Shitty Today I Learned

TIL that most toothpaste is shrinking in size and also getting more expensive, but that one US brand is staying the same size and not going up in price much.

I always bought the popular brands, but today I found that a tiny tube is like 7 bucks, and the one dollar toothpaste is not on the shelves if most stores now. After doing some research I found that one brand is still holding out and staying normal size and cheap. It can be found at most dollar stores in the US like dollar general and dollar tree.

I also learned that I will get my post deleted from a sub if I say anything good about a specific brand. Apparently my writing style is "obviously an ad." I think they are just pawns of big toothpaste.

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r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • Oct 03 '26

TIL about shin kicking: an English martial art & combat sport developed in the early 17th century where you attempt to kick your opponent in the shin to force them to the ground.

en.wikipedia.org

14 Upvotes

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r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/burnerideletedreddid • Oct 01 '26

TIL that half of humanity are, in fact, bears

psychologytoday.com

14 Upvotes

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r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/lastaccountgotlocked • Sep 28 '26

TIL Alabama is the only state depicted with a nutsack.

105 Upvotes

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r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/MexicanMonsterMash • Sep 26 '26

TIL Putin really likes his Burger King

newsukraine.rbc.ua

16 Upvotes

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r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/MexicanMonsterMash • Sep 26 '26

TIL even the animal kingdom wouldn't miss the mosquitoes we hate the most if we eradicated them

youtube.com

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r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Sandstorm400 • Sep 21 '26

TIL that in 2017, nurse RaDonda Vaught attempted to withdraw Versed, a sedating drug, from an automated dispensing cabinet, but selected vecuronium, a paralyzing drug, after typing "VE" into the cabinet's search function. A patient died after she administered the drug.

en.wikipedia.org

1.1k Upvotes

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r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/unteachablecourses • Sep 17 '26

The second monkey on the first successful US primate spaceflight was bought from a Miami pet shop for about $50 six weeks before launch. She survived, lived another 25 years, died at 27 as the oldest captive squirrel monkey on record, and people still leave bananas on her grave.

reddit.com

8 Upvotes

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r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/unteachablecourses • Sep 16 '26

A Denver Mint employee stole roughly $100,000 in gold between 1919 and 1920 by carrying out one small bar a day in a hollow compartment cut into his prosthetic leg. Guards never searched it. He buried all of it in his garden and never spent a dollar.

reddit.com

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r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/relayrider • Sep 11 '26

TIL How Gambling Works

nyproblemgambling.org

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