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TIL The song 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton is rooted to the 9to5 movement in which secretaries and working women stood up for their rights to be treated equal in the workplace

by whatilearned January 19, 2023, 5:12 pm

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TIL that, back in 1883, the US Supreme Court said that anti-miscegenation laws (laws prohibiting whites and blacks from having sex with one another) do not violate the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause because both whites and blacks are punished equally for engaging in interracial sex.

by whatilearned December 28, 2022, 5:55 am

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TIL about the 100-Man Kumite, a martial arts challenge wherein a challenger endures 100 consecutive sparring matches against fighters of equal or higher rank. Since 1965 there have only been 30 total victors, the last being in 2020.

by whatilearned December 17, 2022, 4:49 pm

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They say a sneeze is equal to 1/16th of an orgasm

by cringeyjokesman December 9, 2022, 10:46 am

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TIL that French soldiers executed an estimated 300 African troops who demanded equal pay and better living conditions during WW2 under claims of mutiny in what became known as the “Thiaroye massacre”

by whatilearned November 23, 2022, 2:46 pm

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TIL that when a massive star goes supernova, it produces a flash of light so bright that can equal the combined light of every other star in the galaxy. One such event happened in 1054, it was so bright the light was visible during the day for a month and was still visible for 2 years afterwards.

by whatilearned October 31, 2022, 9:21 pm

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Did the first crusade impact significantly the war-making capacity of states like england, west and east francia? And did later crusades impose equal burdens, or was the distribution of this burden different for the 2nd and 3rd crusades?

by HistoryBuff October 7, 2022, 12:29 pm

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Stephen Jay Gould once said “I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops” What unsung historical figure or event reminds you of this?

by QuestionGuy August 11, 2022, 3:18 am

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TIL that Ben Franklin arguably invented the “Pros and Cons list” as a way of making decisions. In his original 1772 letter, he instructs one to cross out items from each column in pairs of equal significance, and then once one side has been exhausted, the other column yields the verdict.

by whatilearned July 16, 2022, 12:01 pm

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TIL about “Lost Boys” in polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cultures. Since boys and girls are born in approximately equal numbers, the pool of available women is not sufficient for all men to have multiple wives. As such, young boys are banished to reduce competition.

by whatilearned July 14, 2022, 4:25 pm

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TIL that an average semiconductor factory (fab) consumes 20,000 tons of water each day, equal to what a city of 58,000 uses.

by whatilearned July 14, 2022, 3:05 pm

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TIL that 1 hour of mowing grass is equal to 100 miles worth of car pollution and it was recommended in 2001 that catalytic convertors become mandatory on lawn mowers which would cut emissions by 80% or that people use electric lawn equipment when possible.

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 7:04 pm

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