VBb7D TIL that 35% of Royal Australian Navy casualties during WW2 are attributed to a single ship, the sinking of HMAS Sydney in a mismatched battle versus the German merchant raider Kormoran
X0baR TIL that the pinkie finger gets it's name from the Dutch word 'pink', which simple means "little finger".
OGvl1 TIL that a mummified monkey was found in the rafters of the original Boston Garden during its demolition in 1998
69wmw TIL the American roller coaster was invented to save Americans from Satan. In 1884, LaMarcus Thompson built the first coaster at Coney Island specifically because the area was filled with brothels and saloons he wanted to draw people away from.
wo4x7 TIL some bacteria ‘eat’ electricity — Certain microbes can metabolise electrons directly from metals, using them instead of organic food. This challenges traditional views of metabolism and suggests life can thrive in harsher conditions than thought.
R5yB1 TIL that camels originated in North America before migrating to Asia and Africa, with their human-hunted remains having been found in North-American sites as old as 18,000 years.
W7bZB TIL There is now more bot traffic than human traffic on the Internet
9wXDB TIL that putting spaces between words only started in the 7th century in Ireland
nWMLd TIL the Dujiangyan was originally constructed around 256 BC by the State of Qin and is part of the "three great hydraulic engineering projects of the Qin" for irrigation and flood control project which is still in use today.
4kWDb TIL Caesar salad was invented in a Tijuana, Mexico restaurant when a Fourth of July rush in 1924 depleted the kitchen's supplies. Chef Caesar Cardini, an Italian restauranteur, made do with what he had, adding the dramatic flair of table-side tossing by the chef.
x6n40 TIL that out of over 1,000 athletes sanctioned for doping violations in one study, only 1.4% appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and of those appeals, only ONE was filed by an athlete themselves
5VRDD TIL that there is an island (Santa Cruz del Islote) the size of a football (soccer) field with +800 people living on it