TIL During an interview with Stephen Hawking, the camera operator yanked a cable causing an alarm and Hawking to slump forward. Worried they had killed him, everyone rushed over to find Hawking giggling at his own joke. The alarm was from an office computer losing power.
https://www.biography.com/news/stephen-hawking-zingers

155.9k upvotes
/r/todayilearned
2020 Jun 19
https://redd.it/hbrimd
by @r_til
#learning

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TIL the FBI has struggled to hire hackers because of the FBI hiring rule that the applicant must not have used marijuana during the last 3 years.
https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fbi-struggling-find-good-hackers-due-pot-rules-article-1.3949920

151.3k upvotes
/r/todayilearned
2020 May 14
https://redd.it/gjmajm
by @r_til
#learning

🏆 Great achivement!
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ELI5:How after 5000 years of humanity surviving off of bread do we have so many people within the last decade who are entirely allergic to gluten?



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/r/explainlikeimfive
2017 May 31
https://redd.it/6efne8
by @rexplainmelikeimfive
#learning

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ELI5: How did we get to the point where laptops and smartphones are in the same price range?



41.1k upvotes
/r/explainlikeimfive
2019 Aug 30
https://redd.it/cxiwhl
by @r_explainmelikeimfive
#learning

TIL Genghis Khan would marry off a daughter to the king of an allied nation. Then he would assign his new son in law to military duty in the Mongol wars, while his daughter took over the rule. Most sons in law died in combat, giving his daughters complete control of these nations
https://thetyee.ca/Books/2010/07/26/GenghisFeminist/

157.0k upvotes
/r/todayilearned
2021 Feb 10
https://redd.it/lgl7ag
by @r_til
#learning

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🎁 Today @r_til is 5 years old.
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TIL During an interview with Stephen Hawking, the camera operator yanked a cable causing an alarm and Hawking to slump forward. Worried they had killed him, everyone rushed over to find Hawking giggling at his own joke. The alarm was from an office computer losing power.
https://www.biography.com/news/stephen-hawking-zingers

172.1k upvotes
/r/todayilearned
2020 Jun 19
https://redd.it/hbrimd
by @r_til
#learning

🏆 Great achievement!
💪 Milestone of 200 subscribers.