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TIL: A Sixth-grader's science fair project discovered that Truvia sweetener is a insecticide

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v1Bkj TIL In 2013, Saito and Shinozuka researched if cats can recognize the owner's voice. To validate it, they tested cats which have been named. The cats responded the call of their owners and was seen mainly in relation to the cats' ears instead of walking towards the voice.
xoyk TIL a Swedish man built a homemade nuclear reactor and had a meltdown on the kitchen stove
OGQyg TIL Our solar system has 290 moons. This number increases to 752 if you include asteroids and trans-neptunian objects
0dNDR TIL - Famous WW2 cartoonist, Bill Mauldin, fought against segregation and Jim Crow laws through cartoons after returning home from war.
4XQBX TIL Pedro Pascal (of The Mandalorian) has appeared in the Law & Order franchise four times, playing a different character in each episode