GAwD5 TIL of Colin Fleming Brien, a WWII POW of the Japanese who survived his beheading, was buried alive, and dug his way out to make his way to a Japanese hospital where he recovered
16DrD TIL that there's a programming language called APL. It stands for 'a programming language.'
oRMeA TIL “enshittification” was named 2023’s Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society. It describes the decline of platforms like social media and e-commerce: starting user-friendly, shifting to prioritize businesses, and eventually maximizing profits at users’ and customers’ expense.
dDLx7 TIL in 2007 Trey Parker & Matt Stone, creators of South Park, negotiated an ad-sharing deal with Comedy Central that gave the creators a 50-50 split on all digital revenue. Those digital rights helped them reportedly sign a $935 million, six-year deal in 2021; one of the biggest deals in TV history.
KYVDJ TIL - the pH scale used in chemistry and medicine was developed at the Carlsberg R&D lab in their effort to provide a more consistent product to their customers
a8LJN TIL the band Argent (known for the 70's rock hit "Hold Your Head Up") originally released the song God Gave Rock and Roll To You (covered by and hits for the bands Petra and KISS) waaay back in 1973!!
ZpdJv TIL although Mongols form less than 0.45% of China's population, it's still ~6.3 million people. Mongolia itself has a total population of ~3.5 million people with ~96% of them being Mongols.
78DoM TIL that the person who co-wrote the Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy also co-wrote Call of Duty Black Ops I and II
kJL65 TIL that neutron star mergers can produce anywhere between 3 and 13 Earth masses of gold
EgW0o TIL the typical Japanese dish "tempura" comes from Portugal. The name comes from Latin "tempora", meaning "times" or "time period", referring to fasting times when Cathloics avoided eating meat and ate fish or vegetables instead
Y7KJx TIL Swiss German has no standard spelling. People write phonetically based on their dialect, so texts vary widely. Speakers can often tell someone's village by their accent or word choice.
Bg47y TIL: Anophthalmus hitleri is a species of cave beetle name after AH in 1933 by an Austrian collector. Meanwhile, Rhyzodiastes xii is a species of ground beetle name after the President of China Xi in 2016