J1Vj4 TIL that lobsters don’t age in the traditional sense. Unlike other animals, they keep growing, stay fertile, and don’t weaken with time. In theory, a lobster could live forever if nothing incidental kills it. They basically live until they get unlucky.
pYlrb TIL McDonald's ended sales of nuggets in Japan after someone found a piece of vinyl in a nugget
GA6pj TIL that during the May 1968 general strike in France, around 10 million people, or nearly two-thirds of the French workforce, went on strike.The movement paralyzed the entire country for weeks and nearly overthrew the government.
16ERd TIL that the Municipality of Florence apologized for expelling Dante over 700 years ago.
oR8rE TIL Nuclear "Dawn Bomb Parties" were a thing in Vegas during the 50’s due to the close proximity to nuclear test sites
dDn0B TIL before entering video game market, aside from making toys, Nintendo tried their hands on various products like office machines, kitchen appliances and baby gears. Notable example among these is a baby stroller in 1970, named "Mamaberica".
KYe0a TIL that in the original draft of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, nine Golden Tickets are offered, with more children succumbing to the Factory. One such character and her father (a schoolmaster) are presumably killed and turned into candy that temporarily makes children sick to get out of school
a8mvb TIL Myrtle Corbin was born in Tennessee in 1868. She had two pelvises and four legs, and in her lifetime had five children. She died a week before her 60th birthday.
ZpoDo TIL that in medieval Europe, people used urine to bleach their clothing because it contains ammonia.
78dGx TIL that Target operates two criminal forensics laboratories, and offers pro bono services to law enforcement across the country
kJXrg TIL the first known blast beat in rock music was heard as far back as 1970 by a proto-metal band called Attila— which also happened to have Billy Joel on vocals
EgRQp TIL judicial flogging in the United States was last carried out in 1952(!), when a Delaware wife-beater got 20 lashes