/r/todayilearned posted by /u/mblevels

TIL that when the CEO of discount supermarket chain ALDI was kidnapped, he haggled about his rans...

over 5 years ago

Upvote: 76002 Buy score: 7

Top keywords:

  • "take my money" : 7
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/llamanatee

TIL that Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" was not intended to be released as a single. They w...

almost 4 years ago

Upvote: 75863 Buy score: 220

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 220
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/

TIL that a lottery winner wore a scream mask to collect his one million so that his relatives won...

over 4 years ago

Upvote: 74523 Buy score: 38

Top keywords:

  • "i would pay" : 22
  • "how much?" : 6
  • "i'll buy" : 4

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/throwawayblueline

TIL The lack of an Oxford comma in the wording of a state law laying out what activities qualify ...

almost 4 years ago

Upvote: 75743 Buy score: 32

Top keywords:

  • "take my money" : 31
  • "i need it" : 1
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/ralphbernardo

TIL that Mister Rogers once used an egg timer and simply let it run for sixty seconds on a televi...

almost 6 years ago

Upvote: 75614 Buy score: 5

Top keywords:

  • "i need it" : 4
  • "i'd buy" : 1
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/OyVeyzMeir

TIL an IT Director, fed up with sales calls where the caller lied to reach IT staff, said to tran...

over 6 years ago

Upvote: 75532 Buy score: 15

Top keywords:

  • "i need it" : 6
  • "i want to buy it" : 4
  • "i would pay" : 2

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/drdisney

TIL: That a Japanese ice cream company created a commercial to publicly apologize about needing t...

over 3 years ago

Upvote: 75524 Buy score: 75

Top keywords:

  • "i would pay" : 72
  • "price?" : 3
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/ryandmc609

TIL George Lucas approved of Mel Brooks’ Star Wars parody Spaceballs and signed off on a fair use...

over 5 years ago

Upvote: 75462 Buy score: 452

Top keywords:

  • "i'd buy" : 449
  • "i will pay" : 1
  • "take my money" : 1

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/geekteam6

TIL that veterinarians kill themselves at rates 2.5 to 3.5 times the general population, due in p...

over 3 years ago

Upvote: 75462 Buy score: 7

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 4
  • "i would pay" : 3
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/WhatTheFuckKanye

TIL that André the Giant grew so fast that his own parents didn't recognize him. He left home at ...

about 6 years ago

Upvote: 75416 Buy score: 5

Top keywords:

  • "i'll buy" : 5
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/JTKDO

TIL Out of all the species that ever lived throughout all of Earth’s history, only a fraction of ...

over 4 years ago

Upvote: 75288 Buy score: 52

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  • "i'll buy" : 51
  • "i want it" : 1
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/OnePiece posted by /u/Longjumping_Ad_460

SUPER NOVA

over 2 years ago

Upvote: 3290 Buy score: 20

Top keywords:

  • "i want this" : 12
  • "i would pay" : 2
  • "can i buy this" : 2

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/

TIL that most states require car manufacturers to sell through the dealers. Even if your order di...

about 6 years ago

Upvote: 75254 Buy score: 437

Top keywords:

  • "how much?" : 335
  • "i will buy" : 59
  • "price?" : 18

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/krolzee187

TIL that Johnny Cash’s guitar player died in 1968. Cash found himself at a show where the tempora...

almost 5 years ago

Upvote: 75238 Buy score: 88

Top keywords:

  • "i want this" : 52
  • "i want it" : 36
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Tokyono

TIL The creator of The Sims, Will Wright, was inspired to make the game after losing his home and...

over 5 years ago

Upvote: 75166 Buy score: 72

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 59
  • "i'd buy" : 10
  • "i'd pay for" : 3

/r/Minecraft posted by /u/MasonHasALife

Yeah I just got bedrock in survival mode

about 4 years ago

Upvote: 63052 Buy score: 5

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  • "i want it" : 5
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/Minecraft posted by /u/itsmatteorizzo

This texture pack was supposed to be a joke - should I keep going?

about 5 years ago

Upvote: 91277 Buy score: 76

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 17
  • "i want this" : 15
  • "i need it" : 11

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/ever0nand0n

TIL that physicist Nikola Tesla once paid an overdue hotel bill with a box containing a working m...

almost 6 years ago

Upvote: 75066 Buy score: 5

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 5
  • "where can i get this" : 0
  • "where could i get one" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/RGDJR

TIL that the robbery of the Federal Reserve in Die Hard with a Vengeance is so plausible that the...

almost 6 years ago

Upvote: 74947 Buy score: 21

Top keywords:

  • "i'll buy" : 21
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/SappyGilmore

TIL Kraft Foods introduced its boxed macaroni and cheese in 1937 when America was in the throes o...

almost 4 years ago

Upvote: 74882 Buy score: 5

Top keywords:

  • "i'll buy" : 5
  • "where can i get this" : 0
  • "where could i get one" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/hfnsminf

TIL that Daniel Radcliffe is a recovering alcoholic and would sometimes go to set for Harry Potte...

almost 6 years ago

Upvote: 74870 Buy score: 7

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 6
  • "i need it" : 1
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Chris-Jean-Alice

TIL the quietest place on Earth is in a small studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At -13 dBA it’s s...

almost 6 years ago

Upvote: 74572 Buy score: 15

Top keywords:

  • "i would pay" : 9
  • "i need it" : 3
  • "i'd pay for" : 2

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Miskatonica

TIL defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi vowed to pay the average adoption fee of $150 for every dog at...

over 4 years ago

Upvote: 74521 Buy score: 15

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 15
  • "where can i get this" : 0
  • "where could i get one" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/vinodmendem

TIL Scientists discovered sharks that are living in an active underwater volcano. Divers cannot i...

over 4 years ago

Upvote: 74380 Buy score: 8

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 4
  • "i would pay" : 3
  • "i want this" : 1

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/_Abe_Froman_SKOC

TIL About a 17 year old kid that was given an old iPhone for free, and using the "barter" section...

over 3 years ago

Upvote: 74307 Buy score: 58

Top keywords:

  • "i need it" : 50
  • "how much?" : 4
  • "i would pay" : 2

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder

TIL that the Venus flytrap naturally grows in very few areas in the Carolinas, so park rangers ha...

over 3 years ago

Upvote: 72218 Buy score: 6

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 3
  • "take my money" : 2
  • "i want one" : 1

/r/Minecraft posted by /u/DannyBoyThomas

Hole Filler Mod - Smart Hole Filler

almost 4 years ago

Upvote: 91235 Buy score: 13

Top keywords:

  • "i want this" : 3
  • "take my money" : 2
  • "i need it" : 2

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Dtnoip30

TIL in 1958 a white girl kissed two African American boys aged 9 and 7 on the cheeks. The two boy...

almost 7 years ago

Upvote: 74258 Buy score: 29

Top keywords:

  • "i'll buy" : 27
  • "where can i get" : 2
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/TMWNN

TIL that a movement seeks to rename the Australian dollar to the "dollarydoo", based on a classic...

over 7 years ago

Upvote: 74116 Buy score: 1596

Top keywords:

  • "i would buy" : 1489
  • "take my money" : 85
  • "i'd buy" : 13

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/-iwl-

TIL a man in 2002 found a way to crack the lottery in the US state of Michigan using math and pro...

about 5 years ago

Upvote: 74116 Buy score: 17

Top keywords:

  • "how much?" : 17
  • "where can i get this" : 0
  • "where could i get one" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Tokyono

TIL That a German shepherd named Talero stayed next to the body of his owner for 23 days, after h...

over 5 years ago

Upvote: 74083 Buy score: 5

Top keywords:

  • "where can i get one" : 2
  • "where can i get" : 2
  • "i need it" : 1

/r/Minecraft posted by /u/TheMemeBugs

How to rope down in the new caves.

over 3 years ago

Upvote: 62794 Buy score: 14

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  • "i want it" : 14
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/madethistosaythat

TIL Seth MacFarlane served as executive producer of the Neil deGrasse Tyson-hosted series Cosmos....

over 4 years ago

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  • "i will pay" : 8671
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/tinkrman

TIL When Steve Jobs accused Microsoft of stealing idea for Windows from Mac, Bill Gates replied: ...

over 7 years ago

Upvote: 73891 Buy score: 12

Top keywords:

  • "can i buy it" : 7
  • "i will buy" : 1
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/quarryrye

TIL "Hit Me Baby One More Time" was written by a Swede who meant the chorus to mean "hit me up on...

almost 6 years ago

Upvote: 73855 Buy score: 238

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 236
  • "where can i get" : 2
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Aleck25

TIL Liam Neeson was once a school teacher, but got fired because a student pulled a knife on him,...

over 6 years ago

Upvote: 73619 Buy score: 4

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  • "i would pay" : 3
  • "i need it" : 1
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Chris-Jean-Alice

TIL that NYE revelers in Times Square are often locked into place for up to twelve hours and cann...

almost 6 years ago

Upvote: 73429 Buy score: 109

Top keywords:

  • "i'd buy" : 87
  • "i would pay" : 16
  • "i'll buy" : 2

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Tokyo-SexWhale

TIL when Beethoven was challenged to an improvisation duel by one of his rivals named Steibelt, B...

almost 8 years ago

Upvote: 73385 Buy score: 14

Top keywords:

  • "i would pay" : 11
  • "i'll buy" : 3
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/WouldbeWanderer

TIL that when Wayne Rogers left M*A*S*H, the producers tried to sue him for breach of contract. T...

over 3 years ago

Upvote: 73360 Buy score: 10

Top keywords:

  • "i would pay" : 9
  • "i will pay" : 1
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/RedHotChiliPotatoes

TIL death from laughter is a recorded cause of death throughout history. One such instance, an En...

over 4 years ago

Upvote: 73324 Buy score: 38

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  • "i need it" : 38
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Jeremy_Martin

TIL Nearly 70% of icelanders has costco membership and there's only one costco in the country

over 3 years ago

Upvote: 73252 Buy score: 1122

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  • "i'll buy" : 1120
  • "i need it" : 1
  • "how much?" : 1

/r/Minecraft posted by /u/rebane2001

I made the Ender Crystal look like a Rubik's Cube

over 4 years ago

Upvote: 77438 Buy score: 37

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  • "i want this" : 16
  • "where can i get" : 8
  • "where can i get this" : 7

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/

TIL that the Breaking Bad team was offered $75 million to produce three additional episodes after...

over 4 years ago

Upvote: 73139 Buy score: 43

Top keywords:

  • "i would pay" : 41
  • "i want this" : 2
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/deepcow

TIL that Steve Jobs named his company "Apple" partially because he wanted it to appear in the pho...

over 6 years ago

Upvote: 73122 Buy score: 656

Top keywords:

  • "i want this" : 650
  • "i want it" : 3
  • "i would buy" : 2

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Naweezy

TIL Nic Cage once crashed a Nic Cage film festival, watched 4 of his own films, did a 47-minute Q...

over 3 years ago

Upvote: 72947 Buy score: 3125

Top keywords:

  • "i would pay" : 3040
  • "i'd buy" : 85
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/UnusualSoup

TIL Ariana Grande tried to get Japanese tattoo that read "Seven Rings" but found out later it rea...

almost 5 years ago

Upvote: 72948 Buy score: 9

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 7
  • "i would buy" : 1
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/r/Minecraft posted by /u/macio6

Minecraft + Lego = Love (making my own texturepack!)

almost 4 years ago

Upvote: 93974 Buy score: 30

Top keywords:

  • "take my money" : 7
  • "i want it" : 7
  • "i want this" : 5

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/exmoor456

TIL that in Return of the Jedi (1983) for the speeder chase, Garrett Brown walked through the for...

over 4 years ago

Upvote: 72942 Buy score: 7

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 7
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/crewchief535

TIL that Scandinavians are adamant about letting their children nap outside, even in cold weather...

almost 6 years ago

Upvote: 72901 Buy score: 32

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  • "i need it" : 26
  • "i will pay" : 5
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Harvickfan4Life

TIL Jimmy Carter still lives in the same $167,000 house he built in Georgia in 1961 and shops at ...

over 5 years ago

Upvote: 72863 Buy score: 59

Top keywords:

  • "i would buy" : 55
  • "i'll buy" : 1
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/metallicsonatas

TIL almost all shells open on the right-hand side, with the exception of a few snail species whos...

about 4 years ago

Upvote: 72862 Buy score: 175

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  • "i need it" : 175
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/Minecraft posted by /u/leckaschmecka

I made a texture pack that gives mobs different facial expressions. Should I keep going?

about 5 years ago

Upvote: 133032 Buy score: 63

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 16
  • "i want this" : 16
  • "i need it" : 10

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/reticulatedtampon

TIL after a waitress at a pizzeria helped a customer choose the numbers for a winning lottery tic...

over 7 years ago

Upvote: 72826 Buy score: 522

Top keywords:

  • "i'd buy" : 487
  • "i would buy" : 32
  • "i'll buy" : 1

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/to_the_tenth_power

TIL in 1913, a bank was shipped in 50 pound increments through the USPS mail system to save money...

almost 6 years ago

Upvote: 72812 Buy score: 40

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  • "i'd buy" : 39
  • "i need it" : 1
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/milf_hunter_kakyoin

TIL Chris Brown is currently banned from entereng the UK, Australia, and New Zealand due to his c...

over 6 years ago

Upvote: 72795 Buy score: 12

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  • "i'd buy" : 12
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/malalatargaryen

TIL in several Chinese cities, there is a service called "jam-busting". Drivers in traffic jams w...

about 4 years ago

Upvote: 72761 Buy score: 23

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  • "i want it" : 23
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/Minecraft posted by /u/SepthGear

I gave Villagers some Wonder Apples

over 4 years ago

Upvote: 118911 Buy score: 6

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  • "where can i get this" : 2
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/rachelbeee

TIL there is a method of growing rhubarb known as "forcing" where the plant grows in complete dar...

over 4 years ago

Upvote: 72737 Buy score: 14

Top keywords:

  • "i want it" : 13
  • "take my money" : 1
  • "where can i get this" : 0

/r/todayilearned posted by /u/

TIL Jim Becker, a Packers fan hall-of-famer, routinely sold his blood to buy season tickets, whic...

almost 7 years ago

Upvote: 72729 Buy score: 535

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  • "do you sell" : 535
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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/r/todayilearned posted by /u/Russian_Bagel

TIL that in 1937, dancer Patricia Douglas was brutally assaulted at an MGM party. Instead of bart...

over 4 years ago

Upvote: 72711 Buy score: 10

Top keywords:

  • "i want this" : 10
  • "where can i get this" : 0
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