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TIL that Apple does not allow villains to use iPhones onscreen in TV and movies - something to watch out for from now on!

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x4Bb TIL that Google’s first interactive doodle, Pac-man, was so popular that it cost the global economy an estimated 122 million dollars in lost productivity
4XjK6 TIL Indigenous Australians were the first people to bake bread. Around 15,000 years earlier than Egyptians
VMk5m TIL Phantom traffic jams (queues of traffic not caused by vehicle collisions or roadworks) are the result of a single driver braking suddenly, causing each successive car to break to a greater degree, creating a wave of stopped or slowed traffic.
Z4yv TIL that the UK’s porn filter architect was arrested on child porn offences.
0Y8M TIL the hoover dam is expected to last 10,000 years