NXJNb TIL about the 2009 death of Canadian folk singer Taylor Mitchell, who at 19 years old was killed by a pair of coyotes while hiking in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. That is the only known fatal coyote attack on an adult.
l7bwK TIL Groundhog Day's initial script explained Phil's loop as a curse from an ex girlfriend. There is a more popular fan theory that he was stuck in a Matrix loop. He fell asleep at 404.
8eODG TIL: Some birds make use of proteins in their eyes to use quantumly entangled particles to detect the earths magnetic fields.
P1DBg TIL Walt Frazier's middle name isn't Clyde. During his rookie season with the Knicks, he picked up the nickname "Clyde" because he wore a fedora similar to that worn by Warren Beatty in his portrayal of Clyde Barrow in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.
epbL6 TIL about 'First Flight'. A medical research horse used in the production of the first botulism antitoxin. For over a decade he was the only source in the US for botulism antitoxin.
VBba0 TIL that Earth, Wind & Fire parodied their own song “September” and called it “December”.
X0bdk TIL that Howard Morris (Ernest T Bass from Andy Griffith) was also a prolific voice actor. The Hamburglar, Wade Duck from Garfield and Friends, and Atom Ant are some of his more well known roles.
OGvra TIL the device used to detect nuclear detonations is called a "Bhangmeter." It's not named after a scientist or a misspelling of "bang" - it's a reference to a Hindi word for cannabis, implying you'd have to be intoxicated to believe the sensor would function.
69wJQ TIL that some plants actively turn their leaves away from the sun to avoid overheating and conserve water, instead of maximizing sunlight.
wo4BY TIL - Apple CarPlay debuted on the 2014 Ferrari FF
R5yEa TIL a McDonald's promotion in Japan in 2006 gave away 10,000 USB-stick MP3 players that were loaded with 10 free songs. However, they also accidentally contained the program 'QQPass' Trojan that intended to steal login data from a Microsoft Windows PC. Mcdonald's apologized & set up a help line.
W7bKL TIL the world record for most arrests is held by an Australian man named Tommy Johns who, by 1988, had been arrested nearly 3,000 times for being drunk and disorderly in a public place.