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TIL Marvel pays Stan Lee $1 million per year for life

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oRnRK TIL that the time period in which dinosaurs lived is so vast, there were dinosaur fossils when dinosaurs were still alive.
kJxRg TIL Roller Coasters were invented in 1884 to save Americans from Satanic temptations, following the uprise of saloons and brothels.
d09d TIL A single sperm contains 37.5 MB of DNA information. One ejaculation represents a data transfer of 15,875 GB.
a45o TIL there is a legend that flexible glass was invented around 20AD, when a craftsman presented Tiberius Caesar a bowl of this glass, whereupon he threw it to the ground and it did not shatter. Fearing the implications of such a material, the Caesar had the man beheaded, the formula now lost forever.
5YvxB TIL that boxer Tony Galento would avoid bathing before a fight so he could distract opponents with his body odor.