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TIL Grimace from McDonald's is an enormous taste bud

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oBnOo TIL lung cancer in young people (50 or younger) is actually more common in non-smokers than in smokers, and is instead linked mainly to genetics.
v1V78 TIL an eagle stole a rabbit from a fox, carrying both into the air as the fox fought to hold onto his meal. The mid-flight tug of war over the rabbit was caught on tape by wildlife photographer Kevin Ebi in Washington State's San Juan Island National Historical Park.
oRWyo TIL the 2024 Summer Olympics will include a breakdancing competition.
l5rr TIL there is a copy of The Mona Lisa that is believed to have been created at the same time as da Vinci’s. Known as the Prado Mona Lisa, it is far better preserved and gives a better understanding of how the original might have appeared.
X1W6 TIL Medical doctor Donald Unger cracked the knuckles of his left hand every day for sixty years, but he did not crack the knuckles of his right hand. No arthritis or other ailments formed in either hand, and he was awarded 2009’s Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine