15 Fun Facts People Only Just Discovered

If your latest resolution is to expand your knowledge of interesting facts, allow us to direct you to the subreddit /r/TodayILearned, where users provide recently discovered information that is actually quite fascinating. Often, the phrase "today I learned" is used interchangeably with "I was today years old when I found out (blank)" but really, the fun facts uploaded to this subreddit are things you probably didn't know, either.

The reason these facts have found their way into this collection is due to so many people who were so surprised by them that they upvoted them highly on Reddit, meaning we're now all being collectively enlightened by the knowledge of people who just discovered these very interesting bits of trivia and information that day. Now, you'll have a fun fact to bring up with your friends, and you can say you heard it first here. Below are 15 of our favorite images of mind-blowing facts that people just learned about today.