ZpPQa TIL Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed because the pilot let his kids fly the plane who unknowingly partially disengaged the autopilot function. The crash killed all 63 passengers and 12 crew members on board.
7814p TIL- Pocahontas had one son with her second husband John Rolfe. That son, had one daughter named Jane Rolfe. In 1887, a book was published that found that Pocahontas had thousands of descendants. That number has more recently been updated to reveal over 30,000 named descendants.
kJ5N4 TIL several Namco composers known for Ridge Racer, Tekken, and other video game soundtracks formed a parody/tribute band of Yellow Magic Orchestra, called "Oriental Magnetic Yellow".
EgGNx TIL no one has seen a newborn great white shark pup or birth in the wild.
Y7eA7 TIL After the release of the 1996 film Scream, which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage increased by 300% in the United States.
Bg0Pr TIL that in 1632, Massachusetts banned smoking in public.
rNyZ4 TIL (Actually at least yesterday) about obelisks, which form their own distinct phylogenetic group and whose genetic code doesn't share features with any other life form
NXxD1 TIL that menstruation is actually very rare in mammals. Other than humans, only 9 primate species, 4 bat species, the elephant shrew, and one species of mouse menstruate. All other female mammals reabsorb their uterine lining, rather than shed it
l70dA TIL that Timur, the Turko-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia, reportedly caused the deaths of 17 million people, amounting to about 5% of the world population
P1nyw TIL about "Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher" - an educational point and click game inspired by Ace Attorney that teaches players how to debate using philosophy
8e1VZ TIL that in 1985 an Army supply clerk at Fort Carson, Colorado accidentally ordered a $28,000 anchor instead of a $6 lamp due to mistyping the requisition number. Nobody in the supply chain asked why a mechanized unit needed a 10 ton anchor until it arrived.
VBO9D TIL DDR speeds are 'doubled' so 6000 MT/s RAM (incorrectly sold as 6000 MHZ) is actually 3000 MHZ.