› added 5 years ago

463

TIL in 1961, Marvel introduced the Fantastic Four. They were considered unconventional at the time because they were flawed characters who squabbled, held grudges, and sought celebrity.

Read more aaastateofplay.com

via reddit.com

x4L1 TIL that the Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
MewDB TIL of the "compute stick", a fully fledged computer that is plugged into a monitor like a streaming device.
VMZJ4 TIL if you cut down a cactus in Arizona, you’ll be penalized up to 25 years in jail.
Jy5j TIL the whiptail lizard is an all female species, the males have gone completely extinct. They’re not hermaphroditic, the females actually lay, and hatch from unfertilized eggs
WmBN TIL - When Jeopardy was brought to syndication in 1984, the producers were told to make the answers easier to appeal to a broader audience. The agreed but changed nothing, leading to the frustratingly difficult show we love today.