b6bWE TIL bone china is literally made of bone.
QN5Pd TIL that in 1998, 16 year-old Jonathan Capewell died from excessive use of deoderant sprays. He was killed by a heart attack brought on by the buildup of butane and propane in his blood after excessive use of them over several months. His father said he would cover his whole body in it twice a day.
ANBlw TIL about an unusual series of events in Buenos Aires in 1988, in which three people and a poodle died. First a poodle fell 13 stories killing a woman, both dying instantly. Seeing this, a man rushed to the scene but was hit by a bus. Another witness had a heart attack, dying enroute to a hospital.
yV9jJ TIL that we should wait at least 1h to brush teeth after having food or drinks that contain a lot of acids (soft drinks such as soda, sour candies, citrus juices/fruits). The acid softens the enamel and brushing too soon after you eat or drink something acid can take the enamel off your teeth.
m1b0P TIL that the biggest empire in the Animalia kingdom is the global mega-colony of Argentine ants spanning from California to Europe, because of matching pheronomes.
DQkdv TIL about Brittanie Cecil, who's death was the first and so far only fatality of a fan in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL). She died from injuries caused by a puck that was deflected into the stands and struck her left temple during a 2002 game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
vPxj4 TIL that a prisoner in Division H of Melbourne's Pentridge Prison who went on a hunger strike was found to have Mars Bars in his cell.
J1o7Q TIL George Spencer, a one-eyed servant who was hanged in 1642 Connecticut on charges of sodomy with an animal after a malformed, one-eyed piglet was born, is considered the first wrongful execution and first verifiable false confession in U.S. history. Spencer was given a posthumous pardon in 2015.
pYjaZ TIL that the Yangtze River’s actual name is the “Chang Jiang” River
GAalN TIL about Young Tom Morris, the first golf prodigy in history and a pioneer in the sport. In 1864 at the age of13 he beat his father, who was the reigning Scottish Open Champion at the time, in a friendly match. At the age of 17 he became the youngest champion ever. He died at the age of 24.
164Vr TIL José Salvador Alvarenga is the first person in recorded history to have survived in a small boat lost at sea for more than a year. He reportedly drifted across the Pacific Ocean for 438 days from 2012 to 2014, surviving on raw fish, birds, and rainwater before washing ashore in the islands
oR0mK TIL That in 1883, Mexican astronomer José Bonilla photographed more than 400 mysterious objects crossing the Sun over two days. Modern astrophysicists now believe he may have captured fragments of a massive comet that narrowly missed Earth