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TIL until 1994, NFL officials used to signal the end of each quarter by shooting a starter pistol

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E1KBw TIL that the Fallout series is considered a spiritual successor to a 1988 game Interplay made called Wasteland.
JAoB TIL that emperors are recognized above kings in rank and that the only monarch in the entire world that is still officially acknowledged as ‘emperor’ is the emperor of Japan, Akihito.
QdJa TIL that babies in Iceland are routinely left outside, alone, in below-freezing temperatures…to nap.
78OGr TIL the Sheena Easton hit song 9 to 5 was released in the United States under the alternate title of Morning Train. This is because three months prior Dolly Parton had a hit song in the USA that was also called 9 to 5
BrWjd TIL Epilepsy kills as many people per year as Breast Cancer