1695X TIL Apple lost $1 billion in 1997 and was close to bankruptcy before Steve Jobs returned and Microsoft invested $150 million to help keep the company alive.
oRGxo TIL: You can legally pack laptops in your luggage when flying
dDBZj TIL there is a rare carnivorous caterpillar in Hawaii nicknamed the “Bone Collector.” It lives inside spider webs and decorates its silk case with the dismembered heads, wings, and legs of its prey to camouflage itself from the "landlord" spider.
KYp8B TIL before manned rockets, the US military experimentally sent men 100,000 ft up into the stratosphere with balloons and aptly called it Project Manhigh.
a8lpL TIL about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive treatment where doctors place a magnetic coil against the scalp to send magnetic pulses into the brain, stimulating nerve cells to help treat depression when other treatments haven’t worked
Zp6VG TIL magician Harry Houdini and his wife Bess created a secret code phrase (“Rosabelle, believe”) so she could verify any message from him after death. After Houdini died in 1926, Bess held séances for 10 years but concluded no real message came through.
78XPL TIL that Ancient Rome ran on fast food
kJKvW TIL 25 Facts Streaming Services Don't Want You To Know if you've ever wondered about why some shows are easier or harder to find.
Ega9V TIL that Thomson and Thompson, from Tintin, are not brothers
Y75Dv TIL about Illegal Primes, which are prime numbers that contain digital information that is illegal to possess or distribute under laws like the DMCA.
BgkxK TIL there is a very rare blood group called the Bombay blood group( first identified in Bombay, India), predominantly found in South Asia and Iran only. People with this type are only compatible with other Bombay Donors for a transfusion.
rNv9y TIL: Hippopotamus engage in a practice called Dung Showering where they twitch and spin their tail while deficating. Flinging feces in all directions to mark territory, assert dominance over rivals, and attract mates