TIL that Ryan O'Neal, the star of the classic movie Love Story, once had the same form of blood cancer as his love interest in the movie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_O%27Neal
TIL Bosnia and Herzegovina presidency has a three-member body instead of one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15o5a0g/til_bosnia_and_herzegovina_presidency_has_a/
TIL about a lawsuit: Allegedly in 2020, a woman noticed a foul smell when her son was in ICU but nurses could not locate the source. Then while her son was intubated and on a respirator, a pipe mishap above the ceiling caused the spilling of hundreds of gallons of human wastewater on her and her son
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/head-to-toe-mother-son-sue-after-being-covered-in-huma…
TIL that not all food allergies induce anaphylaxis or produce immediate symptoms - a certain class of allergic reaction called "Non-IgE-mediated food allergy" causes symptoms similar instead to food poisoning, often not for several hours after a meal has been eaten
https://www.rch.org.au/uploadedFiles/Main/Content/allergy/Non%20IgE%20Food%20Allergy.pdf
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15o4jsa/til_that_not_all_food_allergies_induce/
TIL: The Netherlands gives Canada 20,000 tulips every year as a thank you for protecting the Dutch royal family in ww2
TIL that some employers use military-grade surveillance tools originally developed for the Pentagon and the CIA to track staff behavior, emotions, fatigue, work intensity, and productivity.
https://thetalkingmachines.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/ssrn-id3887097.pdf
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15o3xib/til_that_some_employers_use_militarygrade/
TIL that there is a type of coating that absorbs 99.65% of visible light
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack
TIL About a parasite that turns insects into zombies. A large number of mind controlling fungi leads insects to function even after it is brain dead in order to spread their spores and infect more insects to survive.
https://youtube.com/shorts/ch_Ll2pabng?feature=share
TIL The first German soldier killed during WWII was Lieutenant von Schmeling. He was killed by the Japanese while leading the Chinese in 1937.
https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/23799
TIL "Chris-R" from Tommy Wiseau's The Room is an Olympic Athlete
TIL that Taylor Swift's song Exile on her Folklore album which credits feat. Bon Iver. Bon Iver is a band I thought till today he was a person.
TIL the State of Pennsylvania bans patrons from all casinos in the state if they've left kids unattended in cars at casinos. In a recent 17 month period, nearly 600 children were left alone in 370 incidents.
https://www.casino.org/news/harrahs-philadelphia-fires-employees-who-left-baby-car/
TIL prior to joining the band Primus in 1989, guitarist Larry LaLonde was a member of the band Possessed, and was just 17 years old when Possessed’s landmark debut album, "Seven Churches," was released in 1985.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_LaLonde
TIL that after the Allies invaded North Africa in WW2, the Germans planned to use the powerful French navy to counterattack. The occupied French responded by scuttling their own fleet, destroying 77 ships and damaging many more. Ships burned for days, and the harbor was heavily polluted for years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling_of_the_French_fleet_at_Toulon
TIL human post-reproductive longevity is also an extreme and distinctively human evolutionary trait
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5838047/
TIL that I've been doing it wrong and should be wearing a Vaseline oil soaked tampon when I shower Symbiofem Protect Bathing and Swimming Tampon
TIL that Minnesota Has Been Holding Onto a Captured Confederate Flag for Over a Century, and When Virginia Asked for It Back, Governor Jesse Ventura Responded: "Why?" he asked. "We won."
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15nx9zx/til_that_minnesota_has_been_holding_onto_a/
TIL that public primary schools in Britain are required to hold a 'daily act of collective worship' that is 'broadly Christian in nature.'
https://www.analystnews.org/posts/its-time-to-end-mandatory-christian-worship-in-british-schools
TIL that the state of Hawaii only has 5 natural lakes, the largest of which is is only 180 acres in size.
https://www.khon2.com/local-news/do-you-know-how-many-natural-lakes-are-in-hawaii/
