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TIL Atrazine, one of the world’s most widely used pesticides, wreaks havoc on the population of frogs, emasculating 75% of makes, and turning 1/10 into females.

by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 7:30 am

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TIL Psycho (1960) set a new level of acceptability for violence, deviant behavior and sexuality in American films, and is widely considered to be the earliest example of the slasher film genre. Hitchock was initially against the music in the shower scene but the composer ignored his direction

by whatilearned August 13, 2022, 3:43 am

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TIL about Susan La Flesche Picotte was a Native American doctor and reformer in the late 19th century. She is widely acknowledged as one of the first Indigenous peoples, and the first Indigenous woman, to earn a medical degree

by whatilearned July 31, 2022, 6:23 am

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TIL In 16th – 17th century Europe and America, the concept of ‘bundling’ was widely used. This process allowed courting couples to share a bed, fully clothed with a ‘bundling board’ to separate them. This allowed a pair to talk and get to know each other in the safe confines of the girl’s house.

by whatilearned July 31, 2022, 12:25 am

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TIL of the Noble Train of Artillery. During the Revolutionary War, Henry Knox managed to transport 60 tons of artillery 300 miles in three months during the dead of winter. “This stupendous feat of logistics” was widely credited as a catalyst which broke the British siege of Boston.

by whatilearned July 22, 2022, 5:12 pm

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TIL about the Tichborne case, where a man widely known as ‘The Claimant’ claimed to be the missing baronet Roger Tichborne, which caused a sensation in Victorian England.

by whatilearned July 19, 2022, 10:34 am

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TIL the character “Daddy” Warbucks, from the comic strip ‘Annie’, was briefly killed off by the writer Gray on the grounds that it was widely thought that capitalists were obsolete. Warbucks was resurrected, however, after FDR’s death. Warbucks represented cartoonist Harold Gray’s free-market views.

by whatilearned July 9, 2022, 8:02 pm

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Which actors are widely recognized by a character they play and not by their real name?

by QuestionGuy June 17, 2022, 2:15 am

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A widely believed history myth: No, “true” Damascus steel is not a “lost art”

by HistoryBuff June 16, 2022, 9:37 pm

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TIL that placebos have been found to be an effective treatment for pain perception. A placebo treatment given to people who chronically suffer from migraine headaches was found to be just as effective as a widely used migraine drug, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine.

by whatilearned June 16, 2022, 5:29 pm

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TIL – When Ozone gas was first identified in 1840 its harmful effects were not widely understood – it was associated with fresh air and recuperative properties. In 1882, a businessman coined the name Ozone Park (NY) to promote the area’s proximity to “fresh tonic ocean air”.

by whatilearned June 9, 2022, 7:11 am

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TIL that the term for the spikes on a stegosaurs tail – “Thagomizer” – originated with Gary Larsen and a Far Side cartoon. It is now widely accepted in the science community and is used as anatomical terminology by The Smithsonian, the Dinosaur National Monument, and the BBC in documentaries.

by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 2:21 am

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