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TIL China Uses AI Camera to Capture Jaywalkers and Publicly Shame Them

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Zp4lG TIL February 22nd is National Margarita Day, a fictitious food holiday for Margarita lovers.
GE05 TIL the term “mosh” (as in “most pit”) originated with singer H.R. of Bad Brains. He would frequently incite the audience to “mash” into each other, and his thick Jamaican accent rendered the word as “mosh”.
6m8 TIL that the former CEO and owner of Segway died from Segwaying off a cliff.
QJ5bX TIL that the working title for "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" was "Bill & Ted go to Hell".
8aPeX TIL in 2000, author J.K. Rowling gave her father the first edition of 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' for Father's Day and signed it: "Lots of love from your first born." Three years later, he sold it for £27,500.