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TIL the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum is powered by solar energy

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LkPgP TIL a woman sued the comedian Gallagher for $100K when she got hit by a stuffed penguin with a fire extinguisher in it; when the case went to trial in 1993, the court sided with Gallagher, who took the stand and made as many laughs as his typical show would
JYVm1 TIL Blue whales eat half a million calories in one mouthful
jRNn TIL that Coca-cola was so widely used as a spermicidal douche - primarily in 1950s and 60s America - that multiple scientific studies have been undertaken to disprove its contraceptive ability.
XEbQE TIL President Park Chung Hee was responsible in large part for South Korea’s “economic miracle”; the programs he initiated gave his country one of the fastest-growing economies in the world during his 18 year rule
LQ5Ld TIL James Cameron drew Kate Winslet naked in Titanic, and Jack Dawson was a personification of him as a teenager.