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TIL Qatar citizens get free electricity, water, and phone lines

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XExwD Age-related vision loss prevented by exercise in an experimental study.
wLgeW TIL During the 2018 World Cup, Burger King released an advertisement promising to give a cash prize of $47,000 and a lifetime supply of whoppers to any Russian woman that got pregnant by a World Cup player to ensure Russia's success.
Z8dGv TIL The Jewel Royale is the most expensive chess see ever made. costing $1.3 million it features gold platinum and precious stones.
b9rd4 TIL that the term ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan. It was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly (zipping along) when senders use the code in the postal address.
wBEM TIL Norway has underwater drones which fire lasers in order to kill lice on salmon