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Today I learned that UPS flew passenger flights in the 1990s.

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E16e7 TIL According to Stanford psychologists, the the advice “find your passion” could have negative affect on people because it implies that the number of interests a person has is limited. That causes people to narrow their focus and neglect other areas.
4RVg TIL The Grey School of Wizardry is a school specializing in occult magic, operating primarily online and as a non-profit educational institution in the State of California. The school is reported to be the first wizard school to be officially recognized as an academic establishment.
R7Kgl TIL that "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)" was the first song ever sung by a computer using speech synthesis. This is referenced in 2001: A Space Odyssey when HAL 9000 sings the song as astronaut David Bowman dismantles his brain.
X00k6 TIL An Octopus in a lab would escape from it’s tank, climb into another to eat fish & then return to it’s own before the scientists came back and caught it. That’s how clever they are.
gM78A TIL the real meaning behind the "Married with Children" theme song. Frank Sinatra's Love and Marriage is actually about pre-marital sex. You can tell by the lyrics not featured on the show...As Pop was told by mother, you cant have one, you can't have none, you you cant have one without the other