a8mR0 TIL that although rare, a specific type of protein in your brain can fold the wrong way, causing a chain reaction that leads to a Prion Disease. An incurable , always fatal Neurodegenerative Disease.
ZpoQp TIL The first mention of the word pizza seemingly comes from a notarial document written in Latin and dating to 997 CE from Gaeta, demanding a payment of "twelve pizzas, a pork shoulder, and a pork kidney on Christmas Day, and 12 pizzas and a couple of chickens on Easter Day
78d4r TIL In 1908, Romanian chemist Lazar Edeleanu developed a method for refining crude oil by using liquid sulfur dioxide. It's now called the "Edeleanu Process."
kJXN1 TIL Tucker Carlson’s college yearbook listed him as a member of the “Dan White Society,” referencing the man who assassinated Harvey Milk and George Moscone.
EgRaX TIL The Big Thunder Mountain rollercoaster at Disney has been reported to relieve patients of their kidney stones
Y7d5r TIL the soap opera Days of our Lives has aired over 15,000 episodes.
BgnkD TIL Bertie the Brain was the first video game developed in August 25, 1950.
rNrvx TIL In 2017 Iceland's President said that if he could he would ban pineapple on pizzas. He later clarified that he didn't have the power to ban pineapple from pizzas and said he was glad he didn't hold such power.
NXlDN TIL Adolf Hitler's father was named Alois Schicklgruber to match his mother's surname. He changed his surname to Hitler to match his stepfather.
l7Vdr TIL of GRB 080319B - in a brief period in 2008, it became the furthest object ever visible to the naked eye from Earth at a distance of 7.5 billion light years. For reference, the furthest star visible to the naked eye is only 16,000 light years away
8e5VV TIL that there was a $500 bill available in 1880 as a legal tender. That was almost 150 years ago.
P1ryG TIL that Arnold Machin, whose 1960s portrait of Queen Elizabeth II has appeared some 320 billion times on coins and stamps, once chained himself to a Victorian lamp-post in protest at its removal. His wife freed him, and both the lamp and his royal likeness still endure.