5VoMQ TIL ex-British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, helped invent soft scoop ice cream.
M74JV TIL OJ Simpson was considered for the role of the Terminator, but James Cameron did not feel he would be believable as a killer
j6X9M TIL that the slang term dude originates from the 18th century.
0dmMN TIL when Pope Francis announced his visit to Belgium in 2023, residents of Father Damien's birth town were upset they weren't included in his visit because 30 years prior, Pope John-Paul II promised to visit them but cancelled last minute after he broke his femur by slipping in the papal bathtub.
grwxW TIL that the chair the first two Harry Potter Books were written on by its author, sold at an auction for nearly $400,000 USD in 2016. It also has the phrase "O, you may not find me pretty but don't judge on what you see" written on it.
LQxbQ TIL tha sewage water gets treated and "cleaned" and get re-used in agriculture and sometimes in some areas of the world, it becomes drinkable...🤢
b64M9 TIL boiling water can remove microplastics
QNRdE TIL that in 1963, a cat named Felicette became the first and only cat to survive spaceflight.
m1PWy TIL Menu Change Cost is the cost incurred by a restaurant for changing its menu or increasing prices. Restaurants must weigh this cost against the prospect of added revenue from changing the menu
ANKw4 TIL that in 2018 fast food chain Sonic added a limited time Pickle Juice Slushie to their menu, that tasted like pickle juice. In 2022 Sonic brought it back for 3 weeks, because many people on social media wanted them to bring it back.
yVArw TIL one of george straits most popular songs, "armarillo by morning" wasn't an origional song, first being written and preformed by elvis sound-alike terry stafford
DQKXj TIL Fregoli syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise