TIL Jiddu Krishnamurti was revered as a prophet from childhood, renounced it all, and went on to speak against institutionalised religion and political parties.
TIL that the ban on condoms in America due to anti-contraception laws (which lasted until 1972) led to high rates of STDs among US troops during WWI.
TIL that Jim Varney’s (of Earnest Goes somewhere fame) last words to his partner were “Please leave the window open”. He died of lung cancer but did quit after being diagnosed. He also filmed an anti-smoking PSA, in his Earnest character.
TIL in 1970 a disgruntled postgraduate student deliberately infected his roommates with Ascaris suum, a parasitic nematode. This was the first documented human infection by this species.
TIL the English name for the color Orange is named after the Orange fruit, and the color was originally, “Geoluard”