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TIL Gifted children often attempt to create more complex rules for play and act bossy around others to follow them. But they can struggle since non-gifted children generally don’t make up the same kinds of complex rules and their rules may lack logic

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 12:01 am

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TIL when female manta rays are ready to mate they release pheromones that attract males. This leads to a “manta train” which is when multiple male mantas follow behind a female in hopes of mating with them. This can last for weeks until the final male mantas remain.

by whatilearned June 17, 2022, 5:45 pm

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TIL about Sokushinbutsu, a practice of self-mummification observed by Japanese Buddhist monks. The monks would follow a strict starvation diet until abstaining from eating altogether in order to lose as much body fat and moisture as possible. They would finally be locked in a tomb while still alive.

by whatilearned June 15, 2022, 11:14 pm

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TIL that George Bernard Shaw had a ‘writing hut’ he would use to escape people. It was built on a turntable so it could rotate to follow the sunlight throughout the day. “People bother me,” Shaw said. “I came here to hide from them.”

by whatilearned June 15, 2022, 10:34 pm

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Redditors who grew up with strict parents, what was the most absurd rule you had to follow?

by QuestionGuy June 11, 2022, 6:12 pm

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If a common argument against gun control laws is “criminals dont follow the law,” then why aren’t those same people in favor of drug legalization?

by QuestionGuy June 10, 2022, 11:35 pm

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TIL campfire smoke does follow you around the fire. When you sit beside a campfire, you interfere with the fire’s air flow. Your body blocks fresh air from moving toward the fire. This causes a pressure difference between your body and the fire. A partial vacuum is created.

by whatilearned May 22, 2022, 2:53 pm

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Reditors who use the “Follow” another user feature, why inspires you to follow?

by QuestionGuy May 19, 2022, 11:28 pm

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Yh yh u guys just follow what ur told init dont question anything thats right but when u see what uefa and fifa are really doing dont go crying that u have to watch commercials every 5 mins and that they have ruined r game cos u fucks just sit here and fucking accept it👏👏👏

by CopyPastaArchive May 18, 2022, 2:49 pm

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TIL Smoke following people around a fire is due to hot air rising from the fire and drawing cold air towards it. A person would block cold air from flowing in that particular location, causing the hot air, along with the smoke, to seemingly follow the person.

by whatilearned May 7, 2022, 2:06 am

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TIL King Gojong, on the 16th day of the 11th month of 1895 (32nd year of reign), issued an edict that all adult men cut their hair short: “In front of the people I cut my hair first, so it is my wish that the people follow my will … “

by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 12:13 am

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Dear Playboi Carti listeners please stop giving into his satanic gay agenda and follow Jesus ❤

by CopyPastaArchive April 23, 2022, 5:35 am

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