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Tesla offers ventilators free of cost to hospitals, Musk sayS

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0wmM TIL That the glottis (the opening in which air passes through when we breathe) expands when we are under heavy stress for increased oxygen intake. This causes the lump you feel in your throat when you are stressed/crying!
4kRrN TIL in 2005 a British Airways 747 (G-BNLG) had an engine flame out and attempted to fly from LAX back to the London Heathrow on 3 engines, it ended up diverting to Manchester Uk instead
NbZ8 TIL: that the “women make 77c on a man’s dollar” stat is obtained by averaging out a random group of men versus a random group of women. When adjusted for age, same career and same experience, women earn about 98c on a man’s dollar.
v1l7j TIL of Dondurma, a Turkish variant of ice cream typically sold from carts, where the vendor deliberately pranks the customer before serving the actual cone
9xmQ TIL that in the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, cars have been banned since 1898