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TIL Hopscotch is listed among the games prohibited by Buddha.

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06N TIL it’s “illegal” to be fat in Japan. Your waistline is measured every year and if it’s too high, you are giving dieting guidance. Companies and local governments that fail to meet requirements will receive financial penalties.
8a9MZ TIL The Blue Hole is a 120-metre-deep sinkhole, five miles north of Dahab, Egypt. Its nickname is the “divers’ cemetery”. Divers in Dahab say 200 died in recent years. Many of those who died were attempting to swim under the arch. This challenge is to scuba divers what Kilimanjaro is to hikers.
e08OD TIL people who read books have a 20% less mortality rate, and live longer lives than those who do not read books.
AD45a TIL the world's most isolated ice caves are in Hawaii. They are frozen all year round with permanent ice.
5YX1P TIL that when the former child actor who voiced Charlie Brown was sentenced for stalking his ex-girlfriend and threatening her plastic surgeon, the judge told him "don't be a blockhead"