m170R TIL that the baker on the Titanic, Charles Joughin, survived the freezing water for over two hours because he had drunk so much whiskey that it kept his internal organs warm enough to prevent hypothermia.
DQrdV TIL Cuban chess master José Capablanca, one of the world's best players in the 1920s, tried to promote his own variation of chess named "Capablanca Chess", with changes like adding new pieces with unique moves & changing the chessboard size, believing high-level chess was becoming too repetitive.
vPJjL TIL of NEATO (Northeast Asia Treaty Organization) the proposed NATO of Northeast Asia.
J1Z7l TIL about the Sandy Hook teacher Victoria Leigh Soto, a teacher at Sandy Hook who hid her students and attempted to redirect Adam Lanza away from her classroom. She was posthumously awarded the Presidential Citizen’s Medal, and Paul Simon performed at her funeral
pYKaA TIL Green Day's rock ballad "Wake Me Up When September Ends" won "Favorite Song" at the 2006 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
GAElJ TIL - in parts of the US, there’s a fundraising event called a “gun bash” where raffle tickets for guns are sold to raise money for children’s sports.
16LV8 TIL that Kevlar (bullet-resistant material), fire escapes, windshield wipers, and home security systems were all invented by women.
oRamY TIL that Robert Downey Jr. quit drugs after getting a burger and soda from Burger King. He found the food so disgusting that he proceeded to throw all of the drugs in his car into the ocean and pursue sobriety.
dDPw9 TIL There is a rare condition called fatal insomnia. Patients suffer for months or years, unable to sleep until they eventually die. The disease is hereditary and there is no known treatment
KYagG TIL that the actor Bruce Jones, (Famous for staring as Les Battersby in the long running British soap opera Coronation Street) in 1977 discovered the mutilated body of Jean Jordan, one of the victims of the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe.
a8X9M TIL that the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak have their own immigration controls.
ZpnA4 TIL - Microwaving a grape cut nearly in half can create plasma and sparks