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@todayilearned@noc.social · 5d ago

TIL that for the bee sting death scene in My Girl (1991), production used thousands of real bees on a 10 year old Macaulay Culkin. To attract them, his hands were coated in a queen bee scent, and when the director yelled "cut," Culkin was told to run into the woods to escape. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/11/28/macaulay-culkin-my-girl-bee-scene-real-bees/87508719007/ #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1u57i32/til_that_for_the_bee_sting_death_scene_in_my_girl/

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@todayilearned@noc.social · 6d ago

TIL author John Green noted the global history of Hawaiian pizza: a Canadian invention by a Greek immigrant, inspired by Chinese cuisine, that put a South American fruit on an Italian dish and became popular in Australia. Now, the company that sells those pineapples (Dole) is based in Ireland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_pizza #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1u404dw/til_author_john_green_noted_the_global_history_of/

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@todayilearned@noc.social · May 14, 2026

TIL that the US golf course infrastructure consumes 2 BILLION liters of water per day https://www.usga.org/content/dam/usga/pdf/Water%20Resource%20Center/how-much-water-does-golf-use.pdf #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1tcyvvq/til_that_the_us_golf_course_infrastructure/

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@todayilearned@noc.social · Apr 24, 2026

TIL that some coal miners would grow so attacheded to their canaries that they built resuscitation chambers for them https://blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/canary-resuscitator/ #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1sucoxi/til_that_some_coal_miners_would_grow_so/

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@todayilearned@noc.social · Apr 12, 2026

TIL the subsequent fires that broke out in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake, destroying 80% of the city, was due not only to ruptured gas lines, but also because people were firing their own buildings after realizing insurance wouldn’t cover damages from an earthquake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1sizhyw/til_the_subsequent_fires_that_broke_out_in_san/

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@todayilearned@noc.social · Mar 06, 2026

TIL that there was an actual debate among ancient Greek writers on whether Achilles or Patroclus was the dominant ("erastes") or the passive ("eromenos") one in the relationship, with Plato famously arguing that Achilles was a passive "eromenos" who was willing to give his life to avenge his lover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_and_Patroclus#Classical_views_in_antiquity #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1rmiiwp/til_that_there_was_an_actual_debate_among_ancient/

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@todayilearned@noc.social · Mar 05, 2026

TIL there’s an Android game called “Send Me to Heaven” where the objective is to throw your phone as high as possible and catch it, with the app measuring height using the device’s accelerometer. Apple banned it from the App Store for encouraging users to damage their phones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_Me_to_Heaven #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1rl3aul/til_theres_an_android_game_called_send_me_to/

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