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TIL that the time difference between the release date of GTA: San Andreas (2004) and now is longer than the time difference between the release date and the time the plot was set in (1992)

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N7Vr6 TIL that Diphenhydramine, sold under brand names Benadryl, Nytol, ZZZQuil, Unisom, and others can cause extremely realistic hallucinations and confusion at high doses. Most users report hallucinations of spiders, conversations with people that aren't there, and a lingering impending sense of doom.
QZwM TIL: During World War 2 many Black and White soldiers had children with German women. Those children of Black and White soldiers that were raised in Germany showed no discernible IQ differences unlike in the United States where there is a wide gap between Black and White IQs.
jPXN TIL A Greek taxi driver has the highest recorded mileage to date (2.9 million miles) on a Mercedes. He donated his car to the museum, and was gifted a new car.
WRkB TIL that many Japanese families were torn apart during World War 2. The radio program Missing Persons, which reunited families, ran from June 1946 until March 1962.
9YyL6 TIL That the inventor of the IQ test, Alfred Binet, did not created it with the intention of measuring intelligence. Instead, his intention was to classify the "mental age" of kids and indetify the ones that weren't developing themselves well in school and sort of "rescue" them