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TIL that the true last battle of the American Revolution was the Battle of Cuddalore... in India

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wdY8 TIL that the term “easter egg” originates from the the 1975 movie “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” when the cast had an Easter Egg hunt but most of the eggs went unfound. They can be seen throughout the film in various locations.
KO8w4 TIL that Tsunamis occasionally occur on Lake Michigan - often enough that experts are attempting to develop an early warning system for them. They have been deadly in the past.
OGJwa TIL that Jennifer Aniston turned down the offer of being a cast member on Saturday Night Live
9wxrr TIL The chorus from a Grammy-nominated Busta Rhymes song from 1997 came from a PSA ad aimed at kids about not eating random drugs
JYgv4 TIL Australian physician Barry Marshall was awarded a Nobel prize for infecting himself with bacterium Helicobacter pylori to show that it caused stomach ulcers, after he was ridiculed and declined funding for his hypothesis that bacteria could survive in acidic conditions