vPmPL TIL that expensive weddings are directly linked to higher divorce rates.
J1v1l TIL that one third of Gen-z in the US identities as non-religious or spiritual but non-affiliated. The highest of any generation.
pYEYA TIL that about 80% of the animal and plant species in Madagascar are unique to the island and found nowhere else on Earth.
GAvAJ TIL actress June Lockhart (the mom from Lassie) embraced rock music and she spontaneously listened to music which was produced by emerging rock bands. She was a noted David Bowie fan who frequently kept a picture of him in her wallet.
16x68 TIL when German-occupied Denmark held the 1943 Folketing election, the Danish Nazi Party only won 3 seats.
oRYRY TIL the monkeys at Australia's Melbourne Zoo have been put on a banana-free diet because selective breeding of the fruit has made it too sugary. The issue being that cultivated fruits have been genetically modified to be much higher in sugar content than their natural, ancestral fruits.
dD6D9 TIL about the Arabic novel Theologus Autodidactus, (“ The Self-taught Theologian"), which is considered to be one of the earliest Science Fiction stories. Its ‘impact event’ climax ends with a catastrophic doomsday apocalypse. It was written between 1268 and 1277.
KYvYG TIL that in the early 2000s, a US nuclear submarine, "Greenville" had catastropically collided with a japanse high school training vessel. During a VIP demonstration voyage, after performing an emergency surfacing - the submarine sliced the training vessel in half.
a8W8M TIL insurance companies buy insurance for each individual insurance policy. Recursively.
Zpvp4 TIL that a Butt load is (was) an actual unit of measurement. A butt approximately equated to 108 imperial gallons (130 US gallons)
kJlJd TIL Matthew Shepard had a sexual history with one of his killers.
78w8O TIL Green-backed Firecrown Hummingbirds Use a Rare Moss (Less Than 1% of Forest Biomass) to Make Up 97% of Their Nests for Its Antipathogen Properties, Boosting Chick Survival