TIL - The Jetsons was originally cancelled after only one season, and instead, ABC re-tooled the show as a Sci-Fi partridge family spin-off (Partridge Family, 2200 AD).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons
TIL That the 3 lines button is offically called the Hamburger button
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger_button
TIL: In 1666, the plague-infested village of Eyam quarantined itself inside a marked circle for 14 months. Neighboring communities left food at the edge of the circle in exchange for disinfected coins. 80% of the people died, but no one crossed the circle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordon_sanitaire_(medicine)#17th_century
TIL that Napster is still around and relocating their global headquarters to Nashville… their annual revenue is $111.1M
TIL in ancient Egypt, under the decree of Ptolemy II, all ships visiting the city were obliged to surrender their books to the library of Alexandria and be copied. The original would be kept in the library and the copy given back to the owner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria#Early_expansion_and_organization
TIL about a $25.5 million lawsuit filed against Mattel over a Cabbage Patch Kids "Snacktime Kid" doll that was made to chew on plastic french fries and carrots. It allegedly gnawed a girl's hair down to her scalp and the lawsuit stated that the entire family would require psychological help.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jan/11/255-million-suit-filed-in-doll-attack-parents-say/
TIL that cheating is common place in Japan
https://youtube.com/shorts/6VadVkoKblM?feature=share
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15q7x3z/til_that_cheating_is_common_place_in_japan/
TIL: a very unremarkable door in Quebec city is now a tourist hotspot because of an Asian TV show
TIL that our ancient ancestor, H. erectus (upright man) was the longest surviving human ancestor that we know of. The span of time they were alive on the Earth is estimated at 1.5 million years, compared to modern humans, at around 400,000 years!
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/homo-erectus-our-ancient-ancestor.html
TIL Schlitz used to shine UV light on their beer and market it as a health food: Sunshine Vitamin D Beer
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2859
TIL that in 1965 in Turkey, a bus hit a truck that was loaded with nitric acid that stopped in the middle of the road due to a shaft issue from behind. When passengers get off the bus, their feet burned and thinking there was water in the nearest pit, they jumped into nitric acid pit. 25 died.
https://tr-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/1965_Hendek_otob%C3%BCs_kazas%C4%B1?_x_tr_sl=tr&_…
TIL 5 to 6 percent of plastic in the United States was recycled in 2021, a drop from 9.5 percent in 2014
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/reports/circular-claims-fall-flat-again/
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15q5zhv/til_5_to_6_percent_of_plastic_in_the_united/
TIL that the Great Sphinx of Giza in its original form represented Anubis, God of the Underworld, and has been built 10,500 BC to preserve knowledge from the destruction of Atlantis.
TIL the youngest person to ever be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease was only 19 years old, with initial symptoms beginning at 17.
https://www.alzra.org/blog/neurologists-report-worlds-youngest-alzheimers-case/
TIL Notre Dame Cathedral's landmark spire, being restored after the fire 4 years ago, new, 60' tall "heart of the spire", made from centuries old oak, is being placed on the cathedral roof August 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris
TIL Notre Dame Cathedral's landmark spire, being restored after the fire 4 years ago, new, 60' tall "heart of the spire", made from centuries old oak, is being placed on the cathedral roof August 2023.
https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/15/massive-wooden-base-for-notre-dame-spire-successfully-installed
TIL 💫 The father of the modern Frisbee was turned into a Frisbee 💫 Ed Headrick, the inventor, was cremated and his ashes were turned into limited-edition Frisbees for friends and family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisbee
TIL that, to prey on sharks more easily, orcas (killer whales) use their powerful jaws and speed to flip sharks upside down, which induces tonic immobility in the shark (a state of paralysis).
https://www.sharktrust.org/tonic-immobility
TIL Steven Seagal released a dancehall song in 2004 called “Strut” in which he sings in a fake Jamaican accent and his first line is “me want the poonani.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_from_the_Crystal_Cave
TIL that the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that landowners were not liable after a man who was driving a vehicle slid on black ice, crashed into their fortified mailbox, and became paralyzed.
