#1 That Ioannis Ikonomou Is The Chief Translator Of The European Commision, Speaking 21 Of The 24 Official Languages
#2 Industrialist Andrew Carnegie Spent $56.2 Million To Build 2509 Libraries Across The World
#3 In 2025 A Mini Dachshund Named Valerie Was Found Alive After 529 Days In The Australian Wilderness
With 4.7 million weekly visitors, the ‘Today I Learned’ subreddit continues to be one of the most popular online communities on the internet. One of the main reasons behind its popularity is just how rigorous the moderators are about enforcing quality, factual content. For instance, you have to provide reliable sources to support your claims, and they can’t be more recent than 2 months. Furthermore, you’re prohibited from sharing personal opinions, political agendas, misleading claims, unrelated information, and personal biases.
These regulations help the TIL community avoid a lot of the misinformation and disinformation that can be found floating on the internet and on social media.
The former, misinformation, refers to claims that are shared by people who don’t realize that they’re false. The latter, disinformation, is fake news that people deliberately spread to advance their agenda.
#4 Puppeteer Frank Oz Hasn’t Worked With The Muppets Since 2007 Not Because He Wanna Retire
#5 That During His Childhood, Canadian Singer Bryan Adams Was Sent To A Psychiatrist Because He Was Not Getting Along With His Parents
#6 Costco Is Responsible For 50% Of The Cashews Sold Worldwide. The Company Sources From, And Supports, Independent Nut Farmers In At Least 20 Countries Including An Estimated 2.5 Million Independent Cashew Farmers In Africa Alone
Evaluating every single fact that you come across online is inefficient. Very few people have the time and energy to do in-depth research about every single fact they read.
So, you’re better off evaluating the reliability and trustworthiness of the source instead. Though all sources sometimes make factual errors, they are not all created equal. Good sources employ journalists who strive to be transparent, are held accountable for their work, make corrections when needed, have editors check their work, and avoid presenting opinions as facts.
As reported by the BBC, there are 3 main things that you should do to tell if a source is reliable. First of all, consider the person who wrote the claim, and check their work history for accuracy and biases. Secondly, consult several sources to cross-reference and verify the information you’ve come across. And third, check the actual evidence that the source is presenting.
“It’s always a good sign if you can find where the news has come from and clearly see the facts behind the piece. It’s also good to ask yourself if what the source is saying sounds believable. If it appears a bit out of this world or too good to be true, then the chances are that it might well be.”
#7 There Are Over 33,000 Japanese Companies With Histories Of 100 Years Or More. These Long-Standing Firms Are Known As 'Shinise'
#8 After Learning What Museums Do, A Five-Year-Old Girl Named Bethan Donated Her Favourite Rock To Her Local Museum
#9 When Humans Sleep, Certain Proteins In The Brain Literally Shrink Neurons To Allow Cerebrospinal Fluid To Wash Away Waste — A “Nighttime Cleaning System” Only Active During Deep Sleep
#10 That The Naturopath And Author Of Such Books As "The Cure For All Cancers," "The Cure For All Diseases," And "The Prevention Of All Cancers" Passed Away In 2009 From Cancer
#11 To Prove The Idea That Clark Kent Wearing Glasses Was Enough To Hide The Fact That He Is Superman
#12 There Is A Rare Type Of Very Hard Wood Called ‘Lignum Vitae’
#13 In 2021 A Woman In A Hurry Checked Her Scratch-Off Ticket "Real Quick" And Then Gave To The Store Owners To Throw Out Because She Thought It Wasn't A Winner
#14 That People Can Often Recognize A Familiar Song In As Little As A Few Hundred Milliseconds After It Starts Playing
#15 Ram 2500 Drivers Have The Most DUIs, And More Than Twice The National Average
#16 In 2023 Disney Made More Profit From Churros Sales At Its Theme Parks Than It Did For Disney+ Streaming
#17 That Before 1856, Purple Dye Was Rare And Expensive - Until An 18-Year-Old Trying To Make A Malaria Cure Accidentally Created The First Synthetic Dye From Coal Tar, Patented It The Same Year, And Made Purple Suddenly Cheap And Fashionable
#18 In 2023 A Canadian Court Ruled That A Thumbs Up Emoji 👍 Carried Enough Weight To Establish A Legally Binding Contract Between Two Parties
#19 The World's First Arctic Explorer Was A Greek Sailor From Marseille In 325 Bc
#20 While Most Ancient Romans Were Cremated, Any Roman Struck By A Lightning Was Thought To Have Been Struck Down By Jupiter And Had To Be Buried On The Spot
