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TIL Edison and Dali's "Drop the Ball" Nap Hack Actually Sparks Creative Breakthroughs.

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ANpRB TIL A 2011 University of Michigan study found that, despite driving 30% less annually, female drivers accounted for a disproportionate majority of car accidents.
epva5 TIL After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on the planet
AN6Ao TIL that when the Lorraine Hotel (where MLK was killed) was converted to a Museum in 1988, one of its long-term residents refused to leave, claiming that MLK wouldn't've wanted millions of dollars spent on a memorial to him. After being evicted, she began living in front of the museum in protest.
jNr6j TIL: More cops in the USA died from suicide than any other cause in 2017
WmgY TIL: The Libyan desert once had a ‘lake of glass’, caused by a meteorite hitting the desert. A piece of this glass is in a pendant in Tutankamun’s tomb.