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grdPX TIL of the Fiat Mio: a futuristic concept car based on the ideas of thousands of people around the world. Even then the car was never produced
QJ5ga TIL about: Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercia in 10th Century England who fought Vikings and Won.
XEXBD TIL Disney owns 12 of the 32 highest-grossing media franchises of all-time
vwPK TIL that Greece has been in a state of default for about half its modern history as a sovereign state
kJWn5 TIL about Frazer Lockhart and the Rocky Flats Cleanup Team. Rocky Flats was a nuclear weapons production facility with enough radioactive waste to fill 90 miles of rail cars. Frazer Lockhart, a DoE employee cleaned it up $30 billion under budget and 60 years ahead of schedule.