video uploaded on April 23, 2005, recognized as the first video uploaded to the platform. The 19-second video features Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders of YouTube. As of April 2025, the video has received more than 355 million views.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_at_the_zoo
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k6kjyt/til_me_at_the_zoo_is_a_youtube_video_uploaded_on/
Today I learned
TIL that public dancing is banned in Germany on Good Friday.
https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/19/bavarian-boogie-ban-why-is-there-a-dancing-ban-on-good-friday
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k6lg80/til_that_public_dancing_is_banned_in_germany_on/
Today I learned
TIL that Stephen Hawking, in collaboration with physicist Kip Thorne and Hollywood producer Lynda Obst, wrote at least nine drafts for a never made science fiction movie
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/physicist-hollywood
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k6mb95/til_that_stephen_hawking_in_collaboration_with/
Today I learned
TIL that Dirk Willems, a 16th-century Dutch Anabaptist, escaped prison but turned back to save the guard chasing him who fell through ice—an act of mercy that led to his recapture and execution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Willems
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k5go70/til_that_dirk_willems_a_16thcentury_dutch/
Today I learned
TIL that in the Sundarbans mangrove swamps of Bangladesh and India, tigers kill up to fifty people a year, and the widows of men killed by tigers face cultural and religious ostracization, and are viewed as bad omens. Many are excluded from society to the point of having their children taken away.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1862754/tiger-widows-shunned-as-bad-luck-i…
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k5dr2x/til_that_in_the_sundarbans_mangrove_swamps_of/
Today I learned
TIL Pope Francis’ tomb will be in a former candelabra closet
https://aleteia.org/2024/05/15/pope-francis-future-tomb-at-the-feet-of-the-virgin-mary
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k4u4az/til_pope_francis_tomb_will_be_in_a_former/
Today I learned
TIL about world's hardest dish suodiu, a Chinese street food where you suck spicy flavor off stir-fried stones, then spit them out. It’s cheap, oddly popular, and you can keep the rocks!
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/suodiu-china-eating-stone-intl-hnk/index.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k4mucg/til_about_worlds_hardest_dish_suodiu_a_chinese/
Today I learned
TIL That the term Antipope applied to an individual claiming to be the Leader of the Catholic Church, even when not elected. It often caused power struggles and schisms within the Church for hundreds of years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k4apno/til_that_the_term_antipope_applied_to_an/
Today I learned
TIL a Royal Marine lost part of his "You'll Never Walk Alone" tattoo after a leg amputation, leaving "You'll Never Walk"—now he uses it as a joke in speeches and has become a gold medalist and record-chasing runner.
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-31153964.amp
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k48scj/til_a_royal_marine_lost_part_of_his_youll_never/
Today I learned
TIL Pope Francis released a prog rock album
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Up!_(Pope_Francis_album)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k48srk/til_pope_francis_released_a_prog_rock_album/
Today I learned
TIL that Pope Benedict IX became pope at 20 (though some claim he was as young as 11). He was accused of sodomy, bestiality, and hosting orgies, sold the papacy, and held the office three separate times.
https://gwern.net/doc/rotten.com/library/bio/religion/popes/benedict-ix/index.html
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k4acj8/til_that_pope_benedict_ix_became_pope_at_20/
Today I learned
TIL charging your phone to 100% is actually bad
https://www.scosche.com/blog/post/exploring-reasons-for-phone-charging-ceasing-at-80-percent
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k49zer/til_charging_your_phone_to_100_is_actually_bad/
Today I learned
TIL that when Poland's Karol Józef Wojtyła became Pope John Paul II in 1978, it marked the first time since 1523 that the Pope was not Italian.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k49gqf/til_that_when_polands_karol_józef_wojtyła_became/
Today I learned
TIL that Vatican tradition forbids performing an autopsy on a pope after death.
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Papacy
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k491h7/til_that_vatican_tradition_forbids_performing_an/
Today I learned
TIL that Geospiza fortis - one if "Darwin's finches" - was the first animal species which scientists have observed evolving in real-time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_ground_finch
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k2jf8b/til_that_geospiza_fortis_one_if_darwins_finches/
Today I learned
TIL about HeroRATS, southern giant pouched rats that are trained to detect and indicate landmine locations. They are trained by non-profit APOPO. They also have rats who are trained to detect tuberculosis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APOPO
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k2dcie/til_about_herorats_southern_giant_pouched_rats/
Today I learned
TIL that the term "FOMO" (Fear of Missing Out) was coined by Harvard MBA student Patrick J. McGinnis in a 2004 article. FOMO is recognized in psychology as a phenomenon linked to anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1k0soux/til_that_the_term_fomo_fear_of_missing_out_was/
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