NXJDe TIL that turkey buzzards are very intelligent by bird standards, having been documented using tools and solving basic problems.
l7bd7 TIL Spermine can help Alzheimer's patient
8eOVa TIL: Study found that women rated the same man as MORE attractive when told he was married, but men rated the same woman as LESS attractive when told she was married
P1DyE TIL when Rob Reiner told his DP on When Harry Met Sally that he was going to call Michelle Pfeiffer & ask her out, his DP said "you’re going to marry my friend Michele Singer”. After Reiner met Singer on set, he changed the ending of the film to Harry & Sally ending up together instead just friends.
epb8J TIL some fertility monitoring apps have a 7% pregnancy rate, which is lower than the 8% pregnancy rate for condoms
VBby8 TIL an Oklahoma man who could not find a ride to his court hearing on charges for stealing a car, worsened his legal situation by stealing an ambulance service supervisor's truck to drive himself to court. He was arrested as he walked into the courthouse and booked on new charges after his hearing.
X0bx8 TIL Counterfeit copper coins became so common and high-quality in Britain that the Royal Mint shut down from 1775 to 1821, as making coins became unprofitable. Merchants and companies moved to creating privately-minted copper tokens to cope with the shortage
OGv1R TIL that Outkast's "Hey Ya!" helped revitalize Polaroid's image due to referencing the brand in the lyrics. Polaroid partnered with Outkast for a time as a result to capitalize on the trend, but eventually discontinued the sale of their products and declared bankruptcy in 2008.
69wnJ TIL A Rolling Stone article dated July 5, 1973 reported that CBS fired Clive Davis "amid allegations of misuse of funds and providing drugs to artists and disk jockeys" as part of an alleged payola scandal. Davis, however, denies that his dismissal was connected in any way to drugs or payola.
wo4v1 TIL that Shrink Dink material is also used to make CD cases
R5yJQ TIL that "Time" by Hans Zimmer was from Inception, not Interstellar
W7bAA TIL that Poland once had a president named 'Son of Naruto' who was assassinated 5 days into taking office. Gabriel, Son of Naruto was accused of being an Atheist, a Freemason, and a Jew. Son of Naruto has no relationship to either the popular anime character or the anime series, both named Naruto