TIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that Ferrari & Lamborghini no longer make cars with a manual transmission (www.motortrend.com)
TIL that his museum says that "Roald Dahl’s racism is undeniable and indelible" (sh.itjust.works)
This is the first I’ve heard of it, but here’s one of his infamous quotes:...
TIL that a high school in Pennsylvania issued an Apple MacBook to each of its 2,306 students, then remotely activated the webcams to spy on the students at home. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL the US Government once released its own video game to inform, educate, and recruit prospective soldiers. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that due to a disfunction of the ABCCII gene the majority of Asians have significantly less body odor than other populations (www.nbcnews.com)
TIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit. (www.rutgers.edu)
TIL Washing your hands with plain soap is probably better than using antibacterial soap in the long run (www.fda.gov)
TIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcy (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that Germany created synthetic butter from coal during WW2. It was described as nutritious and of agreeable taste. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there. (www.kidney.org)
TIL The United States was responsible for the majority of documented electoral interventions (en.m.wikipedia.org)
TIL the first movie about the sinking of the Titanic premiered only 31 days after she sank, and was written by an actress who survived the sinking, who also starred in it. She later had a nervous brea (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL the first movie about the sinking of the Titanic premiered only 31 days after she sank, and was written by an actress who survived the sinking, who also starred in it. She later had a nervous breakdown and never acted again.
TIL that in 2020, Burger King ran an advertising campaign featuring a picture of a moldy Whopper, to prove that their burgers are made without preservatives. This unconventional advertising method wor (www.cnbc.com)
TIL that in 2020, Burger King ran an advertising campaign featuring a picture of a moldy Whopper, to prove that their burgers are made without preservatives. This unconventional advertising method worked, increasing sales by 14% (according to multiple sources.)
TIL there's an Arkansas City in Kansas, and Arkansas is pronounced with the 's' so it rhymes with "Kansas" (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroom (people.howstuffworks.com)
TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL Morrissey wrote a novel that was published in 2015. It got a ton of negative reviews and won the "bad sex award for love scenes" that year. (www.theguardian.com)
The love scene in question:...
TIL that in Japan, they have a thing called "nagashi somen", which are restaurants with flowing troughs of water where noodles slide down and you have to catch them (tokyocheapo.com)
TIL Will Smith turned down Django because “Violence begets violence” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Originally coined as "invcel" around 1997 by a queer Canadian female student known as Alana, the spelling had shifted to "incel" by 1999 (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL: Edison shocked elephants with AC to disprove Tesla, trying to prove that DC is safer (science.howstuffworks.com)
TIL that in the early days of Fed-Ex, there was one time the company couldn't afford the fuel bill for their planes, so the founder took the company's last $5,000 and went to Las Vegas and won $27,000 (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL Cessna made a budget Fighter Jet using Cessna jet engines and other Cessna parts. (en.wikipedia.org)
The Scorpion is a tandem-seat twinjet aircraft with an all-composite material fuselage designed for light attack and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. Production costs were minimized by using common commercial off the shelf technology, manufacturing resources and components developed for Cessna’s...
