KYG4G TIL 12-yr-old Francesca Lewis was the sole survivor of a plane crash against the side of a Panamanian volcano that killed the 3 other people on board: her friend, her friend's dad & the pilot. She spent 52 hours in the jungle alone, with no food & both her arm & neck fractured, before being rescued.
a8EaM TIL in the original Tarzan movie, Adventures of Tarzan (1921), the scene of Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln) fighting and killing the lion was real.
ZpPr4 TIL "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" was the first all-digital live action feature. This means that no film was used in the creation of it until film copies had to be made for theaters.
781jO TIL that clapping at the base of the Pyramid of Kukulkan produces an echo that sounds like the chirping of a Resplendent Quetzal, a bird that was sacred to the Maya culture.
kJ5md TIL In-N-Out Burger will open one day pop up stands in countries where they don't plan to open a permanent location solely to obtain copyright there. They've done this multiple times in Australia where guests can wait hours and burgers can sell out in 30 minutes.
EgGj0 TIL Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins is the owner and president of the National Wrestling Alliance(NWA)
Y7eNZ TIL buffalo hunting in the 19th century was encouraged as a means of eliminating the major food source of many Native American tribes, thereby making them easier to control.
Bg0jW TIL That the "drumsticks" that come with wings are still chicken wings and arent actually drumsticks. Theyre just the upper part of the wing.
rNyxw TIL the Sahel is greening
NXxWP TIL Not only is the doomsday clock still used 77 years after it's inception, but it's been at 90 seconds to midnight since 2023 and kept there for 2024
l70y1 TIL about Pheasant Island, the smallest condominium in the world which voluntarily changes hands between France and Spain every 6 months
8e1jP TIL that America's poorest state (Mississippis) has a higher GDP per capita than China's richest province (Jiangsu). Likewise, China's poorest province (Gansu) has a higher GDP per capita than India's richest state (Goa).