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TIL: there is a breed of cows with blue coats. Latvian blue cow

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6E7yJ TIL Pompeii had snack bars that are likened to fast food restaurants. A 2,000-year-old uncovered thermopolium features colorful frescoes - one is of a sea nymph, but the other is of a worker in a snack-bar environment and is thought to be an early form of advertising.
J1LJB TIL the US government utilized weather warfare during Vietnam
rR6o4 TIL that Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek swapped shows in 1997 for April Fools Day, with Trebek hosting Wheel of Fortune and Sajak hosting Jeopardy! It's like watching a parallel universe
N6d1 TIL André the Giant was once in a Montreal bar when four drunken men started to taunt him. André finally got fed up and chased the four men out into the parking lot. When the four men got into their car, André simply grabbed the car, turned it over onto its roof with the four men inside, and left.
GY894 TIL super weaners are elephant seal pups who, in an attempt to slow their weaning, will steal milk from nursing female elephant seals ("milk thieves"), or be adopted by another nursing mother elephant seal ("double mother-sucklers"). Super weaners are usually male, and may weigh up to 600 lbs.