TIL We have produced enough clothing to last 6 generations
https://www.asustainablelife.co.uk/whats-so-wrong-with-fast-fashion/
TIL estrogen is responsible for the "masculinization" of male brains in early development. Newborn female mice exposed to estrogen will even go on to exhibit male behavior, such as mounting other female mice. Estrogen also plays important roles in memory, stroke prevention, and overall brain health.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15qymmj/til_estrogen_is_responsible_for_the/
TIL the first American spy satellites literally dropped their film from space in a "film bucket" that was then scooped up in midair by a plane.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORONA_(satellite)
TIL In 1953, US Air Defense Command tracked a UAP in restricted airspace over Lake Superior. A Northrop F-89C Scorpion was scrambled to intercept the UAP. The F-89 simply vanished from radar once it engaged with the UAP and never returned. Zero of the wreckage or pilots' remains were ever recovered.
https://www.history.com/news/ufo-fighter-jet-disappears-over-lake-superior-kinross-incident
TIL I found out today that the White House started a competition called the "AI Security Challenge" to make government computers safer.They're even offering a big prize of up to $10 million for people who can use these smart computers to find and stop the bad stuff.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15qy1e5/til_i_found_out_today_that_the_white_house/
TIL expressions like “we got down from the car” and “I made the line to pay for groceries” form part of a new dialect taking shape in South Florida. They are direct translations from Spanish and come about through sustained contact between Spanish and English speakers.
TIL The Story Behind The Song: How David Bowie created the awe-inspiring ‘Heroes’
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-bowie-heroes-story-behind-song/
TIL The first (UAV) unmanned, remote controlled, video camera guided aircraft assault drone was built in 1942
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_TDR
TIL that a study in 1976 concluded that there is between 20-60mg of protein per ml in Semen.
TIL popular 1920's actress Madge Bellamy separated from her newlywed husband after four days because of his fondness for eating ham and eggs, which she considered "plebeian". They would fully divorce three months later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madge_Bellamy#Personal_life
TIL that the Stasi is widely considered to be the most effective intelligence agency during the Cold War. 1/63 East Germans were collaborators. Including part-time informers, they had an agent for every 6.5 people. Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal called them more oppressive than the Gestapo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi#Infiltration
TIL of Reginald Hamilton Earnshaw, believed to have been the youngest person in the British services to die in World War II at just 14 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Earnshaw
TIL in 2021, legendary brazilian Shaggy's voice actor, Mário Monjardim, died 3 days after Orlando Drummond, also the brazilian Scooby-Doo's voice actor, died too.
TIL The blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield got famous through a media blitz and a series of intentional wardrobe malfunctions. Mansfield's strategically busting seams got her constant coverage, even her measurements were nationally famous. In 1960 Mansfield was in more print than anyone else on earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Mansfield
TIL One 16-year-old Titanic survivor at the time thought its sinking and evacuation was merely a normal procedure, although "a pretty hard way to get here." (to emigrate to the US)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p3D7rQdhxw
TIL that the American Rock Band ‘The Postal Service’ was sent a cease and desist letter by the United States Postal Service for trademark infringement of their name. After negotiations, the USPS allowed the band to use their name in exchange for playing a free show at their national conference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postal_Service#Controversies
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15qq8tr/til_that_the_american_rock_band_the_postal/
TIL that San Marino used to be the only communist republic west of the Iron Curtain until a "coup d'état" from the Christian Democratic Party ousted the communists and socialists from ruling the country. The new government was immediately recognised by France, United States and Italy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatti_di_Rovereta
TIL: The fall of the Yakuza has led to a power vacuum in Japan and has started the rise of more dangerous, less honorable gangs. In the past, adult hoodlums would join the Yakuza, now they become hangure and join gangs such as the Kanto Rengo and generally engage in IT crimes and Adult entertainment
TIL during the filming of the music video for Michael Jackson’s "Thriller", many famous entertainment figures visited the set. This included Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Rock Hudson and Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Thriller_(music_video)
