Defenestration ( en.wikipedia.org )
Peter Stumpp - Wikipedia ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL Joseph Stalin was struck by a sport carriage and severely injured at age 12, which a certain source cited by the Simple English Wikipedia took as his father dying in a drunken brawl ( en.wikipedia.org )
The incorrect book. Note that his father only died in 1909 of liver issues. Jughashvili was upset when he learned that Keke had enrolled Ioseb in school, instead hoping his son would follow his path and become a cobbler. This led to a major incident in January 1890. Ioseb had been struck by a phaeton, severely injuring him....
Butt (unit) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Salad Fingers ( en.wikipedia.org )
Mall goth ( en.wikipedia.org )
Awkward turtle ( en.wikipedia.org )
What's your take on Cassavetes? ( en.wikipedia.org )
Alcoholic? Messiah?
CueCat ( en.wikipedia.org )
The Industry that falsely imprisons American teenagers at the request of parents. ( en.wikipedia.org )
Atretochoana — Specie of limbless amphibians known as the "penis snake" that was once thought to be extinct until its rediscovery in 2011 ( en.wikipedia.org )
Jennifer Pan - Canadian woman who was convicted of a 2010 kill-for-hire attack targeting both of her parents ( en.wikipedia.org )
Valonia ventricosa (bubble algae) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Tuskegee Syphilis Study - A 40-year long study conducted by the US PHS & CDC to observe the long term effects of untreated syphilis where they deceived 399 impoverished African-American sharecroppers ( en.wikipedia.org )
Peter Scully - Dubbed the "World's Worst Pedophile" for peddling videos of himself torturing and sexually abusing young girls on his dark web site "No Limits Fun" ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL that the House of Representatives once investigated TV quiz shows to see if they were rigged ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dfdzwz/til_that_the_house_of_representatives_once/...
Trepanning - a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled into the human skull. Evidence has been found in prehistoric human remains from Neolithic times onward ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL of the Overtoun Bridge in Scotland. A place where dogs throw themselves off a fifty foot drop onto rocks at the rate of one to two per month. Some that don't die, climb back up for another go. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1d274t2/til_of_the_overtoun_bridge_in_scotland_a_place/...
TIL male Orchid Bees collect fragrances solely for the purposes of olfactory display to woo females; they are the only species known to do this. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1crvqvn/til_male_orchid_bees_collect_fragrances_solely/...
TIL that the Radio City Rockettes didn’t allow Black dancers in until 1987, claiming that their skin tone would distract from the group’s consistent look. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cnzslc/til_that_the_radio_city_rockettes_didnt_allow/...
TIL the concept of "checkmate" originates from the Persian phrase "Shāh Māt," meaning "the king is helpless" or "the king is defeated." ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cnkq1d/til_the_concept_of_checkmate_originates_from_the/...
TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the sound wave travelled the earth over 3 times ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cna0nb/til_the_1883_of_krakotoa_which_killed_36417/...
The Murder of James Bulger - Two 10-year-old boys abducted, tortured, and murdered a two-year-old boy, James Patrick Bulger. They led him away while he and his mother were shopping. ( en.wikipedia.org )
I really don't recommend reading the details of what they did to James
TIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, which probably explains every issue you ever faced in a bureaucracy ( en.wikipedia.org )
til Don Pardo worked as announcer on SNL until his death, age 96! ( en.wikipedia.org )
Dominick George "Don" Pardo Jr. (February 22, 1918 – August 18, 2014) was an American radio and television announcer whose career spanned more than seven decades. A member of the Television Hall of Fame, Pardo was noted for his 70-year tenure with NBC, working as the announcer for early incarnations of such notable shows as...
