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TIL Porsche Makes a $2,100 Hookah called the, "2.1 Shisha."

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dMwQ TIL that Teddy Roosevelt once held the World Record for most hands shaken in one day, with 8510 at a White House Reception.
4n06 TIL: Sea Otters have a pouch that they use to keep their favorite rock.
pbKe TIL there was a councilman in Texas who wanted to remove a cat from the local library. Not only he was the only councilman who voted for the motion, he lost in his bid for reelection, and the mayor declared the cat “library cat for life.”
n04W TIL Stephen King’s considers his first novel is, “The Long Walk.” It’s about 100 boys in a grueling walking contest where the winner is the last one to survive a never ending walk.
x6Q61 TIL that the city of Harran, the city Dying Light set in, was a real city founded by Sumerians and their worship of Sumerian Moon God Sin survived til 11th century despite being the capital of several Islamic kingdoms. The city is largely abandoned after mongol conquest until 20th century.