/r/todayilearned
TIL Solo katsu, short for solo katsudo (solo activities), describes engaging by oneself in activities traditionally considered to be group-led, ranging from solo eating for beginners to solo camping for the advanced. Japan leads by example in embracing and commercialising solitude.
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TIL that the forerunner of the bicycle, the Dandy horse, was invented largely as a result of the climatic changes brought about in Europe by the explosion of Mount Tambora (1815), which widespread crop failures which have led to the deaths of thousands of horses, means of transport at the time.
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TIL suicides nationally climbed by 10% after Robin Williams' death; researchers established a clear parallel between the increase and sensationalized coverage/headlines about his death that breached CDC guidelines, focused on the way of death.
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TIL If a swarm of bees flies into an occupied hive in Switzerland that belongs to another person, the owner of this hive acquires the swarm without any obligation to pay compensation.
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TIL in 1845 a suspension bridge crowded with children collapsed under their weight killing 79. They had gathered to watch a clown in a barrel being pulled by geese down the river.
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TIL the hippocampus has a kind of internal switch that flips the brain between "learning mode" and "remembering mode".
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TIL Hall & Oates, in a career of nearly 50 years, have sold 40 million albums, had 19 songs hit the Top 10, nine of which went to No. 1 making them the best-selling music duo of all time
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