Lessons in everyday life, courtesy of the Internet
Today I Learned (TIL) about Survivorship Bias or survivor bias is a form of concentrating on the people or things that made it past some selection process and overlooking those that did not, typically because of their lack of visibility....
Today I learned (TIL), how cinnamon is harvested. For more TIL, see our latest posts here
by theinternettaughtme · Published December 31, 2021 · Last modified December 30, 2021
Today I Learned (TIL), that there are 20 million tons of gold in the sea 🌊. This gold is spread throughout the normal mineral content of seawater to the tune of “parts per trillion.” From the article, ‘As the NOAA...
Today I Learned (TIL) the phrase “drinking the kool-aid” comes from the Jonestown massacre: “people drank the cyanide-laced punch, which birthed the phrase “drinking the Kool-Aid,” referring to those who blindly and foolishly follow something.” For more TIL, click here....
Today I Learned (TIL), that the shaka or ‘hang loose’ gesture originated when a Hawaiian named Hamana Kalili lost his three middle fingers in a sugar mill accident. For more TIL, click here.
So, recently we’ve had some bad weather and the internet service (Xfinity) in our area was down for at least half a day. On another occasion, the service was very intermittent to the point where I checked my devices’ connect,...
by theinternettaughtme · Published December 11, 2021 · Last modified December 9, 2021
Today I Learned (TIL), Lebron James has ownership stakes in several professional teams. Lebron started his sports investment across the pond with English Premier League’s Liverpool F.C., where he had a small stake. In the summer of 2021, James joined Fenway...
by theinternettaughtme · Published December 10, 2021 · Last modified December 8, 2021
Today I Learned (TIL), about a man named Mario Rigby who walked from Cape Town, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt. It took him 2 years and he walked 7,456 miles. He trekked through eight countries — South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi,...
by theinternettaughtme · Published December 9, 2021 · Last modified December 8, 2021
TIL (Today I Learned), when Clint Eastwood was approached for the role of James Bond he turned it down because he didn’t feel it was the right role for him saying “I was offered pretty good money to do James...
by theinternettaughtme · Published December 9, 2021 · Last modified December 8, 2021
Today I Learned (TIL) about the Mutual UFO Network, or commonly known as MUFON. MUFON is the country’s oldest and largest civilian UFO group. MUFON takes and investigates UFO reports from the public and provides fairly rigorous training courses for...
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