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TIL: That SHARKS are OLDER than TREES.

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xVdRk TIL the reason public trams died out in American cities is because they were forced to subsidize infrastructure for cars and allow them to use tram-lines as roads thereby slowing down all rail networks, making them uncompetitive.
yQ70w TIL Humans in the year 2020 are closer in time to a Tyrannosaurus Rex than Tyrannosaurus Rex is to a Stegosaurus. T-Rex lived in the late Cretaceous period ~68 million years ago. Stegosaurus lived in the Late Jurassic period ~155 million years ago.
P1rYn TIL that the Happy Meal was invented by the wife of a McDonald's franchisee in Guatemala, calling it "Ronald's Menu"
oRjWY TIL all mammals including humans possess the mammalian diving reflex, where the body helps conserve oxygen by slowing the heart, constricting blood vessels and reducing breathing. It is triggered by cold water hitting the face.
v16Ar TIL that the part of sea urchins we eat ("uni") are their sex organs.