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TIL That the loudest sound ever recorded was the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883. It was so loud that it ruptured the eardrums of people 40 miles away, traveled around the world four times, and was clearly heard from 3,000 miles away.

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KODZE TIL that for 14 years nobody on Sesame Street would believe Big Bird when he would try to tell them about Mr. Snuffleupagus. After an increase in child abuse cases, producers decided to make him "real" so children could see that adults will believe them when they have something important to say.
Y7mwG TIL about "The Two-Hour Rule" something the old Hollywood studios put in thier actor's contract stating they had to be within a two-hour drive of Los Angeles during production. This rule put Palm Springs on the map as a popular getaway to the stars.
yQAj8 TIL about Sea Spiders. There are over 1,000 species, and they have a leg span ranging from 1 mm to nearly 3 ft. As they age, their exoskeleton becomes riddled with small holes – enabling them to slowly grow in size.
woD5o TIL - Trebuchets are actually just a classification of catapult and no definition of catapult specifies how any particular design is meant to store or release potential energy, meaning it's never wrong to call a trebuchet a catapult.
gMkg9 TIL the Antikythera Shipwreck of the First Century BCE, discovered by Greek sponge divers, yielded artifacts including art, jewelry, a statue of Herakles, coins, but most importantly the Antikythera Mechanism, interlocking gears that computed the movements of the sun, the moon, and eclipse dates