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TIL Roblox is worth more than Nintendo--and is also shady as hell.

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kJBMd TIL that cousin marriage is quite common around the world. About 10% of the world’s families are headed by couples who are second cousins or closer, and that the genetic risks and taboo — especially in the US — of marrying a cousin are generally blown way out of proportion.
kaPE TIL- The makers of Edible Underwear were denied patent protection on the grounds that “candy and pants were incompatible”
WWoo TIL: Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Hammer was purchased for $30,802,500 in 1994 by Bill Gates; 3 years later he released a digital version of the historic diary for all the world to enjoy.
wo8AW TIL the Aerosmith song Walk This Way was inspired by the "walk this way" joke from Young Frankenstein.
R7NQ6 TIL a sheepdog made a 240-mile journey home to his birthplace in Wales after escaping from his new home in Cumbria. He was sent to the Cumbrian farm to work but turned up on the doorstep of his original owners 12 days later, limping and a little thinner than before, but in otherwise good condition.