LQPwZ TIL about Lunar Lander Research Vehicle LLRV piloted by Neil Armstrong on Earth to simulate Moon's gravity
b6xGN TIL that Tom and Jerry has the most Oscar’s for an animated series (tying with Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies)
QNBep TIL about the Astronomical Year Numbering system used in astronomy which ditches BC and AD and instead numbers 1 BC as the year 0, 2 BC as the year -1, 3 BC as the year -2 and so on.
AN51B TIL about the Kingdom of Kinda, which ruled central and northern Arabia from the 4th century BC to the 6th century AD.
yVaga TIL The Italian Bersaglieri troops originated from their ability to run faster than a horse drawn carriage
m1egM TIL in the original novel, Count Dracula is killed by knives
DQWJJ TIL of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th century Italian Catholic man who become well known across Italy for both his apparent ability to levitate & his evident mental handicap. He has since been ordained as the patron saint of mental handicaps & pilots and similar things in both regards.
vPkgD TIL Despite the porno "Debbie Does Dallas" being in the public domain, the Dallas Cowboys still hold veto power on commercial publication because of unauthorized use of their trademarks in the film.
J1VWm TIL that a 90-year-old woman in Japan became the world’s oldest office manager. Yasuko Tamaki has worked at the same company since 1956 and still manages her team every day with no plans to retire.
pYlMO TIL Christopher Lee has played the role of Count Dracula a total of 10 times, for 4 different studios. This includes Dracula and Son, a parody of his other Dracula movies. For most of the original Hammer films he was basically blackmailed into playing the role
GA645 TIL that shorter men actually live longer. A major U.S. study found men under 5'8" lived almost 5 years longer, and those 5'5" or shorter lived over 7 years longer than men 6 feet or taller.
16EeD TIL that the Wichita language, once spoken by the Wichita people of Oklahoma, went extinct in 2016 when its last fluent speaker, Doris McLemore, passed away.