OGNXa TIL the most obese country is the Pacific Island nation of Tonga, where 70.5% of its citizens have a BMI exceeding 30
69KrQ TIL skating legend Mike Vallely was the vocalist for Black Flag from 2013 to 2025
wo7gY TIL the CIA had a secret hacking arsenal called “Vault 7” capable of turning phones, TVs, and even cars into surveillance tools which was leaked back in 2017
R5YPa TIL in 1990, LA morning radio Kevin and Bean did a "Confess your Crime" as part of their show. The hosts secretly hired a friend to call in and "confess" to killing their girlfriend as a hoax. It took 10 months for the hoax to be exposed.
W7aBL TIL that President Woodrow Wilson was in the United States for only nine days between December 1918 and July 1919
9w1Ep TIL that there is a journalist known as Slackbastard who studies and reports on the radical right in Australia
nWPgW TIL that Tom Hanks voiced six characters in The Polar Express.
4kZlX TIL the famous painting "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" where he's depicited staying calm while on a lively white horse is just propaganda. In reality he was on a mule and was led through the Alps by a guide.
x6Zg1 TIL that after Betty White's death, the Smithsonian acquired her WWII AWVS uniform and shoulder bag, which turned out to be a time capsule filled with artifacts of her wartime experience.
ep95J TIL that Mary Anderson invented the first functional windshield wiper in 1903 after observing a New York City streetcar driver struggling to see through snow, but she never profited from her invention.
VBZN8 TIL there is tarantula infecting worm, Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi, named after Jeff Daniels role in the 1990 film Arachnophobia
X0KB8 TIL that, after Charles II returned from exile, Oliver Cromwell’s remains were disinterred from his tomb, subjected to a posthumous execution by hanging, and his head was put on a pole for public display for at least 23 years.