Today

rNVGM TIL the specifics about an ancient Greek sex position has been lost to history. In Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata, women going on a sex strike vow to never "assume the position of the lioness on the cheese grater."
BgbWe TIL South Australia has 80% of the world's opals
Y7jMd TIL that there is a mathematical theorem named after pizza.
Egb67 TIL Al Pacino's nickname is Cap.
kJ9wE TIL Professional poker player Annie Duke graduated from Columbia and has a Ph.D in Psychology from Penn.
78bZX TIL Venus has phases like the Moon
Zpj0Q TIL that Venus, despite not being the closest planet to the sun, is the hottest.
a8jBy TIL: Mushrooms are more closely related to animals than plants.
KYjl4 TIL that the LCVP landing craft, famously used in the D-Day landings, was made out of plywood. It was originally designed as swamp boat for trappers, oil drillers and (allegedly) liquor smugglers.
dDjrd TIL Walton Goggins, as a child, once caught a baseball in his mouth, knocking out his two front teeth. A year and a half later, he dove into a pool and hit the bottom, knocking out his two front teeth again.
oR5VL TIL The Sami people of Northern Europe use drones to track track and manage reindeer herds, blending traditional herding practices with modern technology.
16bZP TIL that Chex (originally Shredded Ralston) was created by pseudoscience writer Webster Edgerly as a food to give mind control powers to white people.