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TIL At age 96 Henry Heimlich used his technique for the second time in 2016 to save the life of a fellow resident of his Senior Living Community

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L1Av TIL in South Korea, China, and Japan there is free internet access.
X0Dok TIL In 1965, an excavation team discovered the Sword of Goujian in a tomb in Hubei, China. Encased in a nearly air-tight wooden box next to a skeleton. The sword is over 2500 years old but was in perfect condition, test affirmed that the blade could easily cut a stack of twenty pieces of paper.
LkGZv TIL that rotisserie chickens are often cheaper than whole raw chickens because grocery stores use them to bring more people into the store and also they are often made with poultry that is about to reach its best by date
OGgvg TIL Toll roads are an ancient concept and are referenced by Pliny and Aristotle.
mG4O TIL in early Arthurian Literature Lancelot was involved in a love triangle with Guinevere and another knight, Galehaut. The focus of this love triangle was not Guinevere, but Lancelot himself.