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r/todayilearned 39,687,600 subscribers — You learn something new every day; what did you learn today?
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Post Score Posted TIL the Kaaba 🕋 in Mecca is actually made of unpainted brick with the black and gold color coming from a cloth called the kiswah that is handmade each year — 2h ago TIL the Kaaba 🕋 in Mecca is actually made of unpainted brick with the black and gold color coming from a cloth called the kiswah that is handmade each year — 2h ago TIL Japan bought an ex-Confederate Ironclad ship CSS Stonewall from the US in 1867. It was renamed Kotetsu and used as the flagship in the Boshin War, a Japanese Civil War between the Imperial Meiji government and the breakaway Republic of Ezo — 3h ago TIL Napoleon Dynamite (2004) has a post credit wedding scene. And now I have to return my Vote for Pedro shirt in shame :'( — 3h ago TIL that Ancient Greeks had two ways of saying compass directions, one based on winds and another based on astronomical phenomena. Ancient Greek philosophers like Aristotle developed wind systems for this. — 3h ago TIL after President Abraham Lincoln died, on April 15, 1865, his leather wallet was found to contain a $5 Confederate bill, imprinted with the image of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. — 3h ago TIL that the London Bridge famous from the nursery rhyme, "London Bridge is Falling Down" was sold to an oil tycoon and moved to Lake Havasu City, Arizona — 3h ago TIL WWII General Montgomery encountered a soldier, completely naked except for a top hat, he issued the only dress related order of his career: "Top hats will not be worn in the Eighth Army." — 4h ago TIL not only did Jack Nicholson secure a percentage of Batman's profits, he also negotiated a percentage of the merchandise sales from Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin (even though he only appeared in Batman). In total, he earned over $60 million (~$150 million in 2025). — 4h ago TIL that 6 years prior to the Apollo 1 tragedy, the USSR had their own oxygen fire tragedy, resulting in the death of cosmonaut Valentin Bondarenko. The USSR concealed this from the public, leading to the USA making the same mistake in 1967. Bondarenko’s death was not publicly disclosed until 1986. — 4h ago
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