r/todayilearned is a subreddit with 41.7M members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses til, worst, struggling, history, and bible, and they frequently recommend/review condom.
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Popular Themes in r/todayilearned
#1
Pain & Anger
: "TIL: Eumenes of Cardia who went from being Alexander the Great's secretary to defeating one of Alexander's greatest generals in his first major battle"
3 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "Give a try to my channel"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/todayilearned
#1
Til
41 posts
#2
Worst
7 posts
#3
Struggling
5 posts
#4
History
5 posts
#5
Bible
: "TIL that the Bible’s gospel of Matthew says that when jesus died, graves split open and dead saints walked into Jerusalem, and none of the other three gospels mention it."
3 posts
#6
Earthquake
: "TIL that Earthquakes can trigger outbreaks of lasting vertigo in humans, which is known as Post-Earthquake Dizziness Syndrome"
3 posts
#7
Razzie
2 posts
#8
Accident
2 posts
#9
Lawyer
: "TIL a Lawyer died when attempting to prove the windows in his office were unbreakable. He threw his body against the glass, which popped the window pane, and he fell 24 stories to his death."
2 posts
#10
New Madrid
: "TIL about the most powerful earthquakes in the US east of the Rockies, the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes. Over 3 months a series of massive quakes hit the area of Missouri and Arkansas."
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/todayilearned
Condom
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Flair Used in r/todayilearned
#1
Frequent/Recent Repost: Removed
: "TIL about Randy Gardner, a 17 year old who spent 11 days and 25 minutes without sleep"
3 posts
#2
Rule 4
: "TIL: The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George Bush was sentenced to 3 years in jail, and when asked if he regretted what he did, his reply was “The only regret I have is that I only had two shoes”"
3 posts
#3
(R.6d) Too General
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
2 posts
#4
(R.5) Omits Essential Info
: "TIL that the inspiration for Norman Rockwell's "Freedom Of Speech" painting was a man in a rural town hall meeting arguing against rebuilding a burned-down school in 1943 because it would raise his taxes"
1 post
#5
Herbert Hoover
: "TIL that Lou Hoover - Henry Hoover's wife - had a tradition of leaving one chair empty whenever she entertained company, as a reminder of ongoing child poverty."
1 post
#6
(R.1) Not verifiable
: "TIL that Paul Gascoigne was left out of the England squad for the '98 FIFA world cup after a tabloid magazine showed him eating kebab with a friend. His response to the news was wrecking manager Glenn Hoddle's hotel room and had to be restrained. He never played for England again."
1 post
#7
(R.3) Recent source
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
1 post
#8
Invalid Source
: "TIL that in the bible (2 Kings 2:23–24), some boys mock the prophet Elisha for being bald, he curses them, and two bears come out of the woods and maul 42 of them."
1 post
#9
(R.1) Invalid src
: "TIL On June 28, 2025, 19 Egyptian female farmworkers, aged 14 to 23, died in a minibus accident. The media referred to them as the “Brides of Heaven,” and their funeral was dubbed “The Wedding of the 19 Brides.”"
1 post
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Last updated: October 15, 2026