W7e7A TIL Golden Retrievers originated from Scotland
9wKwX TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger's salary for Terminator 2: Judgement Day was paid mostly by buying him a $12.75 million Gulfstream III jet
nW8WP TIL of the spider genus Hotwheels, named after the Hot Wheels toy line. There is only one species in the genus and has only been found in China.
4kokJ TIL that US airlines are legally required to refund a ticket within 24 hours of purchase, no matter if the ticket type was refundable or not.
x6A6g TIL about the submarine USS R-14, who in during a rescue mission in 1921 had its fuel contaminated with seawater, cause the loss of battery power and radio communication. Its crew were able to make the 161 mile return trip to homeport by creating sails out of hammocks and blankets.
5VoV8 TIL that (adjusted for inflation) the seven highest-grossing James Bond films star either Sean Connery or Daniel Craig
M747m TIL the U.S. Navy had a warship called the USS Gyatt. Commissioned in 1945, the ship was named after Edward Earl Gyatt, a Marine Corps private who died in battle in 1942.
j6X6n TIL that UK used to do "virginity tests" at their airports on women coming from South Asian countries, these exams used to also occur on women at British High Commissions in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In 2021 this procedure was officially made illegal and criminalized in England and Wales
0dmdy TIL that I can use my cruise control set and resume to increase/decrease speed.
grwrL TIL that the sheath of the vas deferens acts as a splint to facilitate and promote the vas deferens's recanalization even when as much as 5 cm, or 2 in, of the vas deferens has been removed, assuming that the sheath of the vas deferens itself remains intact and has not been removed as well.
QNRNd TIL that Charlize Theron's mother shot and killed her father in self defense in front of her. Charlize would later go on to be the first person born in Africa to win an Oscar for acting.
ANKNw TIL Alabama did not repel it's ban on interracial marriage untill 2000