grkV9 TIL many dimmable LEDs don’t actually get dimmer—they stay at full brightness but switch on and off extremely fast. The brightness you see is just the ratio of ON vs OFF time (duty cycle), not a change in light intensity
LQJvp TIL that the concept of 'Space Marines' in fiction is almost a century old, and was first featured in a 1932 short story "Captain Brink of the Space Marines" by author Bob Olsen.
b6NRp TIL the Mongol conquest of China was an extremely long and arduous process, taking approximately 75 years. The conquest of the Song Dynasty alone took nearly half a century. The Khan died during the conquest, leading to the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire and altering the course of human history.
QNAvL TIL Mauritanian brides wear black
ANErl TIL in 1990 video game designer Shinji Mikami applied to both Capcom and Nintendo, and they held interviews with him on the same day. He chose Capcom, thinking he had no chance with Nintendo. He first designed several Game Boy and SNES titles until 1993, when he was picked to direct Resident Evil.
yV4J8 TIL that every US president for the past 52 years was either named after their father or named their son after themselves
m1orv TIL Heroin is a name created and trademarked by Bayer.
DQZEY TIL there's a polar bear jail in Canada for troublesome individuals.
vPAmK TIL that "Wheel of Fortune" co-host Vanna White has worn a different outfit on every episode since her debut in 1982, totaling over 8,000 unique outfits to date
J1GvB TIL That "Iron Fist" Tekken is real, Japan's Best Fighter
pYpEG TIL: Samuel Morse became locally famous as "The Hungry Man of Essex" after a medical mystery left him with an incredible appetite.
GAdvg TIL that the oldest found written melody is the Hurrian hymn no 6 that was found somewhere in (what is today) Syria.