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TIL that the average reaction time of a fly is ~20-50 ms, compared to the average human reaction time of 250 ms

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DQKrD TIL females are more likely than males to intervene when they are a bystander to sexual violence
J1ngj TIL Former Montreal Canadiens organization player Blake Geoffrion’s father, grandfather, and great grandfather also played for the Canadiens.
A6Za TIL: the Indian state of Nagaland is over 75% baptist, a percentage higher than Texas or Mississippi, making it ‘the most baptist state in the world’.
eXkD TIL that the second verse of the Friends theme song contains the lyric “Your mother warned you there’d be days like these,” despite the first line of the song being “So no one told you life was gonna be this way”.
6VOw TIL That in the United States it is illegal to transport Pornographic Materials over state lines. And is punishable by fine or imprisonment up to five years.