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TIL Not Using Turn Signals Causes More Accidents than Distracted Driving

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rNeJ0 TIL The longest ever recorded pop song is “Apparente Libertà,” by Giancarlo Ferrari, which is 76 minutes, 44 seconds long
0dZpj TIL 1968 Night of the Living Dead premiered in the afternoon when children and parents often attended. Thinking the movie would be 'delightfully horror', by the time the movie ended, the theatre and children were still, with some crying, for many, it was the first time ever seeing the hero die
Bg1EK TIL the Enchanted Chapel in Seattle, WA, USA has had four family generations of officiants who've married 10,000+ couples since 1964. They've also married couples on mountaintops, roller coasters, airplanes, bathtubs, and in a hot-air balloon.
ADEm4 TIL about whale fall. Where a dead dead whale or other sea creature falls to the bottom of deep ocean floor and creates an otherworldly feast bonanza for the bottom dwelling animals and nourishing a whole ecosystem
xVL0o TIL that Teflon is the the only known material to which geckos cannot stick on