x6nMw TIL Aladdin is a Chinese Muslim in the original tale of the Arabian Nights. The story first take place in "one of the cities of Ancient China".
5VRGp TIL that my country is 2nd least satisfied with love lives.
M7pma TIL Charles Byrne was a very tall (7' 7", ~2.3m) Irish man who arranged for a burial at sea out of a fear that his corpse would be dissected. Following his death, his body was stolen and indeed dissected by John Hunter, a surgeon. His skeleton was later put on display in a museum from 1799 to 2023.
j6b7a TIL that only one of the top 100 highest-grossing films was produced by a non-US studio. That film is China’s Ne Zha 2
0dxaL TIL in Islamic tradition, there is a "cold hell" called Zamhareer, which is unbearably cold with blizzards and ice instead of hellfire. The Devil has been suggested to be punished wherein, as the flames of hell would not hurt their flesh of fire.
grbYb TIL that the Red Wolf, once common across the southeastern United States, now survives with only about 20-30 individuals left in the wild.
LQGmP TIL about Roko’s Basilisk - a thought experiment about a super intelligent AI that will punish us in future for not helping create it today
b6b8Q TIL Oscar the Grouch was originally orange, not green
QN5be TIL towards the end of Edward II's reign, a mentally ill clerk named John Deydras claimed he was the real king swapped as a baby, but then later confessed his pet cat (who was the devil in disguise) forced him to do it. He and his cat were found guilty of sedition and hung, with Deydras' body burnt.
ANBmd TIL some Australian retailers (eg. Thirsty Camel, independents) still use real-time facial recognition for theft prevention despite privacy rulings against Kmart/Bunnings. Experts warn “anonymised” faces can be re-identified, and FRT may also be used to surveil and discipline staff.
yV9MM TIL that the launch of Visa (then known as BankAmericard) was a financial failure, losing millions of dollars. When the card started turning a profit a few years later, the company kept this information secret and allowed negative impressions to linger in order to ward off competition.
m1bKR TIL that the largest semi-submersible structure ever built is the Havfarm 1, a floating mobile salmon farm in Norway which can farm 10000 tons of salmon at any given time.