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TIL The Danny Trejo character Machete originated in the Spy Kids movies

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WkXJ8 TIL the pink fairy armadillo is barely half a foot long, and here is one on video in reduced sunlight foraging around in the sand for roots and grubs on a rural road, and luckily some passersby were able to film it in action. It is native to South America.It mostly active at dawn, dusk, and night.
KYXZ6 TIL that the light from the sun reaching us is not mere eight minutes old, but from thousands to several millions of years, because that's how long it takes the photons to escape the sun
mxXkE TIL metal detectorists searching on a farmer's property for a legendary $23 million treasure hoard were only allowed to look for 10-15 hours one day a year after harvest. It took them 30 years to find it.
DWZD TIL the world’s oldest paycheck- dating back 5,000 years in Mesopotamia- shows that workers were paid in beer.
vPKAL TIL that the Irish and Scottish legends claim they originated from a Pharaoh of Egypt