The 30 Most Useful, Interesting, And Surprising “Today I Learned” Threads On Reddit
Today, I learned a whole bunch of neat stuff. Here’s a selection of the most fascinating information to be gleaned from browsing Reddit’s TodayILearned posts.
Mister Rogers went onstage to accept the award — and there, in front of all the soap opera stars and talk show sinceratrons, in front of all the jutting man-tanned jaws and jutting saltwater bosoms, he made his small bow and said into the microphone, “All of us have special ones who have loved us into being. Would you just take, along with me, ten seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are. Ten seconds of silence.”
And then he lifted his wrist, looked at the audience, looked at his watch, and said, “I’ll watch the time.” There was, at first, a small whoop from the crowd, a giddy, strangled hiccup of laughter, as people realized that he wasn’t kidding, that Mister Rogers was not some convenient eunuch, but rather a man, an authority figure who actually expected them to do what he asked.And so they did. One second, two seconds, seven seconds — and now the jaws clenched, and the bosoms heaved, and the mascara ran, and the tears fell upon the beglittered gathering like rain leaking down a crystal chandelier. And Mister Rogers finally looked up from his watch and said softly “May God be with you,” to all his vanquished children.
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lawrencep3 a year agoI take time almost everyday to do what Mr. Roger’s asked those folk at the emees to do. I nearly always tear up, not from sadness, but from joy and gratitude for the people in my life.
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hulk6785 a year ago1.Aw! That’s so cute!
2.That will come in handy.
3.Mr. Rogers is awesome.
4.SWEET!
5.Cool. Don’t know if I’ll ever use that, but still cool.
6.I hate to sound like a know it all, but I already knew that. I read about it on Cracked.com.
7.That should also come in handy.
8.As if “Raiders Of The Lost Ark” needed to be more awesome.
9.So ravens are parrots?
10.Cool.
11.#11 is the same as #10.
12.Couldn’t you rearrange the continents to form pretty much anything?
13.I can see how that came to be.
14.Cool.
15.Also cool.
16.So is “The Lion King” a “Coming To America” sequel or prequel?
17.Did not know that.
18.I wonder if he regrets founding Match.com now.
19.I think I read about that somewhere, but I did forget about it until now.
20.Well, that’s sad.
21.I’m right eye dominant.
22.Cool.
23.Ghandi had some balls.
24.Cool. And cute.
25.That’s like learning about Mr. Rogers and George Romero being friends.
26.I want that dog, but I ain’t paying $1.5 million for it.
27.I wonder if Bill Paxton has that on his resume.
28.I knew about that, but I can’t remember where I learned it.
29.Did not know that.
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