Y7AVG TIL that some of us have mostly been saying the time wrong in America . From March to November it's EDT(Eastern Daylight Time) , not the EST like a lot of us use. Most of Arizona is always on MST which is the same as PDT right now.
BgPLL TIL some white blood cells fight infections by suicidally bursting open and casting their own DNA like a net to trap pathogens.
rNZJe TIL About Bibijako Dive, a holiday celebrated by Romani people in honor of the folk saint Bibi, a Christianized version of the Hindu goddess Shashthi
NXKLE TIL all humans have the "Sonic Hedgehog" gene
l7rpN TIL that the famous headphone jack plug exists since the 19 century
8enLK TIL Neuroplastogens are a new class of brain drugs designed to rapidly rewire neural circuits, even without the hallucinogenic effects of psychedelics.
P1o4n TIL about the theft of the visitors sleeping bag from T.E Lawrence's cottage Clouds Hill. His own sleeping bag was marked "meum" and the bag for a guest, "tuum". Its disappearance coincided with the release of the film Lawrence of Arabia, In 2001, it was returned anonymously from Belgium.
epXZk TIL that Spritz came from Veneto, Italy during the 1800s when the area was under Austrian rule. The newcomers(perhaps German speakers) asked their local hosts to spray water into their wines due to the wines having high alcohol content.
VBD6Q TIL As of 2024, 'Caravan' by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington is the most covered song in history, with over 500 versions published.
X0yX6 TIL the phrase "drinking the Kool-Aid", although associated with the Jonestown murder-suicides, actually originated in the Tom Wolfe book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" about Ken Kesey and the "Merry Pranksters". Jonestown actually used Flavor Aid.
OGdx6 TIL the slang colloquialism "groovy", while popularly identified with the hippie movement of the '60s, actually originated in the Jazz Age of the '20s as a way to refer to the properties of music or its recording medium.
69xL7 TIL in 2020 during the demolition of a failed casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the City tried to auction off the right to push the detonator button with proceeds going to charity. However, the landowner's lawyers found out about the auction and demanded it be cancelled.