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TIL When the core body temperature inside the nose drops by 5C, our immune system cannot fight the viruses as well

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oBjW7 TIL that there's a stonehenge at the bottom of Lake Michigan
jgmv TIL in the 1980s Pablo Escobar bought four hippos that he kept in Colombia. After Escobar’s death, they were left untended at his estate. As of 2014, 40 hippos have been reported to exist from the original four and are considered potentially invasive.
BgLKL TIL the first webcam, created in 1991 at the University of Cambridge, was used to monitor a coffee pot in real time so researchers could check if there was fresh coffee without leaving their desks.
6Exw7 TIL that there exists a form of parasomnia called "sexsomnia", where the person engages in sexual activity during sleep, and is therefore not aware of it.
8WRb TIL the man who finished behind Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics was also black: He was Jackie Robinson’s brother.