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TIL that Tylenol has been shown to reduce the emotional pain associated with anxiety.

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14rW TIL that in 1980 the Supreme Court awarded the Sioux tribe 106 million dollars as compensation for land that was taken from them. The Sioux refused to accept the payment, and the money remains in the US Treasury to this day, accruing interest.
grxN7 TIL that in 2021, an organization called The Tip Project attempted to introduce American practices of gratuity into Japanese culture. The plan was met with severe backlash from locals who deemed the practice "un-Japanese", and the project was abandoned in early 2023.
xV76k TIL “Tater Tot” is trademarked by a company called Ore-Ida and were created from using leftover scraps from slicing French fries.
EXAd TIL of the kid that made a bet with his parents that if he turned 18 and was a millionaire, they wouldn’t force him to go to college. He first invested in Bitcoin at the age of 12 and now holds investments worth over $1 million. He says he won’t be attending college.
epg46 TIL that the platypus is not the only egg-laying mammal. Echnidas share that unique trait.