Misconception Junction will be merged with Today I Found Out over the next couple weeks. What this means is that all Misconception Junction’s articles will now be here on Today I Found Out and future “myths and misconception” articles will be posted on Today I Found Out, along with the normal “interesting fact”, This Day In History, etc. types of […]
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Whew, sorry about that. The intermittent page loading problem the last couple days has been solved now (for real this time) ;-). My apologies for not getting more new articles up the last day or two, I’ve been working on this pretty constantly and didn’t have a chance to put any new ones up other than in the brief respite […]
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I recently came across a pretty interesting email subscription, which I thought I’d recommend. If you like Today I Found Out, you’ll probably like this: Now I Know It’s sort of similar to Today I Found Out, but through email. Every morning, the author, Dan Lewis, shares something interesting he’s learned over the last few weeks. For example, did you […]
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Today I Found Out has been nominated for the “Best Site of 2011 Award” from All My Faves. If you’d care to vote for Today I Found Out in that contest, I’d very much appreciate it. Just go here to vote : Vote 2011 and click “Like” there near the top. Alternatively, if you’d like to see what other sites […]
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You may notice that sometimes when you click on posts to read, the page only partially loads. I’m working on fixing the issue at the moment, but no solution is currently presenting itself, or rather, I haven’t figured out yet what’s causing the problem, so it may be a little bit before the issue is resolved. For the present, if […]
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As you’ve probably noticed, we’ve now got a brand new site design for Today I Found Out. The new layout offers a lot more flexibility in terms of adding some different kinds of content we’re working on to compliment the articles. For instance, we’ve just launched This Day In History. Starting today and from now on, there will be a […]
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Next week will be accidental inventions week part two. This means all the full articles will be themed towards accidental inventions, though the quick facts will still be on random topics. If you happen to know of any popular products that were invented by accident, feel free to email me here and let me know. If the history of […]
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Please help me welcome Scott as a regular contributing writer to Today I Found Out. Scott is a long time paramedic and fire fighter who has obviously particular expertise in the medical field and the human body in general. He also has an extensive background in physics, specializing in electromagnetism, gravity, and time. Check out Scott’s articles here.
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This week’s Today I Found Out articles will all be themed towards accidental inventions that are now common products. If you happen to know of any popular products that were invented by accident, feel free to email me here and let me know. If it’s interesting enough, I’ll do an article on it.
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Today I Found Out is now available on the Amazon Kindle. If you’re interested in getting the Kindle Edition of Today I Found Out, go here to subscribe: Today I Found Out Kindle Edition The Kindle edition of Today I Found Out is specifically formatted for the Kindle and has no advertisements. It is also automatically delivered wirelessly to your […]
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Some users are reporting that a vertical skyscraper ad is occasionally showing up blocking the main content of the articles. I’ve not seen it yet and am obviously on my site all the time, so I’m hoping the problem isn’t affecting most of you. *crosses fingers* I’ve contacted my ad company to get them to remove them, but it takes […]
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Please help me welcome Julia as a regular contributing writer to Today I Found Out. Julia is yet another talented writer from BuzzFactory, along with Noreen who joined Today I Found Out about five months ago and occasionally contributes articles, as well as makes the awesome infographics you’ll find in the Infographic section on Today I Found Out. Julia will […]
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Today I launched a new section on Today I Found Out: Quick Facts This section of the site will be updated several times daily with various interesting quick facts on a variety of different topics. Unlike most short “facts” you’ll find around on the internet, the quick facts you’ll find in this section have all been thoroughly researched to verify […]
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Please help me welcome Noreen as a regular contributing writer to Today I Found Out. Noreen is a talented writer from BuzzFactory. Her previous work includes copywriting and blogging for a number of varying sites from travel, fashion, shopping, lifestyle, and more. As before, I’ll be continuing to write articles nearly every weekday for Today I Found Out and TIFO’s companion […]
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When doing research for interesting facts that would in turn make good fodder for articles on TodayIFoundOut.com, invariably I come across a lot of commonly held “facts” that really aren’t and various other myths and misconceptions. So I decided to start a companion site to Today I Found Out called Misconception Junction (http://www.misconceptionjunction.com). Basically, it is a site bringing you […]
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Today I found out to always shut down MySQL instances manually before restarting the operating system. 🙂 You may have noticed TodayIFoundout.com has been down for the last 38 or so hours. Long story short, I needed to restart my server and when it came back up, the MySQL instance had been corrupted due to not shutting down all the […]
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