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TIL Man Sues NASA For Landing On His Asteroid

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YpA5A TIL that Salt & Vinegar Pringles aren't vegan, but Smoky Bacon Pringles are.
kO1A5 TIL that Australians give tourists ridiculous advice about avoiding attacks from the drop bear (which is actually a hoax depicted as a predatorial, aggressive version of the koala) to confuse or scare them.
RMD4 TIL 70% Britain’s land today is still owned by an 0.6% aristocratic elite, and they are mostly the same families who owned it in the 19th century.
b9b1j TIL On August 10, 1519, the Spanish expedition departed from Sevilla in search of the Spice Islands. This voyage resulted in the first circumnavigation of Earth. The expedition was composed by 5 ships: Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepción, Victoria and Santiago, under Ferdinand Magellan's command.
4NNa TIL That the Egyptian tomb of Psusennes I was found completely intact and had treasures that rivaled the treasures found at Tutankhamen’s tomb, but almost nobody heard about the discovery because of WWII. I give you “The Silver Pharaoh of Egypt”