Kenyan chess player disguises in burka at women's tournament for surprising reasons Original Post: TIL in 2023 a Kenyan male chess player wore a burka as a disguise to enter a women’s chess tournament for prize money, but was caught after his strong performance, silence and "masculine" shoes raised suspicion byu/flamingoooz intodayilearned
Actress Kaitlin Olson was accidentally waterboarded for real during filming! Find out what happened! Original Post: TIL Kaitlin Olson was accidentally waterboarded for real while filming the season 4 IASIP episode, "The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis" byu/turtlehabits intodayilearned
Discover the shocking truth about being awake for 20 hours! You won't believe the impact on your body and mind. Original Post: TIL that being awake for 20 hours is equivalent to being drunk enough to be forbidden from driving. byu/MartianAndroidMiner intodayilearned
Marines outsmart AI camera in the most unexpected ways. Watch now! Original Post: TIL an entire squad of Marines managed to get past an AI powered camera, "undetected". Two somersaulted for 300m, another pair pretended to be a cardboard box, and one guy pretended to be a bush. The AI could not detect a single…
Doctor tries to bring George Washington back to life with a crazy method. Find out what happens next! Original Post: TIL William Thornton, who designed the US Capitol building, was called to Mt Vernon to treat a dying George Washington, only to arrive after the president had died. Thornton proposed ressurrecting the frozen corpse by…
Rock legend Ronnie James Dio surprises studio with his powerful voice! Find out what happened when he brought his own mic. Epic! Original Post: TIL that when Ronnie James Dio came to record his part of Tenaciou's D's "Kickapoo," he brought his own mic. The producer told Dio that he wouldn't need it as their…
Norway holds the pizza crown! Each person devours 11 pounds of pizza annually! Original Post: TIL the country that eats the most pizza per capita is Norway, with each person eating about 11 pounds of pizza a year. byu/nuttybudd intodayilearned
400,000 people boycotted sugar to end slavery. Find out how! Original Post: TIL that in 1792, 400,000 British people gave up sugar to boycott slavery when the UK population was at 6 million byu/sashsu6 intodayilearned
French delicacy so sinful, it's banned! Find out the shocking truth behind ortolan bunting consumption in France. #shocking #banned #Frenchcuisine Original Post: TIL about ortolan bunting, the French practice of force-feeding a bird, dunking it in liquor, frying it in its own fat, then eating it whole. It is customary to cover one’s face with…
This mobile game wanted to send your phone to heaven! Find out why Apple banned it. Original Post: TIL the mobile game "Send Me to Heaven" involved throwing your phone as high in the air as you can. The creator made it with the hope of destroying as many iPhones as possible, but Apple banned…