yV7JJ TIL that the Vickers VC10 held the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing at 5 hours and 1 minute for 41 years, until a British Airways Boeing 747 surpassed it in 2020 with a time of 4 hours and 56 minutes.
m1jrP TIL Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek, has been the CEO of uTorrent.
DQvEv TIL according to a 1984 case report: a patient survived acute alcohol intoxication with an unprecedented blood alcohol level of 1,500 mg/dL (or 1.5%).
vP5m4 TIL about Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. A cliff in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was used for 5,500 years to run buffalo off it to their death. A pile of bones 30 feet tall and hundreds of feet long can be found at the base of the cliff.
J1pvQ TIL that in 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner set the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and 25 minutes, providing valuable insights into the effects of extreme sleep loss on the human mind and body.
pYyEZ TIL Viet Thanh Nguyen is the first Asian American to sit on the Pulitzer prize board
16Qxr TIL that Angelina Jolie is a descendant from King Phillip II of France
GAGvN TIL that in Rosario, Argentina, the home city of Lionel Messi, people are banned from naming their children ‘Messi’
oRyYK TIL: That a man named Charles Grady once sued the Doritos company claiming that his throat had been damaged while eating Doritos. Grady attempted to admit into evidence a study by a former chemistry professor that calculated how best to safely swallow the chips, but it was subsequently rejected.
a8EW9 TIL: That Margot Robbie, who played Tonya Harding and was co-producer for the movie I, Tonya, did not realize the screenplay was based on a real event until after she finished reading it. Immediately prior to filming, Robbie flew from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon to meet Harding.
ZpPvD TIL by eating sausages during Lent in 1522, Christoph Froschauer and Huldrych Zwingli defied Church fasting rules, igniting the Swiss Reformation.
KYGvQ TIL there are more than 10 states of matter including time crystals