TIL that England expelled all Jews via decree in 1290 and just recently apologized.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Expulsion
TIL that since Herbert Hoover became President of the US in 1929, 7 out of 16 (43.7%) presidents were left handers. The general rate for lefties in the US is 1 out of 10 (10%).
TIL there is a village in India. Where people believe that they are descendants of soldiers of Alexander's army. And they are last pure aryan blood tribe. Many women from Germany and europe travel there to get pregnant and have a baby with aryan genes.
https://menglish.tupaki.com/article/Pregnancy-Tourism-connects-Leh-to-foreign-countries/112718
TIL Apple comprises 13% of US GDP with a market cap of 3 trillion dollars, greater than the GDP of the entire United Kingdom.
TIL seafood mislabelling occurs in 25-70%+ of retail products for popular species (red snapper, wild salmon, Atlantic cod). One study found snapper and tuna had the highest mislabeling rates (87% of snapper, 59% of tuna).
TIL that the word "hello" is younger than the United States. It was first attested to in writing in 1826.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/153jb4i/til_that_the_word_hello_is_younger_than_the/
TIL Macaulay Culkin held an internet poll asking what he should legally change his middle name to, and the winner was “Macaulay Culkin”, so he legally changed his name and it’s been Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin ever since.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaulay_Culkin
TIL in 1987 the US Army Corps of Engineers completed the Pikeville Cut-Through, the second-largest earth-moving operation in the western hemisphere, second to the Panama Canal. It's a 1.1km long 4-lane highway cut-through in Pikeville Kentucky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikeville_Cut-Through
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/153iw3j/til_in_1987_the_us_army_corps_of_engineers/
TIL that the Glen Campbell song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You", was about his future after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It ended up being the last song he recorded.
TIL Most Planets Don't Orbit Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5gbVonx37Q
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/153hh1u/til_most_planets_dont_orbit_stars/
Today I learned that Rogaine is fatally toxic to pets, even after it has dried (I’m a vet tech and experienced a sad case this week)
https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/pet-owner-blog/warning-minoxidil/
TIL that Nabisco is short for the somewhat dryly named National Biscuit Company.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nabisco
TIL Penn Jillette graduated from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College.
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Jillette
TIL The car scene in Wayne's World (1992) almost used a Guns N' Roses song instead of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.
TIL The car scene in Wayne's World (1992) almost used "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses instead of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.
https://loudwire.com/waynes-world-car-scene-guns-n-roses-song-queen-bohemian-rhapsody/
TIL that Tupac Shakur was not pronounced dead at the scene of his shooting in Las Vegas. He was taken to a hospital, where he died six days later.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-tupac-shakur-obit-20160913-snap-story.html
TIL that tea is most popular drink in the world other than plain water. More tea is consumed worldwide than all other manufactured drinks combined (including coffee, soda, and alcohol).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea
TIL the Ancient Greeks believed that the North Pole was actually a sunny and temperate sanctuary called Hyperborea, which was blessed by Apollo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperborea
TIL that the inverted Latin cross often used today as an anti-Christian symbol originated from the death of Saint Peter, who, when sentenced to death, requested to be crucified upside-down as he believed that he was unworthy of being killed in the same way as Jesus Christ.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Saint_Peter
