TIL that In 2011, a Chinese construction company called Broad Sustainable Building built a 30-story hotel called the T30 in just 15 days in the city of Hunan. See comments for the rest.
TIL that filmmakers and prop creators don't actually do their research
https://kotaku.com/dragon-age-popes-exorcist-movie-spanish-inquisition-1850433839
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1670diu/til_that_filmmakers_and_prop_creators_dont/
TIL Until the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974, it was nearly impossible for a single woman to get a credit card without a male cosigner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Credit_Opportunity_Act
Today I Learned 4 Ways To Stop Simpin! (I'm going to need it)
TIL there was a Call of Duty game for the PS2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Finest_Hour
Today I learned that only 13% of the UAE's population consists of Emiratis. Due to the 20-year residency requirement for UAE citizenship, a significant 87% of residents are expatriates.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/166x6xa/today_i_learned_that_only_13_of_the_uaes/
TIL it's likely over 95% of people cannot catch leprosy, even if exposed to the Mycobacterium leprae bacteria
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23043-leprosy-hansens-disease
TIL: Timothy Dexter was an eccentric businessman known for his improbably successful investments. He was fooled to send bed warmers to the West Indies (hot), but sold them as ladles, he exported stray cats to the Caribbean who used them to kill rats, etc. He also told people his wife was a ghost.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dexter#:~:text=Timothy%20Dexter%20(January%2022%2C%201747…
TIL that fruits and vegetables are less nutritious than they used to be
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/166th7s/til_that_fruits_and_vegetables_are_less/
TIL Jane Kaczmarek was nominated by the Emmys for her portrayal of Lois in Malcolm in the Middle seven consecutive years - the entire run of the show - and never won.
https://www.emmys.com/bios/jane-kaczmarek
TIL Will Smith was offered the role in The Matrix but turned down the role of Neo to make Wild Wild West, because of skepticism over the film's ambitious bullet time special effects. Nicolas Cage, Brad Pitt , Val Kilmer, Leonardo DiCaprio Johnny Depp also turned down the part.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Cast
TIL what the term, “the bends”, means.
https://youtu.be/gfsP_W1y82Q?si=EDY4wMbDTJDGH_z2
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/166rjqy/til_what_the_term_the_bends_means/
TIL that the yellow part at the bottom of candy corn is made to look like a real kernel of corn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_corn
TIL Sweet Potatoes are not actually potatoes, but more closely related to Morning Glory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato
TIL about Sammy U, the little fella hidden in the Uhaul murals.
https://www.theautopian.com/theres-a-little-guy-hidden-on-the-side-of-most-u-haul-trucks/
TIL millionaires and billionaires account for 1.1% of the world population.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/distribution-of-global-wealth-chart/
TIL that boxer Max Schmeling who was branded a pawn of The Third Reich for defeating Joe Louis, actually sheltered Jewish children during Kristallnacht.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Louis_vs._Max_Schmeling?searchToken=73exvnj06zrautq5oixxcsfp4
TIL that jazz musicians shut off their dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, responsible for self-monitoring performance, and activate their medial prefrontal cortex, which helps with storytelling. This resembles our brain patterns while dreaming.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/166bpm2/til_that_jazz_musicians_shut_off_their/
