pYjA8 TIL that despite its name, Singapore-style noodles have nothing to do with Singapore and it is virtually unknown in Singapore. It was created by chefs in Hong Kong who were looking for ways to use curry powder.
GAaL1 TIL that the United States still operates its last official “mule mail” route, where mail is delivered by pack mules to the remote village of Supai in the Grand Canyon the only place in the country where mail is carried in and out by animals every day
164MP TIL that Andy Warhol's nephew James Warhola is also a successful artist who did artwork for Mad Magazine, the Garbage Pail Kids cards and numerous science fiction book covers.
oR0OL TIL that Mike Tyson used a fake penis to pass drug tests
dDgvd TIL that Pluto is legally considered a planet in the state of Illinois
KY1J4 TIL that Hanukkah is based on a story from a book that’s not considered canonical in Judaism, and is considered a minor holiday in religious terms.
a8bdy TIL during a voyage searching for the Northwest Passage, John Ross saw a range of mountains blocking the entrance to Lancaster Sound, causing him to abandon his search. Later expeditions proved that the mountains did not exist, and that Lancaster Sound was an open entrance to the Northwest Passage.
ZpbgQ TIL: In 1960 the University of St Louis was offered a $1 million dollar donation that was contingent on removing a statue of a Union General who died protecting the region from an attempted confederate takeover. The University accepted the offer and renamed its campus after a confederate general.
786JX TIL that before any baseball is used in a Major League Baseball game, it is rubbed with a special mud called "Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud". The ball must be rubbed for at least 30 seconds to take the shine off it, but without damaging the surface.
kJbWE TIL that photographing objects can impair memory. People who snapped photos remembered fewer items and details than those who just looked.
Y7byd TIL that when Stalin came to visit his mom for the last time in 1935 and explained to her that he was now “something like the tsar”, she told him, “You'd have done better to become a priest.”
Eg7J7 TIL Article 18 of the Italian Constitution bans Secret Societies