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TIL that "Gangster Spongebob" is actually an extremely popular rapper in Germany

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p8WnG TIL that Anna Bågenholm, who had one of the lowest survived body temperatures ever recorded in a human at 56.7 °F, avoided permanent brain damage because her brain was so cold when her heart stopped that her brain cells needed very little oxygen. Thus, her brain survived for a prolonged time.
ADN5x TIL Researchers suggest that the discovery of fire influenced human evolution. Fire allowed humans to cook their food, which made food easier to chew and digest—which, in turn, contributed to the reduction of human tooth and gut size.
00J5 TIL that Tom Cruise was originally slated to play Tony Stark/Iron Man but got dropped because he demanded that his face was visible at all times.
vrLr TIL that Tom Clancy actually had a good deal of input on the games that bear his name. Including making Sam Fisher fail if he kills a civilian.
D1XVJ TIL In 2014 two chemists co-authored a paper describing all those consumer products appropriately labelled as “chemical free”. The paper was blank.