Reddit Day Of

"It's a Classy TIL with a single Daily Topic."

Each day has a new topic. People are encouraged to research and post something they think the community will find interesting. Wikipedia links are discouraged, we can all look there! Hopefully readers will learn something interesting about a topic they previously had little knowledge in. We don't care much for rules but memes/advice animals belong elsewhere.

Please upvote generously to reward those taking the time to research and post. Down-votes are disabled, we encourage content & participation. We"re like an old-time Parlour Game, The best post of the day receives an Award ^1 & poster may (if they wish to) nominate a topic for next week. To find past Topics, search with RedditDayOf as one of the search terms.

Don't be put off if the topic doesn't instantly interest you. Even the most mundane topics can have very interesting trivia. We've linked with /r/oldiemusic to post music under the daily topic.

Top of the Class

1. sbroue 40

2. farmersam 32

3. Astro_nauts_mum 26

4. genius_waitress 23

5. peppermintsuperfrog 21

6. margot-tenenbaum18

7. smokinjoints1

8. miramarco 9

The RedditDayOf "Good Post" Guide

Upcoming Days

May 5 - Calligraphy

May 6 - Ireland

May 7 - Immortality

May 8 - Natural Monuments

May 9 - The Human Brain

May 10 - Sharks

May 11 - Spanish Inquisition

May 12 - Mothers

May 13 - Octopus

May 14 - Sign Languages

May 15 - Edward Gorey

May 16 - Borderline Personality Disorder

May 17 - Lost Treasures

May 18 - Bicycles & Bicycling

May 19 - Glass

Further Information

Each day starts:

GMT 7am - EST 3am - CST 2am - PST 12am

RedditDayOf: Archive of past topics.

MetaRedditDayOf Discussion about RDO.

BestOfRedditDayOf Opening soon

Suggested SubReddits

• TrueReddit Dedicated to insightful articles and intelligent discussion.

• Excelsior One 'best link' per approved writer, per day.

• FoodForThought Intelligent and thought provoking commentaries on life and culture

• IWantToLearn A resource to help you learn new skills, such as a programming language or martial arts.

• You learn something new every day; what did you learn today?

• Submit interesting and specific facts that you just found out (not broad information you looked up, TodayILearned is not /r/wikipedia).

Posting rules

1. Submissions must be verifiable. Please link directly to a reliable source that supports the claim in your post title. Images alone do not count as valid references. Videos are fine so long as they come from reputable sources (e.g. BBC, Discovery, etc).

2. No personal opinions, anecdotes or subjective statements (e.g "TIL xyz is a great movie").

3. No news or recent sources. News and any sources (blog, article, press release, video, etc.) more recent than two months are not allowed.

4. Nothing related to recent politics.

5. No misleading claims. Posts that omit essential information, or present unrelated facts in a way that suggest a connection will be removed.

6. Rephrase your post title if the following are not met:

7. Titles must begin with "TIL ..."
8. Make them descriptive, concise and specific (e.g. not "TIL something interesting about bacon").
9. Titles must be able to stand on their own without requiring readers to click on a link. Starting your title with a why/what/who/where/how modifier should be unnecessary.
10. "TIL about ..." and other broad posts don't belong on TIL. Try /r/Wikipedia, etc. instead, or be more specific (and avoid the word "about").
11. "TIL how to ..." posts belong on /r/HowTo.
12. No trivial or obvious facts (e.g. "TIL the sky is blue"), or facts that appeal only to a narrow audience, specifically no software/website tips (e.g. "TIL you can click on widgets in WidgetMaker 1.22").

(Why we need rules and the TIL FAQ)

Additional info

• If your post does not appear in the new queue and you think it meets the above rules, please contact the moderators (include a link to your reddit.com post, not your story).

• Please report spam, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate posts by messaging the moderators, as this helps us remove them more promptly!

Etiquette

We ask that you please do the following:

1. avoid mobile versions of websites (e.g. m.wikipedia.org)

2. link to the appropriate heading when referencing an article (particularly on Wikipedia)

3. link to the appropriate start time when referencing videos (e.g. on YouTube)

4. add [PDF] or [NSFW] tags to your posts, as necessary.

Please also read the site-wide Reddiquette.

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