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TIL: Kevin Bacon has been in a working band with his brother Michael since 1995.

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Egmew TIL about Alvin Straight, an American man who travelled 240 miles on a riding lawn mower from Laurens, Iowa to Blue River, Wisconsin to visit his ailing brother in 1994.
8epXP TIL Procrastination has more to it rather than being a simple habit. Dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex of the brain makes it difficult for the same to work on cognitive controls like empathy, critical thinking, planning, judgement etc.
6Eo0W TIL Concrete absorbs carbon dioxide from the air.
4WD5 TIL the highest fee for crossing the Panama Canal was $375,600, while the lowest fee was 36 cents by someone who swam through it
D1OvJ TIL when Car & Driver included the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt SS in the Lightning Lap performance car comparison, it not only managed to do the fastest lap in the sub-$30k class, but also beat several cars in the $30-60k class and held the front-wheel-drive Lightning Lap laptime record until 2018.