TIL (Today I Learned)

[Tiberius]

Thought this would be an interesting thread to share weird / unusual facts that you learn. Based on the popular subreddit /r/todayilearned. I'll start us off.

TIL that the girl in the "Overly Attached Girlfriend" meme actually created the character herself.

The meme:


Her YouTube video where she sings a creepy parody of Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh0AhrY9GjA

Her YouTube channel has some other funny videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/wzr0713

[Whateverist]

Way funny.

[Darwinian]

TIL that 100% pure water does not conduct electricity

[LastPoet]

TIL about TIL

[Cyberman]

It wasn't today and I swear it wasn't me directly, but I learned the importance of keeping pile ointment and Deep Heat Rub well separated in the bathroom cabinet.

[Gambit]

Today I learned that my daughter wants to make a pillow out of my chest hair. I was really disturbed by this; and even more so when she revealed that she had seen it on an episode of Garfield.

[Darth]

TIL that 100% pure water does not conduct electricity

I thought it still did, just really shittily.

[Reforged]

TIL that Aristotle supported the concept of the "polity" which translated loosely as "the community" to decide how they wish to be governed. Greek society achieved this briefly as all community members had a short term on the council that governed and made decisions. This is the closest to true democracy any society has ever achieved.

[Jackalope]

TIL that 100% pure water does not conduct electricity

I thought it still did, just really shittily.

Sort of. Pure "de-ionized" water always has some free ions in it (being an excellent solvent for a hell of a lot of stuff).

If you could manage to completely remove all of the ions / impurities from water, it is an excellent insulator.

[ElijahDrew]

TIL Republicans cry too much