epbE4 TIL The Simpsons predicted SiivaGunner
VBbWp TIL about the Gini Coefficient and its use for determining inequality economics, sociology, and health.
X0bwr TIL Lululemon Founder, Chip Wilson, Named the Company Because It Was ‘Funny to Watch’ Japanese People Try to Say It
OGvkg TIL That the 'boot' in "He's a brilliant scientist and a talented musician to boot" originates from Old English 'bot' meaning advantage or remedy. Related to Dutch 'boete', German 'Busse' and English 'better' and 'best'.
69wYW TIL that Albania's Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence is an AI-generated virtual assistant named Diella. Its job is to assist citizens in accessing public services and official documents
wo4l8 TIL sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire was shocked that the Christian Italians did not side with him, because he believed that Turks and Italians have shared Trojan origin and that they would understand that the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople was "avenging the blood of Hector on the Greeks".
R5yx8 TIL that the oldest naturally conceiving(no IVF) mother was fifty-nine, Dawn Brooke of Guernsey(A British Crown Dependency), Channel Islands, gave birth to a son by Caesarian section on 20 August 1997, her late ovulation is speculated to have resulted from her hormone replacement therapy
W7bRo TIL American singer Joséphine Baker aided the French Resistance during World War II. After the war, she was awarded the Resistance Medal by the French Committee of National Liberation, the Croix de Guerre by the French military, and was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by Charles de Gaulle.
9wX7Q TIL that the word bikini was inspired by US nuclear test site in Bikini Atoll
nWM57 TIL that Genghis Khan killed the population of Shahr-e-Gholghola in revenge for his favorite grandson being killed while besieging said city
4kWr6 TIL that Bangkok’s real name is the longest place name in the world. The name is 168 characters long and composed of Pali and Sanskrit.
x6nNo TIL in 2012, a car repair shop owner placed a Volvo on a tiny, man-made island in an Illinois lake. It has since become known as "Volvo Island," and is the island's sole occupant.