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TIL Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) was the first traditionally animated film and is one of the top-10 performers at the box office in North America and the highest-grossing animated film. Disney was awarded an honorary Oscar consisting of one normal-sized, plus seven mini statuettes.

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 5:59 am

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TIL Jelly has traditionally been savory. The oldest known meat jelly recipe is from the 10th-century cook book Kitab al-Tabikh and ingredients include boiled fish heads, vinegar, and whole onions. Jelly containing fruits would come later.

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 10:14 am

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TIL Cologne is named after the place where it was invented: the city of Cologne, or Köln, in Germany. Traditionally, it uses a lot of citrus and natural floral scents. The original cologne from Cologne was designed to smell like “an Italian spring morning, of mountain daffodils and orange blossoms”.

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 9:34 pm

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TIL that Oscar Wilde’s tomb was literally destroyed by kisses. Traditionally, visitors to the tomb would kiss it after applying lipstick, which caused it to weaken over time as cleaning operations to remove the lipstick grease caused the stone to become more porous.

by whatilearned July 24, 2022, 2:15 pm

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TIL while its location has never been set in DC canon and is based on NYC, Gotham City is traditionally set in New Jersey.

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 12:41 am

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An old Irish man from a traditionally catholic family is lying on his deathbed

by cringeyjokesman May 26, 2022, 10:02 pm

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TIL that aside from preventing hair from falling into food, a chef’s hat also indicates their rank among the kitchen staff. Traditionally the taller the hat, the higher the rank.

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 3:08 am

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TIL Hooters operated an airline called, “Hooters Air” from 2003 to 2006. Two ‘hooters girls’, dressed in their restaurant uniforms, were on each flight assisting the traditionally attired in-flight crews with hospitality duties.

by whatilearned April 25, 2022, 6:39 pm

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TIL that there is a Polish soup called czernina that’s made with duck blood and other ingredients. Traditionally, this soup was served to men who were rejected after asking for permission to wed their significant other.

by whatilearned February 26, 2022, 12:43 am

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TiL statues in Italy, like the famous Pasquino, are known as talking statues because of the practice of Italians leaving notes attached to them containing their grievances. This practice goes back to the 16th century and was traditionally targeted at grievances towards the Pope.

by whatilearned February 24, 2022, 2:17 pm

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If a girl wears traditionally male clothes, no one bats an eye. But when a guy wears traditionally female clothes, society goes batshit. Why is that?

by QuestionGuy February 24, 2022, 1:39 am

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TIL fat choy, the black moss traditionally eaten on Lunar New Years day contains a neurotoxin that is linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

by whatilearned January 31, 2022, 9:42 am

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