a8b7M TIL the US government detected Chinese nuclear testing in US airspace during the Cold War
ZpbZ4 TIL Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s eldest son, was present at 3 of the 4 presidential assassinations and was the only one of Lincoln’s 4 children to survive past 18 and outlive both parents.
786pO TIL that Jordan Nagai was the first guest star in a Simpsons episode who was born after the show premiered.
kJbYd TIL Part of the reason why Thai restaurants are so common is because the Thai government paid for it.
Eg7n0 TIL: Naturally occurring yellow watermelon, caused by the presence of beta-carotene and the lack of lycopene, exist!
Y7baZ TIL Maestre Anes (also “Juan Alemán de Aquisgrán”, “Hans from Aachen”) was the first person circumnavigate the world twice with Magellan and Loaisa Expedition.
BgYdW TIL that following the election of Jesse Ventura as the 38th governor of Minnesota, bumper stickers with the phrase "My governor can beat up your governor" appeared on cars across the state
rNbmw TIL that rabbits cannot vomit due to a very strong esophageal sphincter.
NXJ4P TIL that before the invention of glasses, people would shape and polish stones made of quartz and other materials until they formed a lens. They would then place the stone on whatever they wanted to read, magnifying it.
l7bY1 TIL - The moment in “just a moment please” is actually 90 seconds although the popular belief is that a moment is synonymous with an actual second
8eO8P TIL that Counter Strike was originally a mod for Half-Life
P1D9L TIL the pronunciation of the country, Kiribati