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TIL that in 1974, Marina Abramović performed "Rhythm 0," where she stood motionless for six hours while the audience was invited to use any of 72 objects on her, including a rose, scissors, a loaded gun, and a knife, with some audience members cutting her skin and removing her clothes.

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J1DJj TIL The Martians were a group of Hungarian scientists from the early 20th century. The name comes from Leó Szilárd joke answer as to why there was no evidence of intelligent life outside of earth, "They are already here among us – they just call themselves Hungarians."
Er7p TIL that the 1990’s Pogs craze was single handedly started by a 5th grade teacher in Hawaii. She showed the game she used to play as a little girl to her class in 1991. Pogs originated from Hawaii as early as 1927.
XEAn8 TIL that "survivorshp bias" has its name from WWII where engineers failed to increase bomber pilot's chance of surviving when they increased armour on bombers where bullet holes where most often found until a statistician then proposed to increase armour where holes couldn't be found.
E15wW TIL The Russian Empire spanned into Alaska, Northern California, and parts of Hawaii before selling its colonial possessions to the US in 1867.
7EBb TIL that during the filming of “Predator” in 1987 the studio’s insurance company would not agree to insure the production unless a body guard was hired to follow Sonny Landham (Billy) around. The body guard’s sole purpose was not to protect Sonny, but to protect other people from Sonny.