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Today I Learned How To Build A Natural Shelter

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N7LmP TIL 2% of people have a defective ABCC11 gene, aka their sweat doesn't smell
9wlNX TIL Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions in the atmosphere, like rivers in the sky, that transport massive amounts of water vapor from of the tropics roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. They can unleash heavy rain and cause severe flooding.
J16XQ TIL: The U.S. Airforce assigns aircraft to be "Wild Weasels". These aircraft act as bait to draw anti-aircraft fire, allowing the squad to locate and destroy the anti-aircraft batteries. Their motto is "YGBSM" or "You Gotta Be Sh*ttin' Me".
9YPnB TIL Australian school authorities once accidentally gave a standardized history exam asking students to analyze a painting of the Bolshevik Revolution with a giant robot in the background. When apologizing, they promised "new guidelines governing the use of internet-sourced material in exams."
wLMk7 TIL the first popular band to release an album on CD was ABBA, with its 1982 CD release of their album Visitors.