M76kB TIL Longinus, the man who is traditionally identified with stabbing Jesus in his side, is a saint. The lance he used to pierce Jesus with is usually called the Holy Lance. The act is also said to have made the last of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ.
j6gjp TIL Nelly and Tennessee Williams went to the same high school.
0d5GM TIL that feel-good, bubblegum pop is an indicator of a recession
grgv7 TIL Bambi is a boy!!!
LQwgv TIL that during the casting of The Godfather (1972), Al Martino was stripped from his part when Francis Ford Coppola became director. However after a series of news articles orchestrated by Martino's godfather and Mafia crime boss, Russell Bufalino, he was recast to the original role.
b6GZ4 TIL the 5th highest-grossing film of all time is a Chinese kids movie released this year (2025)
QNe89 TIL The bubonic plague lives in the stomach of it's host, the flea. When it attempts to feed, this causes it to regurgitate infected blood back in to the wound, spreading the bacteria
AN1Oo TIL Charles Joughin, the Titanic’s chief baker, survived the icy waters by staying calm and a bit drunk. After helping others, he sipped brandy, stepped off the sinking ship, and floated for hours in freezing water until rescued barely even cold.
yVgPl TIL that in 1966, after a gas well in Uzbekistan burned for over three years, the Soviet Union used a 30-kiloton nuclear bomb detonated deep underground to crush the pipe and seal the leak by vitrifying the surrounding rock.
m1gvE TIL the Hawker Hurricane was the very first Allied aircraft type sent to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease. 2,952 were delivered, making it the most numerous British fighter in Soviet service.
vPg6B TIL of Stubbins Ffirth. While in school he theorized yellow fever was not contagious, and was spread by heat and stress. He poured blood, vomit, and urine of the infected into his eyeballs and cuts and did not become sick, believing his theory to be true. It was later shown to be spread by mosquitos
DQJnP TIL that Japan's rapid industrialization was driven by massive family-owned conglomerates called "zaibatsu," which were so powerful they were essentially dismantled by the Allies after WWII to democratize the nation.