l7bW1 TIL the planetesimal Arrokoth is the first object to be discovered after the space probe sent to examine it was already launched. After New Horizons launched in 2006, new targets were searched on its path for it to examine after passing by Pluto, leading to Arrokoth’s discovery in 2014.
8eObP TIL the Yup'ik Alaska Native village of Newtok had to be abandoned to the fact that the village is gradually sinking into the sea. The population is zero as of late 2024, down from 321 in 2000. Residents moved to the new village of Mertarvik.
P1DjL TIL that the sale of chewing gum in Singapore has been banned since 1992 to prevent unwanted vandalism and littering
epbjD TIL that Mount Chimborazo, which hosts the point on Earth farther from the center, is a volcano.
VBbjk TIL: Rhinos are evolving smaller horns to avoid being a target for poachers.
X0bjD TIL frank sinatra actually did die in May, notable because of his lyrics in “that’s life”
OGvjY TIL that Jesus’ name in Greek is ΙΗΣΟΥΣ, which was often shortened to ΙΗΣ. This abbreviation can be Latinized as JHC, which is the most widely accepted origin of the interjection “Jesus H. Christ.”
69wbX TIL that eight years before becoming head coach of Indiana University's football team, Curt Cignetti was head coach of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania's football team
wo4No TIL posting about the most dangerous man alive; Semion Mogilevich, is exhausting, and I just wanted to share.
R5yj7 TIL that novelist Cormac McCarthy was very poor in his early career, despite wide critical acclaim. He and his girlfriend bathed in lakes, ate only beans, and refused offers of $2,000 ($16,700 today) to speak at universities about his work because “everything he had to say was there on the page.”
W7bjY TIL that between 1906 and 1917, Stanford University in California played rugby union instead of American football.
9wXyG TIL the managing director of McDonald's Netherlands is Zoe Hamburger