TIL the green on the flag of Brazil represents the House of Braganza for Pedro I while the yellow represents the House of Habsburg for Empress Maria Leopoldina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Brazil
TIL moss grows in sloths' fur, and there's a moth species that only lives in sloth fur moss. Sloths make risky descents to defecate rather than defecating from the canopy so moths which lay eggs in their dung and make their moss more nutritious can live in their moss.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2013.3006
TIL that spoofing (finance) is when spoofers post a large number of limit orders on one side of the limit order book to make other market participants believe that there is pressure to sell or to buy the asset.
TIL 57 % Americans are scared that AI will take their Jobs
https://toolsarmy.com/57-americans-are-scared-that-ai-will-take-their-jobs/
TIL Glass can be spun into wool - soft like cotton, safe to the touch, and also bio-soluble (non-toxic in general). The fiberglass wool is usually used as house insulation and is resistant to mold. A 2'x4' batt of recycled fiberglass insulation is roughly equivalent to 15 recycled glass bottles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_wool
TIL CLoudFlare has been using lava lamps, double pendulums, and Geiger counters as an alternative source of randomness for encryption keys since at least 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudflare#History
TIL that an average enterprise toolkit accounts for from 67 to 177 software applications.
https://www.trinetix.com/insights/guide-to-reducing-enterprise-software-complexity
TIL that Chuck Mosley, who was the vocalist for Faith No More before they achieved mainstream success, had financial struggles later in life. In 2009, he released an album titled “Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Mosley
TIL Admiral Sir John Fisher proposed twice in 1904 and in 1908 to "Copenhagen" (pre-emptively strike) the Imperial German Navy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_German_Navy#1897_to_1906,_Tirpitz_and_the_Navy_bills
TIL about Simo Häyhä, a Finnish military WWII sniper who has the highest number of sniper kills in any major war (believed to be over 500). When asked if he had any remorse he replied "I did what I was told to do, as well as I could. There would be no Finland unless everyone else had done the same."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4
TIL: Famine is not a natural disaster — nearly all historical famines, such as the Irish Potato Famine, are primarily man-made.
TIL the co-founder of Alibaba group and the 4th richest chinese citizen, Jack Ma made a kung fu movie where he beats up kung fu legends
TIL that the most widely read newspaper in Cuba is called Granma.
TIL about Ruisreikäleipä, a Finnish flat rye bread with a hole in the middle. The hole has a functional purpose: the bread is hung from poles suspended just below the kitchen roof. This allows the bread to mature and dry in the warmth of the kitchen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruisreik%C3%A4leip%C3%A4
TIL - the Third-of-a-Pound Burger Failed Because the America People Didn't Understand Fractions
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/06/17/third-pound-burger-fractions/
TIL in 1993 a fan at a Chicago Bulls game won a shot to make a basket from half court for $1million and made it. The insurance company disqualified him because he played bball in college but the team paid him themselves and years later he met Michael Jordan who told him "we made them give it to you"
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36146138/million-dollar-shot-michael-jordan-chicago-bull…
TIL about the Toshka Project, which consists in the creation of a second Nile valley thanks to water from the Nasser Lake to increase the share of inhabited land of Egypt from 5% to 25%
TIL It is a good idea not to post a picture of your keys online, someone is able to make a copy of them and gain access to your property just from a picture, always blur your photo if you have to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohVT1nKZig
TIL because of its slow rotation one "day" on mercury equals 59 earth days. It orbits the Sun in a 3:2 spin–orbit resonance, rotating on its axis exactly three times for every two revolutions around the Sun meaning a day lasts twice as long as its year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15kek36/til_because_of_its_slow_rotation_one_day_on/
TIL that the city of Wausau, Wisconsin banned the throwing of snowballs from 1884 up to 2020.
