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1725 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of his chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, which features trumpet fanfares at the start and end.; 1801 – Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres, naming it after the Roman goddess of agriculture and of motherly love.
Image credits: tyrion2024 Many of us can't imagine flying without Ziploc bags filled with our little toiletry bottles. But that was the reality once, and it wasn't 9/11 that forced airlines to ban ...
From fascinating bite-size tidbits about science, to celebrities, history, and the plain weird and bizarre. The “Today I Learned” (TIL) page is a go-to corner of the internet, where a whopping ...
The oral history of the Klamath indigenous people describes the eruption of a volcano and subsequent creation of Crater Lake in Oregon, events that geologists date to almost 8,000 years ago.
The ‘Today I Learned’ subreddit, otherwise known as TIL, brings together millions of curious people who enjoy sharing things they’ve recently discovered. From surprising historical tidbits ...
When I was in school, history was one of my favorite subjects. I loved learning about entitled kings, the domestic lives of ancient civilizations, and how people used to smuggle books like they ...
Image credits: Olshansk “Learning something new each day, even in small increments, can keep one’s skills fresh and relevant,” says life and career coach Naama Zusman. “Learning something ...
303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. [1]532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.