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TIL the color of a mirror is actually green because a mirror reflects a little more green light than any other color.

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Mev7a TIL that Pumpkin is not a vegetable, scientifically it is a berry.
6LJw TIL that there is a fan theory that argues that Macauley Culkin’s character “Kevin” from Home Alone grew up to be Jigsaw from the saw films.
b9E4j TIL the Atomium is a world famous monument in Belgium thats image was so tightly controlled, that until 2015 organizations posting photographs of it online were being threatened with legal action for simply publishing photos.
8aY1Z TIL — $99,999,999.99 is the largest check the Internal Revenue Service will accept. Multiple checks must be written for tax payments of $100 million or more.
RE77 TIL if you receive a blood transfusion with the wrong blood type, a very strong feeling that something bad is about to happen will occur within a few minutes.