nWyyP TIL that Michael Crichton, the author of “Jurassic Park” (1990), was a workaholic who followed what he called "a structured approach" of ritualistic self-denial, where, while writing a book, he’d rise increasingly early each day. At one point, Crichton would go to bed at 10 PM and wake up at 2 AM.
4kmmJ TIL Yang Kyoungjong, a Korean soldier, fought in three different armies during World War II. Drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army, he was captured and compelled to fight in the Red Army, then captured again and forced to join the German Wehrmacht, making him a veteran of three different armies.
x677g TIL: The name “Six Flags" is a reference to the flags of the six different nations that governed Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America, and the Confederate States of America.
epyy5 TIL that adult tigers only have 30 teeth, 16 teeth in the top jaw and only 14 in the lower jaw.
VBOO4 TIL Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis is exactly the way it was on April 4th, 1968, complete with bed and food tray, when Martin Luther King was shot. Room 306 was never rented again and preserved as The National Civil Rights Museum
X0VVj TIL: Before the invention of the paint tube in 1841, oil paints used to be stored in pig bladders. The artist would prick the bladder and squeeze out the amount of paint they needed.
OG447 TIL Lady Jane Dudley, known as the "Nine Days' Queen," briefly held the throne of England and Ireland from July 10 to 19, 1553, before being executed.
6911m TIL that binge watchers are 98% more likely to suffer from poor sleep quality compared to those who did not identify as a binge viewer
woyy6 TIL that cigarette butts represent the most prevalent item of litter globally, with an estimated 4.5 trillion discarded annually. Each butt can take between 5 and 400 years to fully decompose.
R5WW9 TIL the official implementation of Daylight Saving Time had nothing to do with farmers. It was about fuel conversation during WW1 and was originally known as "War Time".
W7XXd TIL: Due to the Flint Michigan crisis, a study dubbed the Truth Fairy Project was done on baby teeth and the exposure to lead. Baby teeth provides easy to use info on lead levels. This led to evidence that there is no such thing as a "safe" threshold of exposure.
9w557 TIL most animals can see UV light — humans being blind to it is the exception not the rule.