TIL Mel B of the Spice Girls had a portion of a tattoo with her ex husband’s name surgically removed from her body, sealed it in a jar, and kept it on top of her wardrobe.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/entertainment/mel-b-tattoo
TIL you should brush your teeth before breakfast or wait 30 minutes after to protect enamel
https://www.healthline.com/health/should-you-brush-your-teeth-before-or-after-breakfast
TIL After playing chess for 14 hours a day for months in preperation for the chess world championship, Bobby Fischer was asked what he was going to do now that he had won, his response was: "My goal now is to play more chess, I haven't played enough chess"
https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/pawn-sacrifice/
TIL since 2011 hourly labor costs in Mexico have been lower than China
https://tacna.net/manufacturing-in-mexico/difference-vs-china/
TIL SSRI medications lower testosterone "of the six SSRIs tested, all of them decreased testosterone levels and increased the ratio of estrogen to testosterone"
https://www.healthline.com/health/depression/do-antidepressants-lower-testosterone#short-answer
TIL that in 2022, Belle Isle Park in Detroit had to temporary close their giant slide due to people going down the slide at excessive speeds. Before closing, video of children going up and down the bumps on the slide and slamming back down were captured and posted on social media that scared some.
https://www.wxyz.com/news/video-belle-isle-closes-giant-slide-over-speed-issues-plans-to-make-…
TIl - The dragonfly is natures most proficient hunter with an average success rate of 95%.
https://biology.ucdavis.edu/news/how-dragonflies-catch-prey-midair
TIL The Chequered flag originated in a road rally, in 1906. S.Walden divided the courses into sections; the time check at the end of each section was performed by race officials called "checkers". These checkers used Chequered flags to identify themselves.
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_flags
TIL that 47% of all internet traffic came from bots in 2022
https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/99339-47-of-all-internet-traffic-came-from-bots-in-2022
TIL that Elephant Shrews were thought related to shrews and given the name Elephant to describe their long noses. It was later found that they are more closely related to Elephants than Shrews.
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/short-eared-elephant-shrew
TIL how one of just two XB-70 supersonic bomber prototypes was lost during a 1966 photo-op for GE
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/Features/2008/XB-70.html
TIL one of every five mammals living on the planet is a bat.
https://defenders.org/wildlife/bats
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15nsvzj/til_one_of_every_five_mammals_living_on_the/
TIL that in 2022, Bell Isle Park in Detroit had to temporary close their giant slide due to people going down the slide at excessive speeds. Before closing, video of children going up and down the hills of the slide and slamming back down were captured and posted on social media that scared some
https://www.wxyz.com/news/video-belle-isle-closes-giant-slide-over-speed-issues-plans-to-make-…
TIL that the 2022 Tonga Volcanic eruption shot 146 metric megatons of water 36 miles up into the stratosphere where it still remains and that it may now push the Earths temp above 1.5°C temporarily.
https://eos.org/articles/tonga-eruption-may-temporarily-push-earth-closer-to-1-5c-of-warming
TIL that Mr. Feeny (William Daniels, was also the voice of KITT in Knight Rider
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Daniels
TIL There is an entire album of mcgruff the crime dog song McGruff - McGruff's Smart Kids Album
https://www.discogs.com/release/9842216-McGruff-McGruffs-Smart-Kids-Album
TIL three out of the first four United States Presidents passed away on July 4th, America's independence day.
TIL that AI-Generated Artwork Sold for $432,500 at Auction, Blurring Lines Between Creativity and Technology
TIL: In 2007, a movie about a pregnant teen was released called Juno, but a male actor named Elliot Page was cast as the pregnant teen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(film)
