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TIL: humans have developed injections containing nanoparticles which when administered into the eye convert infrared into visible light giving night vision for up to 10 weeks

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O4W7 TIL there is a programming language which uses Arnold Schwarzenegger quotes as syntax.
W7pbA TIL Many types of marine birds have a “salt gland” which functions similarly to a kidney and allows them to excrete salt from the fish and other ocean life they’ve eaten.
04G5 TIL the final design for Chewbacca was based on an illustration for a 1975 novelette by George R.R. Martin
yQDWw TIL that in 1986 there was a midair collision in LA county similar to the one depicted in Season 2 of Breaking Bad, in which the ATC’s name was Walter White
D1Q9J TIL that Bayern have only lost one of their last 34 home matches against Frankfurt, and that was back in November 2000 .