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TIL Sea Lions are considered to have the foulest-smelling flatulence of any animal, "by far"

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xGxo TIL In 1996, a socialist bicycle sharing experiment, the “Orange Bike Project” organized in Tucson, Arizona was terminated after only five months of operation due to the 80 bright orange bikes, available for anyone, had all been intentionally damaged or stolen within a few weeks.
e0VDk TIL In 1986 a trained analytic philosopher penned an essay on Bullshit. Bullshit attempts to manipulate listener and is indifferent to lies or facts. Bullshit is vague whereas lies are specific and uncoverable.
R5RN8 TIL that critics of FDR’s New Deal called it the “Jew Deal” because they felt it was “Jewish or Communist” inspire.
KX0G TIL that Koko the “talking” gorilla has allegedly sexually harassed female zoo employees
WkwBY TIL during a gunfight between an off-duty sheriff’s deputy and two suspects, the deputy managed to fire a bullet straight down the barrel of one of the suspects guns. Investigators later said it was a “one in a billion shot”. One suspect was shot in the leg and arrested, while the other got away.