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TIL Gordie Howe played 32 seasons of professional hockey in a career that spanned 5 decades

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rj8w TIL Reebok’s first major ad campaign featured two obscure decathletes.They were features in several Super Bowl ads in 1991. The ads pitted them to see who was the worlds greatest athlete and who would win the Olympic title. After being made superstars, one failed to qualify and the other got bronze
pY7dG TIL that chickens lay eggs through the same opening in their bodies that poop comes out of
0dGPL TIL that Vanguard 1, an early US satellite, was the first practical use for solar panels. Leading us to all the solar power we utilize today.
5Y86r TIL that life is too short. Live it! Risk and reward, balance those things!
EgO7P TIL Prairie dogs have the most complex language system ever observed in animals, and their memories are terrific. When they warn each other of approaching danger, they'll tell each other that "this is the coyote that won't approach the den" or "hide away from this coyote."