M7pxa TIL IO Interactive secured the rights to make the next James Bond video game by simply presenting a Hitman game level with Daniel Craig's head replacing Agent 47's head.
j6bMa TIL Germany introduced a tax on sparkling wine in 1902 to finance the nation's imperial war fleet. The tax is still being levied, with the government collecting $385 million from sparkling wine taxes in 2022
0dxZL TIL the Arabic graffiti in the show Homeland were negative messages towards the show itself.
grbOb TIL that in a legal battle over the discovery of Otzi the Iceman, one claimant told the court she had spat on the 5,300-year-old mummy to “mark it” with her DNA upon her alleged discovery of it.
LQG1P TIL about the Theory of multiple intelligences which posits human intelligence is not a singular general ability (g-factor) but are very distinct modalities. Musicianship, athleticism, linguistics, etc, are all forms of intelligence.
b6b7Q TIL the disco band Chic has the most nominations (11) for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame without receiving enough votes to be inducted.
QN5We TIL about the mysterious 2-mile-tall naked figure called the Marree Man that appeared in the Australian outback in 1998, carved into the earth with precise GPS mapping. Its origins remain unknown, sparking theories from artists to military involvement. The geoglyph is still visible from space
ANBkd TIL tha McDonalds stopped selling salads in the USA in 2020
yV9KM TIL a study found that a petri dish exposed to public bathroom air for two minutes with the hand dryers off only grew one colony of bacteria, or none at all, whereas petri dishes exposed to the hot air from a hand dryer for 30 seconds grew up to 254 colonies of bacteria.
m1bYR TIL: Winston Churchill (1963) and Mother Teresa (1996) are the only two people ever granted honorary U.S. citizenship while alive.
DQk4V TIL according to a 2022 survey, 90% of millennial would be willing to buy a house sight unseen
vPxvL Til that Matt Hannon, star of cult movie Samurai Cop, took part in an armed robbery stealing a Rembrandt painting from televangelist Gene Scott's University Cathedral in Los Angeles. He was later arrested and sent to prison.