TIL the "essential" in essential oils means derived from the essence of the mineral, not that it is essential for our health.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/what-are-essential-oils
TIL Steve Erwin has an asteroid named after him: 57567 Crikey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin?wprov=sfti1
TIL a Japanese euphemism for getting your period is 'ペリー来航 - the arrival of Matthew Perry'
https://www.thinx.com/thinx/blogs/periodical/odds-and-ends/period-euphemisms-from-around-the-world
TIL Taco Bell is named after its founder, Glen Bell. He served tacos at his first restaurant, Bell’s hamburgers
TIL revenue from beekeeping will reach $624 billion this year in the United States alone
https://www.ibisworld.com/united-states/market-research-reports/beekeeping-industry/
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15vvj8u/til_revenue_from_beekeeping_will_reach_624/
TIL: Marmite, the famous yeast spread has a crazy long shelf. You could eat Marmite that was made in 1945, and it would be protected. Its flavor would have changed. However, it would, in any case, taste great.
https://www.pokpoksom.com/does-marmite-go-bad/
TIL Tele Vue founder Al Nagler designed optics for visual simulators used to train astronauts in piloting the Gemini spacecraft and the Apollo Lunar Module. It allowed training astronauts in the simulator to ‘fly over’ the images of the Moon as though those images were at infinity
https://astronomynow.com/2022/03/08/reviewed-tele-vue-apollo-11mm-commemorative-eyepiece/
TIL that Nigeriens are from Niger and Nigerians are from Nigeria
https://www.cfr.org/blog/there-difference-nigeria-and-niger
TIL, President Eisenhower named Camp David after his father and grandson.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David
TIL Malcolm Brenner claims to have had sex with a female dolphin named Dolly in the 1970s, and believes it was consensual.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/malcolm-brenner-dolphin_n_974764
TIL A British Airways Captain announced "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress" after flying through a volcanic ash cloud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_009
TIL Doctors are required to have their appendix removed before being stationed in Antarctica. This is to avoid the repeat of a 1961 situation, when the doctor at a Russian station removed his own appendix with the help of untrained expeditioners.
https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/people-in-antarctica/health/
TIL about the $50 science kit that had real Uranium. The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab (1950s) was meant for kids. The kit included a cloud chamber for viewing particle physics, a Geiger counter for monitoring radiation levels and measuring radioactive decay, as well as radioactive ore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U-238_Atomic_Energy_Laboratory
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15sjymd/til_about_the_50_science_kit_that_had_real/
TIL That the Nazis confiscated Einstein's treasured...Sailboat
https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2023/statement-on-president-carters-health.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15sis8e/til_that_the_nazis_confiscated_einsteins/
TIL that Gal Gadot was five months pregnant while shooting for wonder woman. So, the costume department covered her belly with a bright green fabric that they could digitally alter in postproduction.
TIL that the song "Timothy" by the Buoys is about cannibalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_(song)
TIL Freezing tights can help them last longer, it's really annoying that my stockings are easy to snag every time I wear them, but there are also other reports that this method is ineffective, has anyone tried it?
https://www.phillymag.com/shoppist/2015/02/03/yup-freezing-tights-actually-helps-last-longer/
TIL human poop is used as fertilizer on farm fields
https://civileats.com/2020/01/30/questions-remain-about-using-treated-sewage-on-farms/
TIL The Zero Milestone is a zero mile marker monument in Washington, D.C. intended as the initial milestone from which all road distances in the United States should be measured when it was built.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Milestone
TIL there are 96 bags of human waste on the moon.
https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/why-is-there-poo-on-the-moon