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Today I learned that there is an art/practice of reading code when you haven't been given a cypher called cryptanalysis. Cryptanalysis is decryption and cryptography is encryption

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4X7ZN TiL Joseph Williams, the lead singer of Toto is composer John Williams' son. He also sang the theme song for 'Adventures of the Gummi Bears'.
gA6L TIL there are redwoods that suffer from a type of albinism due to a lack of clorophyll. There are only around 60 of these redwoods in the world and due to their rarity are all kept in top secret locations.
gMglX TIL about the Nibiru Cataclysm, a popular conspiracy theory among doomsday groups that the Earth would be hit by a giant asteroid.
69vZ7 TIL Leonardo Da Vinci and Tesla followed a polyphasic sleep process. This process entails 20-minute power naps throughout an entire 24-hour period, resulting in about 5 hours of sleep every 24 hours.
78g17 TIL that chainsaws were originally invented for childbirth