Y7eKr TIL that participants in a study, when controlling a robot by joystick, were unable to create any self-tickling sensation. This suggests that tickling depends on surprise/a lack of expectation, and that the brain regulates/blocks the sensation when it can anticipate it.
Bg04D TIL William Daniels (Mr Feeny in Boy Meet World) holds the record for the longest active (still living) and 5th longest overall “Hollywood Marriage”. His St. Elsewhere co-Star Norman Lloyd holds the second longest overall “Hollywood Marriage” on record
rNyLx TIL Bill Pullman drew inspiration from Bobby Kennedy for his famous speech as President Whitmore in "Independence Day"
NXx8N TIL that the first movie about the sinking of the Titanic premiered just 31 days after the event. It starred Dorothy Gibson, an actual survival of the tragedy, who co-wrote the script and played a fictionalized version of herself. It's now lost, as the last known prints were destroyed in a fire
l70Lr TIL that bloodletting is still practiced in modern medicine to treat few diseases, including hemochromatosis (increased iron accumulation in the body).
8e1gV TIL the federal chemical weapons ban was used against a woman who tried to poison her neighbor due to an affair and the case went to the US Supreme Court in "Bond v. United States"
P1nNG TIL ‘sacred’ cats in Ancient Egypt were routinely drowned as kittens or had their spines broken to be used as sacrifices and agricultural fertilizer
epygb TIL Robert Todd Lincoln was present at two Presidential assassinations, his father’s not one of them. He also had his life saved by the brother of John Wilkes Booth.
VBO7Z TIL that the traditional boundaries of "Tornado Alley," typically associated with states like Oklahoma and Kansas, are shifting eastward. Recent studies suggest an increase in tornado activity in the Southeastern United States, encompassing states like Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
X0VaQ TIL that an airport in Japan hasn't lost a single piece of luggage in its entire 29-year history
691ml TIL - The first and second verse of The Beatles song “A Day in the Life” were inspired by the real death of friend and Guinness family heir Tara Browne.
OG4lX TIL that aspiration pneumonia - a lung infection caused by breathing food or liquid - is relatively common in older hospitalized adults, is more common than other types of pneumonia, and causes death in over 1 in 5 occurences