epy8L TIL that Black pepper has been used in Indian cooking since 2000 BC and was used as a form of commodity money.
VBOyD TIL Jennifer Lopez doesn't sing the chorus of her songs: "Play" (it's Christina Milian), "Ain't It Funny (Remix)" (Ashanti), "I'm Real" (Ashanti), and "Jenny From the Block" (Natasha Ramos).
X0VxR TIL despite Rings of Power being the most expensive TV show ever produced, only 37% of viewers completed season one domestically (45% overseas). In comparison, two cancelled shows (First Kill & Resident Evil) on another service had completion rates below 50%, but higher than ROP's domestic figure.
OG411 TIL there is a rare phenomenon of lightning that strikes from the ground up into the sky
R5WJ1 TIL: It was only 52 years ago that it became legal for unmarried couples in the United States to possess contraception.
woyv7 TIL that Jack Paar walked off "The Tonight Show" during a live recording after censors cut a joke about a water closet the previous night
691nw TIL that In 2017, a team of geologists from New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Australia concluded that Zealandia is a submerged continent, not a microcontinent or continental fragment. The continent's large size and isolation from Australia support its definition as a continent.
W7XAB TIL Japan during the 60s and into the late 80s was using a coagulant catalyst to treat hemophilia called Fibrinogen Concentrate by pooling plasma from donors. However, due to under-regulation, donors were not screened for diseases like Hepatitis, which resulted in thousands infected
9w5RB TIL that Disney's use of a fox for Robin Hood is partly based on medieval stories about an anthromorphic fox called "Reynard the Fox"
nWyZd TIL That there is a numeric question trick that can almost guarantee the response to be "carrot" after a few questions, regardless of culture.
4kmxb TIL James Madison was the smallest U.S. president. He stood 5'4" and weighed just over 100 pounds.
x67D0 TIL 38yo Jerry Seinfeld met a 17yo high school student in a park & groomed her into a reromantic relationship that was public knowledge.