TIL that British engineers laid a fuel pipeline under the English channel in a single night, under cover of darkness, to supply the Allied forces in Normandy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnCqL-bt_4U&spfreload=10



Submitted April 18, 2015 at 11:01PM by ReasonReader http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/331ntk/til_that_british_engineers_laid_a_fuel_pipeline/

TIL a high school senior named Gaby Rodriguez faked a pregnancy for 6 months as a part of her social experiment for her senior project.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/washington-teen-gaby-rodriguez-fakes-pregnancy-social-experiment/story?id=13434764



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 09:13AM by technicallydeficit http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/333f7u/til_a_high_school_senior_named_gaby_rodriguez/

TIL that in 2008 "Due to a technical error" wine replaced water in dozens of homes during the Italian grape festival in Marino, Italy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7658808.stm



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 06:40AM by rideingpine http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3330uv/til_that_in_2008_due_to_a_technical_error_wine/

TIL On April 18, 1930, the BBC announced, “There is no news today,” and played piano music instead.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/04/18/april-18-1930-a-day-with-no-news/



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 05:44PM by Banatepec http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/334bta/til_on_april_18_1930_the_bbc_announced_there_is/

TIL that the world's population went from 1.5 billion to 6.1 billion in only one century.

http://ourworldindata.org/data/population-growth-vital-statistics/world-population-growth/



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 03:06AM by LetsPlayKvetch http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/332er8/til_that_the_worlds_population_went_from_15/

TIL the stock deal which took place at the end of Trading Places was legal until 2010. It was outlawed under the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act, also known as "The Eddie Murphy Act".

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/07/19/201430727/what-actually-happens-at-the-end-of-trading-places



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 08:48AM by pdmcmahon http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/333cyr/til_the_stock_deal_which_took_place_at_the_end_of/

TIL Betty Robinson, an Olympic runner, was involved in a plane crash in 1931 and was wrongly pronounced dead upon first being discovered. She spend 7 months in a coma and it took her 2 years to learn to walk normally again. In 1936, she returned to the US olympic team and won gold in the relay.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jul/31/olympicgames2008.athletics



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 08:14AM by garglemymarbles http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3339vv/til_betty_robinson_an_olympic_runner_was_involved/

TIL your body paralyzes itself when you sleep to keep you from acting out your dreams. However, it is possible to wake up while still paralyzed; many people who have experienced this claim they felt a malevolent presence nearby.

http://www.livescience.com/27621-sleep-paralysis-scary.html



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 07:56AM by Refreshca http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/33387o/til_your_body_paralyzes_itself_when_you_sleep_to/

TIL It is estimated that in the last 3500 years, there has only been 230 years of peace in the civilized world.

http://www.overtravel.net/it-is-estimated-that-in-the-last-3500-years-there-has-only-been-230-years-of-peace/



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 01:31AM by JoyceDuato http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3324d3/til_it_is_estimated_that_in_the_last_3500_years/

TIL In 2007 MSNBC reporter Mika Brzezinski refused to read a report about Paris Hilton's release from jail choosing instead to report on more important political news. When her producer tried to get her to push the story again she attempted to light the report on fire and had to be restrained.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_Brzezinski#Protesting_trivial_journalism



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 03:36AM by Vetranio http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/332huf/til_in_2007_msnbc_reporter_mika_brzezinski/