m1ggY TIL on the US West Coast, particularly Northern California, it's more common to play "Ro-Sham-Bo", instead of "Rock-Paper-Scissors".
DQJJe TIL that due to their weakly interacting nature, neutrinos generated in the core of a collapsing star can escape before the shockwave and light of a supernova. They travel so fast that the light still doesn’t catch up with them even after traveling millions of light years.
vPggR TIL the first fast-food drive-thru was invented because a hamburger stand owner was tired of soldiers getting out of their cars during World War II, he cut a hole in the wall so they didn’t have to show military ID twice.
J1WW1 TIL that in the movie E.T. Elliot’s last name was Taylor, making him also E.T.
pYMM8 TIL that the Northern treeshrew is the only mammal known to willingly consume spicy foods other than humans. This is due to a natural resistance to capsaicin.
GA441 TIL There has only been one instance of a submarine sinking another sub while both were underwater, in 1945
16eXP TIL it's estimated that in later Classical Sparta, women were the sole owners of 35% of all land & property. Unlike women in Athens, if a Spartan woman became her father's heiress because she had no living brothers, she wasn't required to divorce her current spouse to marry her nearest paternal kin.
oRgDL TIL Barnacles possess the largest penis-to-body size ratio of any known animal, up to eight times their body length.
dDJpd TIL Bigorexia is a condition where someone thinks that their body is puny or not muscular enough, even if objectively they would be considered fit or athletic by other people, the condition is also called Muscle Dysmorphia. About 10% of the men going to the gym suffers from it.
KYRW4 TIL that Josephine Baker adopted 12 children of all skin colors, creating what she referred to as her “rainbow tribe” and her “experiment in brotherhood.” The children were all brought up in accordance with their heritage and the religions that Baker assigned to them.
a81oy TIL that when same-sex marriage was illegal in Canada, same-sex couples used religious marriage to get around the law
ZpkEQ TIL David Kang who shot blanks at king Charles III while he was prince of Wales only got 500 hours community service because he was experiencing depression