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TIL J.K. Simmons has been voicing the yellow M&M since 1996

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VnPQ TIL that to prevent the Germans from guessing that Enigma had been cracked, the British claimed to be using an infrared camera to locate U-boats. They were delighted to learn that the Germans responded by developing a special paint for submarines.
R5DVQ TIL The Great Artesian Basin (GAB), located in Australia, is the largest and deepest artesian basin in the world, stretching over 1,700,000 square kilometres (660,000 sq mi), with measured water temperatures ranging from 30 to 100 °C (86 to 212 °F).
vyQx TIL that a 50 second “movie”, released in 1896, of a train approaching the camera, caused moviegoers to panic and run to the back of the room to avoid the train.
m4oE TIL in Greek Mythology, the God ‘Phosphorus’ represented the planet Venus, or the 'Morning Star’, as the Bringer of Light. The Latin translation of Phosphorus is Lucifer.
g0KW TIL The TLC network (Home of Honey Boo Boo, The Duggars, Little People, Sarah Palin’s Alaska, etc) was originally created by NASA and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to provide “real education through the medium of television”.