dDn1j TIL Val Kilmer’s reloading of his rifle in the shootout scene in the 1995 film Heat was so realistic that the footage is used in actual U.S. military training clips.
KYenB TIL that the 2000 Spanish Paralympics team was later stripped of their medals after 10 of the 12 athletes were found to not be disabled.
a8mKL TIL that since the 1950s Alberta has had an aggressive program to keep the province almost 100% rat-free
ZpoBG TIL that 2014-2023 Mazdas had problems with the built in satnav system, causing the infotainment system to infinitely boot loop at random, requiring the replacement of the entire unit.
78d5L TIL that during Prohibition in the 1920s, the U.S. government deliberately ordered industrial alcohol to be poisoned to scare people from drinking it. Bootleggers, however, stole and resold this alcohol anyway. It's estimated this federal program killed at least 10,000 American citizens.
kJXyW TIL runway numbers represent their magnetic heading, a runway facing west, 270 degrees on the compass, is runway 27.
EgRLV TIL: Before gelatin, collagen from the swim bladders of fish were used for jelly, blancmange, and other products like beer, it's known as isinglass. The product was mentioned in Mark Twain's The Guilded Age.
Y7drv TIL in the Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland, from the 16th century to 2002, horses lived underground permanently to operate machinery, they were lowered down and never came back up.
BgnAK TIL about the Feline Grimace Scale that helps you to read cat facial expressions
rNrjy TIL that Camels originated in North America, and actually navigated over to the Asian and African continent across a temporary crossing calling the Bering straight.
NXlRQ Today I learned singer Brocarde, who was once married to a Victorian ghost, claimed to conjure the spirit of Lemmy of Motorhead. He apparently appeared with a black stallion and some pizza.
l7VA5 TIL: 99 percent of all species ever are extinct and of one percent alive today only 14 percent have been documented and described!