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TIL that the Killer Whale is a natural predator of the Moose

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pYoeA TIL: Lincoln Logs, the children's building toy, was based on an earthquke-proof construction technique used in a hotel in Japan and was patented by John Wright, the son of the hotel's designer, Frank Lloyd Wright
WkAXB TIL the mystery airhead is made with all of the leftover flavors of the day all mashed together.
J1NPB TIL about Pschitt!, a French soft drink created by Perrier in 1954. The name originates in the transcription in French of the noise made by a Perrier bottle when it is opened.
lorYA TIL NASA officially banned consuming Alcohol in space in 1972 after sherry was proposed for Skylab meals, but it never really went away. “NASA will tell you there is no alcohol aboard the ISS” says astronaut Clayton Anderson. “As a person who lived there for five months, I’ll tell you that’s bogus."
vym4 TIL that 2000 yrs ago Heron of Alexandria invented the first vending machine, mechanically opening temple doors or binary operating machines for special effects in theater