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TIL Cops In Scotland Had A 45-Minute Standoff With A Stuffed Tiger

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ep7w5 Today I Learned, a former drummer of "The Offspring" James Lilja is a OBGYN and the lead singer Dexter has PHD and wrote papers on fighting HIV
P1lAO TIL that the original Pinocchio was an incredibly dark story written by an author who hated children
78ZnX TIL of Patagonian Welsh, a dialect found in Argentina developed by Welsh immigrants in the 1870s in an effort to preserve the Welsh language.
6ExvJ TIL: The idea that houseplants purify the air of your home by removing toxins is largely false. They do remove tiny amounts of toxic compounds, but to actually make an impact on air quality you would need approximately 10 plants per square foot in your home
dDWGQ TIL in "Friday the 13th" (1980), the Camp Crystal Lake scenes were shot at a real camp in New Jersey, Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco. It’s still in operation today as a Boy Scout camp.