9 Posts
Viking battle tactics where successful because a lack of respect — 09 January, 2019
In recent years the interest in vikings has soared, probably due to the successful history channel series called 'Vikings'. The show has a…
About the Homer Simpson gene — 08 January, 2019
Here's a nice short TIL for today. The scientists at Emory University must have been great fans of The Simpsons when in 2010 they found a…
A 600 year old plaster Buddha statue was destroyed and found to be solid gold — 07 January, 2019
During the building of a new addition to the Wat Traimit temple in 1955 one of the old plaster statues needed to be moved. This turned out…
The croissant is by origin not French — 06 January, 2019
This post is by no means a slight against the French and their pride of one of the defining staples of French food the croissant. Let me…
Ratatouille was praised in France for technical accuracy and attention for detail — 05 January, 2019
Yesterday I sat through a second viewing of the 2007 movie Ratatouille and this morning I find a TIL on Reddit about it. How poetic…
The easiest soup recipe in the world — 04 January, 2019
It's these cold winter days and nights that just make us crave for anything warm. Outside snow, rain and cold are prevalent and inside we…
How to PHP Null Coalesce — 03 January, 2019
As a developer primarily working with PHP the language doesn't hold that many secrets anymore. Yet still there are new tricks to learn, I…
How to speed read — 02 January, 2019
Since the development of writing, the printing press and more recently the internet, it has become more and more easy to access knowledge…
Hello world! — 01 January, 2019
Welcome to the 'Today I learned' writer blog. This blog is meant as a habit building tool for me, TIL Writer . That means in this case…