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TIL it is illegal in parts of Oregon and New Jersey to pump your own gas

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Wko8N TIL A 74 year old memorized Milton's Paradise Lost as a lark over a period of seven years; It takes three days to recite.
6JmX TIL: thorium reactors can use spent uranium rods and make their half-life only 300 years(instead of half a million), is very abundant, and a tiny ball of it would be enough to power my entire life, and only costs 100$.
R7ZN7 TIL that Shaquille O'Neal only made one three-point shot during his entire career.
QeBe TIL A fictitious soft drink was created to prove the effectiveness of advertising on buses. So many people started demanding it that the drink actually starting being made by restaurants and soft drink companies
oBw6Y TIL Wind and barometric pressure changes can produce waves and effects similar to tides in enclosed bodies of water. This phenomenon is known as a seiche.