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TIL TV physicist Brian Cox was also the keyboard player for D:Ream

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nWnkr TIL that the film Independence Day (1996) still holds the record for the ‘most miniature model work to appear in one film’. The record is now expected to hold forever due to CGI advances.
ZYG4 TIL there is an island called North Sentinel Island, and it is home to an small, ancient tribal civilization called the Sentinelese. They are one of the last groups on the planet to be virtually untouched by modern civilization and are known to murder those who get too close to their island.
kOY11 TIL: 74% of mothers and 70% of fathers reported preferential treatment toward one child.
dDXKB TIL that the fictional band Mouse Rat from Parks and Recreation released an album in 2021 which includes songs such as 5000 Candles in the Wind.
woMg1 TIL, of a 1943 smog storm in Los Angeles which came so suddenly and was so intense, the noxious fumes were thought to be an enemy gas attack