KYKYQ TIL There is an urban legend in BC, Canada, that driving examiners are expected to fail 50 per cent of the people they test. Nearly 50 percent of driving test candidates fail the first time because many arrive ill-prepared or with the intention of using their first test as a learning tool.
a8x89 TIL Manute Bol may have invented the phrase "My Bad"
ZplpD TIL that Minecraft was released 15 years ago on May 17th, 2009.
78M8P TIL although the US Coast Guard is the second smallest US military service branch in terms of membership, the service by itself is the world's 12th largest naval force.
kJVJB TIL there is a massive abandoned underground command network throughout the former Yugoslavia. One of these was the NORAD equivalent.
EgKgP TIL a 2013 study found that the act of chopping down trees results in greater increases in testosterone than does a directly competitive activity such a soccer. Chopping down trees saw an increase of 46.8%, whereas, soccer only saw an increase of 30.1%.
BgKgd TIL in 2012 LL Cool J broke the nose, jaw, and ribs of a man charged with breaking into his home. His family was sleeping when their home security alarm went off at 1am, "sending LL Cool J into action". After catching the man, he held him until the authorities arrived.
Y787B TIL Sugar Rushes aren't real they are a myth.
rNBN1 TIL that Steven Molaro, co-creator of The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon, was behind the "none pizza with left beef" meme.
NXnXe TIL that George Miller, creator of the Mad Max films, was educated as a doctor and finished his residency before becoming a filmmaker
l7e77 TIL of Abraham Wald, who in WW2 proposed that the US Military focus on reinforcing sections of the returning planes showing the least concentration of bullet holes. Initially, the Military planned to reinforce sections containing the most bullet holes, disregarding the phenomenon of survival bias
8eKea TIL that in the 1600-1700's Sweden minted coins made out of copper. Given the abundance and low value of copper, the coins were massive. The largest coin, the 10-daler, weighed nearly 44 pounds.