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TIL that Antarctica used to be a rainforest

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yVBgv TIL about "The Game"—a mental challenge where thinking about it means losing, and each loss must be announced. Its origins are uncertain but may date back to 1977.
58Vp TIL a household income of $400,000 puts you in the top 1% of earners in the United States
VMYwQ TIL a 2011 investigation found Disney’s best-selling “Cars” toys were being made in a factory in China that used child labour and forced staff to do three times the amount of overtime allowed by law
7rlAL TIL At the request of the police Currys PC World withdrew a £750 printer from sale after detectives revealed it could produce replica EU driving licences.
oBYK8 TIL Some scholars believe smiling was an invention of the Middle Ages and point out that not all cultures today use smiles to show happiness. This challenges the popular notion of 7 universal facial expressions.