j6byQ TIL that Jan Jansz de Weltevree, the first Dutch sailor that arrived to Korea, married there, passed the civil service examinations and became a government official. Later on he helped translate for other Dutch sailors that ended up stranded in Korea
0dx15 TIL the oldest known wild bird is a female albatross named Wisdom, who was first tagged in 1956, has since flown over 4.8 million km, and continues to lay eggs as of 2025.
grb5D TIL that, due to the similarities between the flag of Ireland and the flag of the Ivory Coast, UK loyalists in Northern Ireland have sometimes desecrated the Ivorian flag, mistaking it for the Irish one
LQGAm TIL On Thanksgiving Day 1900 in San Francisco, a large crowd decided to watch a college football game from the roof of a nearby glass factory. The roof collapsed, causing people to fall four stories onto a furnace. 23 people died, and it remains the deadliest accident at a U.S. sporting event.
b6byj TIL that a young woman named Victoria von Hohenlohe-Langenburg is currently the most titled aristocrat in the world. She holds 43 officially recognized titles. Including 5 dukedoms, 16 marquessats, 17 countships, 4 visconcies and is 10 times grandee of Spain.
QN59a TIL that after traveling for more than 48 years at a speed of over 61,000 km/h, Voyager 1 still hasn't traveled a distance of even one light-day from Earth. To put that in perspective, the closest star is 4.24 light-years away (a journey of over 74,000 years for Voyager 1 at its current pace).
ANBGx TIL a Watchmen movie began development in 1986
yV97X TIL that the top predator of Madagascar is not a cat but the Fossa a carnivore whose ankles rotate up to 180°, letting it climb down trees headfirst and move through the canopy like a primate.
m1bjp TIL that raccoon meat was once a staple at American Thanksgiving dinner tables and is still sold in places like St Louis. Raccoon reportedly tastes like "a combination of chicken and suckling pig" and is endorsed by Marvel actor Anthony Mackie who calls it "honestly the best meat you'll ever have."
DQkvD TIL Charles XII, King of Sweden was actually the Sixth King of Sweden named Charles. The regnal number hads only gone so high as a result of a mythological history that had inserted kings that never existed.
vPx58 TIL that a man who faked being a lawyer went to jail even though he won all 26 of his cases
J1opv TIL that Monaco's residents are banned from gambling at the Casino de Monte Carlo. Only tourists are allowed to gamble