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TIL that drowning in fresh water is caused by a different mechanism than drowning in salt water. Fresh water drowning causes cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation, while salt water drowning causes cardiac arrest due to increased blood viscosity and workload on the heart.

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vPpj8 TIL Niʻihau, known as the Forbidden Isle, is a Hawaiian island completely owned by the Robinson family. The island only has 84 inhabitants, is mostly closed-off to tourists, and was once considered as the United Nations headquarters.
4rwJ TIL ‘No Animals Were Harmed’ only applies while film is actually recording
kOMl5 TIL Almaty, Kazakhstan was the close runner up for hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics. It was beaten out by only 4 votes(44 to 40).
x6jgb TIL Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt presented a 14 gram lunar rock sample sealed in a clear container the size of a pickle jar to the White House in 2018 to mark Space Policy Directive 1, which directs NASA to return humans to the moon
awBBZ TIL Douglas Tompkins, founder of The North Face Company, purchased and conserved over 2 million acres of land in Chile and Argentina, becoming one of world’s largest private land owners