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TIL Japan has its own version of Atlantis

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VBgJB TIL the world’s oldest animal on land is a tortoise called Jonathan at 187 years old in 2019.
JYARm TIL: An observational study of hand washing after toilet use at an Infectious Disease conference found that compliance with hand hygiene after toilet visits was 84% for conference participants, 75% for members of the public, and only 46% for hospital staff.
RZ04 TIL: That Miami has never recorded a temperature over 100°F
m1VLY TIL In 1942 Punxatawney Phil (the Groundhog) did not make a prediction on the remaining length of winter but claimed to only see a partial shadow, adding that, “War clouds have blacked out parts of the shadow.”
5YrAR TIL The difference between special effects (SFX) and visual effects (VFX) is that special effects are realized on set whereas visual effects are added afterward.