b6R6Q TIL the US actually DOES have an extradition treaty with Cuba
QNvNe TIL that Samuel Howes Caldwell invented autocorrect in 1959. He did so specifically for Chinese speakers, even though he didn't speak the language, so that they could use Western keyboards.
ANrNd TIL According to the Smithsonian, 7-Eleven was the first retailer in America to install self-serve beverage stations
yVJVM TIL of the "Cave bears", a now extinct species who lived predominantly in caves throughout Europe
DQEQV TIL Isidor Straus, co-owner of Macy's, and his wife Ida died on the Titanic after refusing a lifeboat to prioritize women and children.
m1r1R TIL that when Napoleon surrendered after Waterloo he assumed he would be allowed to see out his exile comfortably as a foreign monarch in Britain, writing to the Prince Regent to ask "for a country house ‘about ten or twelve leagues from London – a big enough house to accommodate all my suite’."
vPmPL TIL that expensive weddings are directly linked to higher divorce rates.
J1v1l TIL that one third of Gen-z in the US identities as non-religious or spiritual but non-affiliated. The highest of any generation.
pYEYA TIL that about 80% of the animal and plant species in Madagascar are unique to the island and found nowhere else on Earth.
GAvAJ TIL actress June Lockhart (the mom from Lassie) embraced rock music and she spontaneously listened to music which was produced by emerging rock bands. She was a noted David Bowie fan who frequently kept a picture of him in her wallet.
16x68 TIL when German-occupied Denmark held the 1943 Folketing election, the Danish Nazi Party only won 3 seats.
KYvYG TIL that in the early 2000s, a US nuclear submarine, "Greenville" had catastropically collided with a japanse high school training vessel. During a VIP demonstration voyage, after performing an emergency surfacing - the submarine sliced the training vessel in half.