If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic. Some unofficial phone apps appear to be using GameFAQs as a back-end, but they do not behave like a real web browser does.Using GameFAQs regularly with these browsers can cause temporary and even permanent IP blocks due to these additional requests. If you are using Maxthon or Brave as a browser, or have installed the Ghostery add-on, you should know that these programs send extra traffic to our servers for every page on the site that you browse.The most common causes of this issue are: Please also read the site-wide Reddiquette.Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests. Please avoid reposting TILs that have already made the front page in the past on YouTube)Īdd or tags to your posts, as necessary. Link to the appropriate start time when referencing videos (e.g. Link to the appropriate heading when referencing an article (particularly on Wikipedia) If you are interested in reading about the TILs on this list use the search box feature and enter the keywords to pull up past TILs.Īvoid mobile versions of websites (e.g. The purpose is to keep content fresh on /r/todayilearned as requested by its members. The titles have been abridged for the sake of brevity, however the context remains the same. If your TIL is found on this list, it will be removed. This list was compiled from /r/todayilearned community suggestions by its members.More information available on the TIL FAQ and wiki. Please report spam, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate posts by messaging the moderators, as this helps us remove them more promptly! 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 post, not your story). Please see the wiki for more detailed explanations of the rules. "TIL you can click on widgets in WidgetMaker 1.22").Īll NSFW links must be tagged (including comments). No submissions related to the usage, existence or features of specific software/websites (e.g. instead, or be more specific (and avoid the word "about"). " and other broad posts don't belong on TIL. Starting your title with a why/what/who/where/how modifier should be unnecessary.
Posts that omit essential information, or present unrelated facts in a way that suggest a connection will be removed. Social and economic issues (including race/religion/gender).Recent political issues and politicians.This includes (but is not limited to) submissions related to: No politics, soapboxing, or agenda based submissions. Any sources (blog, article, press release, video, etc.) with a publication date more recent than two months are not allowed. No personal opinions, anecdotes or subjective statements (e.g "TIL xyz is a great movie"). Videos are fine so long as they come from reputable sources (e.g. Images alone do not count as valid references. Please link directly to a reliable source that supports every claim in your post title. Submit interesting and specific facts that you just found out (not broad information you looked up, TodayILearned is not /r/wikipedia). You learn something new every day what did you learn today?