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TIL that Belarus lost a full 1/4 of its population to World War II

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x9d5 TIL coffee milk is the official drink in the state of Rhode Island
e0Qyn TIL that Turtle Island is a name for North America used by some Indigenous and First Nations people and by some Indigenous rights activists, based on the Iroquois belief that the earth is supported on the back of a gigantic turtle called Hah-nu-nah
p0lG TIL many perceive stutterers as less intelligent due to their disfluency, however, as a group, individuals who stutter tend to be of above average intelligence.
lEj1 TIL HBO passed up “The Walking Dead” because they thought it was too violent. They also passed up “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men”
0rQA TIL that while viewing 1980’s The Blue Lagoon, a herpetologist noticed iguanas in the background with characteristics unseen in documented species. He then traveled to Fiji, tracked & named the Fiji Crested Iguana.