BgkZK TIL that an estimated 1 in 10 people have “inverse salt sensitivity”: if they eat less salt, their blood pressure actually increases
rNv5y TIL King Richard III was buried without a funeral and his gravesite was discovered for the first time in 2012.
NXD0Q TIL that the United States Coast Guard has only one member, SM1 Douglas Munro, who has been awarded the Medal of Honor. SM1 Munro used his Higgins boat as a shield to protect Marines being evacuated during the Battle of Guadalcanal, dying in the process.
l7d15 TIL The Classic Interstellar Black Hole doesn't look like this because there's multiple rings - it's 1 horizontal ring that is "lensed" to look like a separate vertical halo.
8eVMX TIL about Sarajevo Safari, where wealthy foreign men paid huge monetary fees to hunt civilians in the city with sniper rifles for entertainment purposes during the Bosnian war.
P1y0O TIL that Snow leopards and other Leopards are not directly related. Snow leopards are closer to tigers than they are to other leopards.
epYe4 TIL that action adventure series The A-Team and obstacle course game show Wipeout (both the original 2008 and 2021 reboot versions) were both produced and filmed either partially or fully in the same place: Sable Ranch.
VB90p TIL that irukandji syndrome, a potentially lethal condition caused by the sting of the box jellyfish, was proven to be caused by the jellyfish by a physician who allowed one to sting himself and his 9 year old son
X0R7r TIL Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mist was the first feature-length computer animation film created exclusively using motion capture. The film grossed $29,245 domestically.
OGm0g TIL hailstones can grow larger than grapefruits; the largest recorded hailstone weighed nearly 1 kg.
69OdW TIL that human teeth may have evolved from ancient fish armor. Hundreds of millions of years ago, fish had sensory features on their exoskeletons that contained dentine, the material that makes our teeth sensitive today.
woQ88 TIL that in 1915, the now defunct REO Motor Company began producing a model of truck called the Speedwagon, which is where the band got its name from