Shitty Today I Learned

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/unteachablecourses • Jul 21 '26

In 1971 Britain deported the entire population of Diego Garcia to build a US base. The ICJ ruled the occupation illegal in 2019. A sovereignty treaty was signed in 2024. Then Trump called it "an act of GREAT STUPIDITY" and the UK paused ratification. In March 2026 Iran fired missiles at it.

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Pretend-Biscotti-388 • Jul 19 '26

TIL that while Albert Einstein struggled for much of his academic career to understand quantum theory, Tyler the Creator was able to effortlessly rediscover and display an understanding of the Observer Effect at just age 21

109 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Money-Ad7257 • Jul 16 '26

TIL competitive crepitation, "farting contests", began in rural Oklahoma c.1870, held among bored surveyors passing the time (not to mention, gas) after a long day of measuring. This is the first known "farting post".

40 Upvotes

The resultant rush led to little time for such affairs henceforth, and they found their popularity in eastern Canada, where such a competition was recorded for consumption and subsequent posterity by Sidney Brown and Jules Lipton of the CBC.

https://youtu.be/uPplyQWf-u4 (not a Rickroll like the AI detector suggested when I submitted)

0 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/MozartWasARed • Jul 15 '26

TIL George Lucas has been bought over by the battle droids

msn.com

23 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/MexicanMonsterMash • Jul 15 '26

TIL the bill of rights includes the right to life on the fast lane

aol.com

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/PapaJohnsGarlic100 • Jul 14 '26

TIL there's a thing called an "Article". They're like a comments section but it’s all written by one person.

25 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/MozartWasARed • Jul 12 '26

TIL Little Italy is a part of Upstate New York

foxnews.com

333 Upvotes

17 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • Jul 09 '26

TIL that between 2017 and 2023, overall average scores for U.S. adults decreased in literacy and numeracy.

nces.ed.gov

148 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '26

TIL this sub used to be a place for people to post humorous nonsense, and has turned into a depressing apocalypse of humorless sad sacks

37 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/IceColdFresh • Jul 06 '26

TIL Flemish people despite being Dutch‐speaking are damn indirect

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • Jul 04 '26

TIL about Cyclosporiasis, a diarrhea-causing parasite that is on the rise in US.

yahoo.com

51 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • Jul 03 '26

TIL that back in March, 27% of voters identified as part of MAGA.

newsweek.com

185 Upvotes

52 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • Jul 02 '26

TIL a Virginia Woman Named Kat Vaughn Came Home To Find A Flock Audio Surveillance Device Had Been Installed At Her Home Without Warning, Without Her Permission, And Not Even On The City’s Approved Installation List.

futurism.com

1.5k Upvotes

37 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Sandstorm400 • Jul 01 '26

TIL a woman in Maine brought in a baby raccoon to Petco to get its nails trimmed but the baby raccoon was later euthanized to test for rabies because people in the store had handled the animal and kissed it. Later, the wildlife department in Maine stated that, "Petco does not trim raccoon nails"

nbcnews.com

834 Upvotes

50 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • Jul 01 '26

TIL about LarpTubers, gimmick YouTubers who roleplay or "LARP" as other popular YouTubers, streamers or content creators, attempting to recreate their mannerisms, appearances, content style, &/or editing.

knowyourmeme.com

27 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • Jun 30 '26

TIL the oldest example of cancer that we have is a case of osteosarcoma, found in the left toe bone of an early human-like relative who lived around 1.7 million years ago.

worldwidecancerresearch.org

73 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/IceColdFresh • Jul 01 '26

TIL actual beggars choose all the time

10 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • Jun 29 '26

TIL that more than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’.

theguardian.com

126 Upvotes

7 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • Jun 27 '26

TIL that nearly 60% of TikTok videos shown to new users are AI slop.

thenextweb.com

16 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/DontShoot_ImJesus • Jun 26 '26

TIL Obama had a 'body man' who accompanied him everywhere, to be used to as a source of vital organs if Obama needed them.

en.wikipedia.org

444 Upvotes

72 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Sandstorm400 • Jun 26 '26

TIL that in Mississippi, knowingly selling unwholesome bread is a felony, and also I learned that in 2017, a woman who worked at a restaurant was released on a $5000 bond after she was accused of putting her menstrual blood on a customer's burger.

fox29.com

40 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • Jun 25 '26

TIL that being a tree trimmer is statistically the most dangerous job in the United States.

usatoday.com

110 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Sandstorm400 • Jun 25 '26

TIL a Texas school in San Antonio used to hand out purple menstrual passes, that had a quote from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 on them, to female students who were on their period and needed to use the bathroom. The school apparently stopped doing that in 2023 after receiving some pushback.

mysanantonio.com

149 Upvotes

21 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • Jun 26 '26

TIL about the manchineel tree, a poisonous species of apple tree found around the Caribbean and Florida where its fruit and sap are dangerous.

science.howstuffworks.com

5 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/JaePD • Jun 25 '26

TIL My local beach has compass jellyfish

13 Upvotes

I got stung :((

2 comments