TIL Super Hurricanes (hypercanes) form only in waters of 120F or higher. These extend into the stratosphere and will destroy the planets ozone layer if they're not stopped quickly.
TIL that the US, Turkey, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Argentina, and the UK are all within 10 percentage points when it comes to obesity rates
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/obesity-rates-by-country
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/152k3qa/til_that_the_us_turkey_new_zealand_canada/
TIL male kangaroos have two penises that sit below the balls, females have 3 vaginas, and in the process of trying to find out why/ how this works, I learned echidnas have 4 penises but only 2 can get hard at once (wtf even is nature!?)
TIL that Penguins, Chimpanzees and Capuchin monkeys practice prositution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_among_animals
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/152k0zj/til_that_penguins_chimpanzees_and_capuchin/
TIL that during his development, Nintendo almost made Waluigi an evil version of Princess Peach named "Warupichi," but he ultimately became the evil Luigi because Wario needed a doubles partner in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64
TIL More than one million Chinese soldiers crossed the Yalu River into North Korea during the Korean War and soldiers stayed for years afterwards to help with reconstruction and aid. However, the Chinese were told to avoid any close connection with North Koreans and not to mingle or make friends
https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-veterans-recall-korean-war/1709732.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/152ixeq/til_more_than_one_million_chinese_soldiers/
TIL More than one million Chinese soldiers crossed the Yalu River into North Korea during the Korean War. However, the Chinese were told to avoid any close connection with North Koreans and not to mingle or make friends
https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-veterans-recall-korean-war/1709732.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/152ium8/til_more_than_one_million_chinese_soldiers/
TIL 30 minutes or less is loosely based off of a true story
TIL Stress hormones can inhibit a process called anoikis, which kills diseased cells and prevents them from spreading. Chronic stress also increases the production of certain growth factors that increase your blood supply. This can speed the development of cancerous tumors.
TIL: You can treat Lyme’s disease by stinging yourself with bees
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/152hz2e/til_you_can_treat_lymes_disease_by_stinging/
TIL Cemeteries historically have been segregated
https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/History-of-Arlington-National-Cemetery
TIL about the Mapogo lion coalition of 6 male lions that took over 70K hectares, which was ruled by 8 different prides and killing over 100 lions in the process. They completely changed the entire Sabi Sands ecosystem.
TIL astronaut Buzz Aldrin wears multiple watches because 2 have sentimental value. They are Omega watches, and were apparently the first watches taken to the moon.
https://www.distractify.com/p/why-does-buzz-aldrin-wear-two-watches
TIL above Olive Riley, a blogger who posted over 100 videos on Youtube documenting her life through WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII. She was born in 1899 and died in 2008. Her videos are still public today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Riley
TIL The Fed can create money "out of thin air" by buying an asset from a financial institution and paying for it with money it simply creates.
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/082515/who-decides-when-print-money-us.asp
TIL USA Military American Skull Flag Men's Patriotic Apparel
https://ukhunry.shop/usa-military-american-skull-flag-mens-patriotic-apparel
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/152g4gr/til_usa_military_american_skull_flag_mens/
TIL Toronto Zoo asked visitors to stop showing cellphone videos to the animals
TIL that rents have been rising so much because of a software called YieldStar, which tells landlords the maximum they can raise the rent and profit
TIL that the largest prime number discovered as of June 2023 contains 24,862,048 digits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_known_prime_number
