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TIL that in an experiment, preschool children were assigned to either the “red” or the “blue” group and developed ingroup biased attitudes even though group assignment was random

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mxa8v TIL The Japanese dub of SpongeBob has Plankton voiced by a woman who gives the character a typical chibi voice
xADo TIL Rashida Jones from Parks and Recreation became friends with Tupac Shakur after writing a letter in response to his remarks on interracial marriage. Tupac was later engaged to her sister before he died.
dD7wE TIL That there were pilotless drones as early as the 1950's and one inadvertently caused multiple incidents of civilian property damage, near civilian misses, and a 1,000 acre forest fire while the US Air Force struggled to shoot it out of the sky.
Ooobg TIL Bracken Cave (Texas) has the largest bat colony on Earth. The bats are a great benefit to cotton farmers in the region.
mg1o TIL the first U.S flag that was placed on the moon’s surface by Buzz Aldrin, was accidentally blown away by their craft during their departure and never found.