TIL Celebrities have to pay $85K to get their name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

https://walkoffame.com/generalfaqs/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pe1cny/til_celebrities_have_to_pay_85k_to_get_their_name/

TIL that Actor Ricardo Montalbán first saw his would-be wife onscreen when he was 18 and she was 15. Years later they met on a blind date, where Montalbán proposed to her that night. Their marriage lasted 63 years until her death in 2007

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Montalb%C3%A1n#cite_note-PeopleRandG-45
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pe2wjc/til_that_actor_ricardo_montalbán_first_saw_his/

TIL smelling your own farts could help protect against Alzheimer’s disease by correcting levels of hydrogen sulfide in aging brains

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/2021/01/rotten-egg-gas-could-guard-against-alzheimers-disease
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pd9cg4/til_smelling_your_own_farts_could_help_protect/

TIL that there is a correlation between gas stoves in households and the development and/or worsening of asthma.

https://www.nationalasthma.org.au/living-with-asthma/resources/patients-carers/factsheets/gas-stoves-and-asthma-in-children
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pa4t3u/til_that_there_is_a_correlation_between_gas/

TIL that since 1985, at least 32 Catholic priests have fled the US to avoid criminal prosecution over abuse allegations

https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=14235
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pcdcch/til_that_since_1985_at_least_32_catholic_priests/

TIL that Cleopatra VII lived closer in time to the first moon landing than to the construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/so-cleopatra-lived-closer-in-time-to-the-first-lunar-landing-than-the-great-pyramids.html
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pbv0cd/til_that_cleopatra_vii_lived_closer_in_time_to/

TIL of Skull Chapel, a still-standing 18th-century chapel in Poland whose walls and ceiling are lined with around 3,000 skulls and the bones thousands of people who died in the 1700s. Oh and the basement has the bones of another 21,000 people as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Chapel
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pbne05/til_of_skull_chapel_a_stillstanding_18thcentury/

TIL that under the right atmospheric conditions, the Chicago skyline can be seen upside down from Michigan

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/the-perfectly-scientific-explanation-for-why-chicago-appeared-upside-down-in-michigan/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pbdh5i/til_that_under_the_right_atmospheric_conditions/

TIL that Actor Ricardo Montalbán first saw his would-be wife onscreen when he was 18 and she was 15. Years later they met on a blind date, where Montalbán proposed to her that night. Their marriage lasted 63 years until her death in 2007

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Montalb%C3%A1n#cite_note-PeopleRandG-45
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pe2wjc/til_that_actor_ricardo_montalbán_first_saw_his/

TIL Celebrities have to pay $85K to get their name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

https://walkoffame.com/generalfaqs/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pe1cny/til_celebrities_have_to_pay_85k_to_get_their_name/

TIL the man who stole the Mona Lisa served only seven months in prison, in part because the court psychiatrist considered him an imbecile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Peruggia#:~:text=He%20was%20sent,the%20lenient%20sentence
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pa3wk5/til_the_man_who_stole_the_mona_lisa_served_only/

TIL smelling your own farts could help protect against Alzheimer’s disease by correcting levels of hydrogen sulfide in aging brains

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/2021/01/rotten-egg-gas-could-guard-against-alzheimers-disease
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pd9cg4/til_smelling_your_own_farts_could_help_protect/

TIL there was once a Tinder match on Antarctica

https://www.thecut.com/2014/02/tinder-makes-its-first-match-in-antarctica.html#:~:text=On%20a%20lonely%20December%20night,one%2C%20at%20least%20this%20year.
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1p9fznp/til_there_was_once_a_tinder_match_on_antarctica/

TIL the hit song "You're Beautiful" (2004) by James Blunt was voted as the most irritating track ever in a survey and featured in various lists of worst songs ever. Blunt himself issued a public apology for the record's overexposure, which he blamed on the record company's promotion techniques.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_considered_the_worst#1990s%E2%80%9…
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1p94voy/til_the_hit_song_youre_beautiful_2004_by_james/

TIL that since 1985, at least 32 Catholic priests have fled the US to avoid criminal prosecution over abuse allegations

https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=14235
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pcdcch/til_that_since_1985_at_least_32_catholic_priests/

TIL that Cleopatra VII lived closer in time to the first moon landing than to the construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/so-cleopatra-lived-closer-in-time-to-the-first-lunar-landing-than-the-great-pyramids.html
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pbv0cd/til_that_cleopatra_vii_lived_closer_in_time_to/

TIL of Skull Chapel, a still-standing 18th-century chapel in Poland whose walls and ceiling are lined with around 3,000 skulls and the bones thousands of people who died in the 1700s. Oh and the basement has the bones of another 21,000 people as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Chapel
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pbne05/til_of_skull_chapel_a_stillstanding_18thcentury/

TIL it is illegal to die in Longyearbyen on Svalbard, Norway. Anyone who is dying is asked to leave for the mainland. Burials are also illegal due to the permafrost and any bodies are shipped to the mainland for burial.

https://businessday.ng/bd-weekender/article/longyearbyen-the-town-where-it-is-illegal-to-die/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1p9gbeb/til_it_is_illegal_to_die_in_longyearbyen_on/

TIL that under the right atmospheric conditions, the Chicago skyline can be seen upside down from Michigan

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/the-perfectly-scientific-explanation-for-why-chicago-appeared-upside-down-in-michigan/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pbdh5i/til_that_under_the_right_atmospheric_conditions/

TIL at least 11 children have been born in Antarctica.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Antarctica
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1p9e9xu/til_at_least_11_children_have_been_born_in/