Press J to jump to the feed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts

Found the internet!

Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations.

Today I Learned (TIL)

r/todayilearned

2.4k

Posted by6 hours ago

TIL: In 2010, New Jersey lost $400 million in federal education reform money due to submitting data from the wrong school year. This lost them 4.8 points, making them fall 3 points short of receiving federal aid which went to Ohio instead. People have called this a "stunning $400 million mistake"

nj.com/news/2...

2.4k

76 comments

30.0k

Posted by18 hours ago

TIL that there were 26 families of passengers on the Mayflower that are known to have left descendants; it is estimated that over 30 million people can trace their ancestry back to those 26 families on the Mayflower.

aop.com/blog/1...

30.0k

1.9k comments

32.1k

Posted by18 hours ago

TIL Wilt Chamberlain is the reason players have to stay behind the foul line when shooting a free throw. While at KU, thanks to his 7’ height, 7’8” wingspan, and 50” vertical, he would start from top of the key, leap before the foul line, and dunk the ball before he touched the ground in the lane.

sbnation.com/platfo...

32.1k

1.2k comments

928

Posted by5 hours ago

TIL that until the early 1920s, most astronomers thought that the Milky Way contained all the stars in the Universe. Following the 1920 Great Debate between the astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Doust Curtis, observations by Edwin Hubble showed that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...

928

71 comments

428

Posted by2 hours ago

TIL Better Business Bureau reviewed Yelp in April 2023 and gave it a rating of C+ with only a one star customer rating.

bbb.org/us/ca/...

428

38 comments

2.2k

Posted by11 hours ago

TIL that Alexander the Great founded as many as 13 cities during his rule, ten of which had “Alexandria” in their name.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...

2.2k

66 comments

549

Posted by4 hours ago

TIL Jungholz is an Austrian village that is only accessible via Germany. Because of access issues the village followed German customs since 1868 and used the Deutsche Mark until 2002. The odd placement is the result of German land being sold to an Austrian taxman in 1342.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...

549

12 comments

About Community

You learn something new every day; what did you learn today? Submit interesting and specific facts about something that you just found out here.

Created Dec 28, 2008

31.9m

Members

16.0k

Online

#6

Ranked by Size

Related Communities

27,518,521 members

3,274,202 members

41,616,631 members

4,937,211 members

22,127,839 members

498,846 members

2,152,353 members

3,425,521 members

22,349,756 members

4,361,217 members

r/todayilearned Rules

1.

Inaccurate/unverifiable/not supported by source

2.

No personal opinions/anecdotes/subjective posts

3.

No recent sources

4.

No politics/agenda pushing

5.

No misleading claims

6.

Too general/can't stand on its own/how to

7.

No submissions about software/websites

8.

All NSFW links must be tagged.

Wiki

Please see the wiki for more detailed explanations of the rules as well as additional rules that may not be listed here

Moderators

Moderator list hidden. Learn More

User Agreement Privacy policy

Content policy Moderator Code of Conduct