VBbL0 TIL In 2004, New Zealander Nicholas Clive McAllister was found not guilty of cultivating cannabis plants after the jury deliberated for one minute.
X0brk TIL Gil Scott-Heron was the voice of "You've Been Tango'ed"
OGvQa TIL ice cream doesn't melt because ice disappears, but because melting ice releases water that dilute the fat and the fat itself melts at higher temps, both breaking the fat bubble network that holds ice cream together
69w5Q TIL there is a sport where competitors race up lubricated stairs.
wo4GY TIL that in 2016, a monkey fell onto an electrical transformer, shorting it and causing the entire country of Kenya to have no electricity for 4 hours. The monkey survived
R5yla TIL the Battle of Cúl Dreimhne (c. 561 AD), sometimes called “The Battle of the Book,” was allegedly sparked when St. Columba copied a manuscript without permission, leading to a dispute with St. Finnian that escalated into a full-scale conflict. This was allegedly the first ever use of copyright.
W7bML TIL the first movie ever to feature only one actor was the 1964 Indian film Yaadein. It was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the "fewest actors in a narrative film."
9wXZp TIL that Panda tea was fertilized by Panda manure. When it went on the market in April 2012, it was the world's most expensive tea, with 50 grams (about 16 cups) selling for $3,500, or about $200 a cup.
nWMXW TIL public figures & federal employees were among the names found on sex traffickers client list, but evidence was destroyed
4kWgX TIL that Stand Watie, a Cherokee politician, was the last Confederate General to surrender. He surrendered in late June 1865, almost three months after Robert E. Lee had surrendered
x6nL1 Today I learned that meme song “Schfifty five” didn’t actually originate from the flash animation, but it came from a Arabian band called “Group X”
epbRJ TIL the largest animal is not the blue whale but the Lion's mane jellyfish