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TIL Bhutan is the only country with a negative carbon footprint

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P14oO TIL David Bowie and Dennis Hopper once smuggled cocaine into a psych ward for Iggy Pop while wearing spacesuits
Jp4B TIL A research study found that Guinness tastes better in Ireland and that “This difference remained statistically significant after adjusting for researcher, pub ambience, [and] Guinness appearance.”
wL5V8 TIL of Zipf's Law. In almost every language, the most common word will occur 2x as often as the second most common word, 3x as often as the third most common word, and so on.
0GMN TIL that Frank Zappa’s Grammy-winning album “Jazz From Hell” received a parental advisory sticker even though it is a collection of instrumental pieces and contains no lyrics at all
NDbE TIL that hitting a punching bag does not produce a cathartic effect: It increases rather than decreases subsequent aggression.