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TIL that the Beastie Boys coined the term "mullet"

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Bk8k TIL back in 1894 the British Government did an inquiry into cannabis use in India, and concluded that “moderate use practically produces no ill effects”.
OoYyX TIL of Dr. William Moon—a one-eyed man who developed his own reading system for the blind in the 1840s after finding other methods unreliable. He called his method “Moon Code” and based it off of simplified Roman letters, which allowed almost anyone to learn it extremely quickly.
07QN TIL that in 1315, a small change in climate caused a great famine in Northern Europe which was so grim that one day even the king of England was left without bread
Bnmy TIL Weird Al’s first hit “My Bologna” was recorded in a men’s room across the hall from his college radio station.
Koow TIL Justin Berfield, best known for playing Reese in “Malcolm In The Middle”, has won every acting award he has ever been nominated for (9).