4kZna TIL that in the town of Omachi, Japan, there are rice crackers with wasps in them.
x6ZjB TIL George Thorogood and The Destroyers undertook the 50/50 Tour of the US, wherein they performed 50 shows in 50 American states in 50 days.
ep96E TIL: teenage dirtbag is not by weezer
VBZAm TIL that One World Trade Center has a height of 1,776 feet, which is a reference to the year of U.S. declaration of independence.
X0KAP TIL 'Protect and Serve' is a Marketing Slogan -- It's Not Real
OGNP4 TIL in 2013 a California woman waited outside a county jail for several hours in order to slap someone because she wanted to go to jail so she could stop smoking. She "knew that the only way to quit smoking was to go to jail because they don't allow tobacco" She ended up being sentenced to 63 days.
69KW8 TIL that beekeeping can damage biodiversity. Studies on the Italian island of Giannutri showed that high densities of managed honeybees reduce the amount of nectar and pollen available for other pollinators.
wo7jP TIL that there is a Jackson Pollock painting that was confiscated by the Iranian Customs Services for money owed by the Iran's Ministery of Culture. The artwork was being returned to Iran after being on exhibit in Japan. The painting is estimated to be valued at $250 million.
R5YN4 TIL that through the early 20th century many people believed that the moon didn't actually rotate - including Nikola Tesla, who published a "proof" that the moon had no rotational energy.
W7aQN TIL about Carfentanil, it has approximately 4,000 times the potency of heroin, and 20 to 100 times the potency of fentanyl in animal studies. The toxicity of carfentanil has been compared to that of nerve gas, and raised concerns about its potential use as a chemical weapon.
9w16M Today i learned, Assamese, spoken in the Indian state of Assam, is the easternmost spoken Indo-European language while Portuguese, spoken in Portugal, is the western most spoke. Two places 9000 kms apart, connected by a shared history of language.
nWPao TIL Harold Butler, the founder of Denny’s, once tried to buy Caesar’s Palace but was accused of secretly offering shareholders illegal deals. The failed bid tanked Denny’s stock, wiping out his $80M fortune. He sold for just $3M and eventually retired to Mexico.