r/todayilearned

: "Til that Nvidia founder Jensen Huang's parents sold nearly everything they owned to send him to what they thought was a prestigious boarding school but which was in fact a reformatory for troubled kids. He taught his 17 year old roommate how to read in exchange for help working out."

: "TIL the Daily Mail used to be openly pro-fascist, with editorials expressing support of Mussolini's Italy, Hitler's Germany, and British fascist movements during the 1930s."

: "TIL about the Mirror Test, a method for determining whether a non-human animal has the ability of self-recognition when looking into a mirror. Elephants, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, dolphins and manta rays have successfully passed the test."

: "TIL Kansai International Airport in Japan averages 20-30 million passengers a year and it has not lost a single piece of luggage since opening in 1994."

: "TIL most living areas in ancient Roman Cities lacked any kitchen area, with most citizens either getting food from from a communal kitchen or buying prepared foods from street vendors"

: "TIL that the world's oldest known prosthetic device is a 3,000-year-old wooden toe found on an Egyptian mummy. The "Cairo Toe" shows signs of wear, indicating it was actually used by its owner during their lifetime, not just attached for burial purposes"