VBbGG TIL by 2006, ‘Eric the eel’ from the 2000 Olympics improved his performance to within 4 seconds of the actual world record.
X0bGX TIL that by using prosthetic goat-like legs, eating grass using an artificial rumen, Thomas Thwaites managed to explore the life of goats, write a book, and win an Ig Nobel Prize.
OGvEL TIL Spotted Hyenas have a pseudopenis
69w0Y TIL that Costco sells gold for up to $13,650.00 and there are several reviews.
wo46J TIL the 1932 film Rasputin and the Empress implied Rasputin attacked Princess Irina Yusupov. The Princess sued for libel and won settlements of $127,373 in England and $250,000 in New York. This led to the 'all persons fictitious' disclaimer now standard in films.
R5yZw TIL that for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame there is a $85000 fee plus an application process.
W7bGX TIL if you are allergic to pork bit not other red meats,it is most likely because you are also allergic to cats
9wX0r TIL - The mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope are made from gold plated beryllium, which one-third lighter than aluminum but has six times the specific stiffness of steel. Spor Mountain in the US produces 85% of the world’s supply
nWMG9 TIL that a Dutch man named Leo Bonten had his infected leg amputated, turned it into a fully functioning floor lamp, and later tried to sell it online for $80000 to raise money for a prosthetic before the listing was taken down.
4kW0R TIL preparation for Y2K ("Millenium Bug") cost the U.S. government around $100 billion. It wouldn’t be until June 2017 that the government finally eliminated paperwork obligations for federal agencies that ordered them to provide updates on their preparedness for the bug.
x6nOb TIL the original squirrel picked to be in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation died of a heart attack before filming, and they had to replace it with an untrained squirrel.
5VR0r TIL the revolution that brought about fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia was triggered by the killing of Martin Šmíd, a student at the University of Prague who was killed during a police raid on a student demonstration on November 17, 1989. Šmíd, however, wasn't real.