Today I Learned 🎓

2023-05-16 04:01:31 TIL a liquor store in Oklahoma City installed a machine gun tower on the roof of the store after being bombed by the mafia multiple times [Source] Aprire / Come

2023-05-16 03:01:37 TIL that out of 400-500 species of shark, the Sand Tiger Shark is the only one known to fart [Source] Aprire / Come

2023-05-16 02:01:55 TIL a California woman filed a class-action lawsuit against Ferrero (maker of Nutella) after she was shocked to discover it wasn't healthy and that the chocolate spread she was feeding her 4 year-old daughter was full of sugar and fat. Ferrero lost and paid $3M over false nutritional claims [Source] Aprire / Come

2023-05-16 01:01:56 TIL that the crew of the sinking Daniel J. Morrell believed they were moments from being rescued, only to discover in horror that the lights were from the stern section of their own severed ship, still under power and barrelling towards them [Source] Aprire / Come

2023-05-16 00:01:07 TiL Charles Dickens was a passenger on a train crash. He tended the victims, some of whom died while he was with them. The experience affected him greatly; he lost his voice for two weeks and tried avoiding train travel whenever possible. He later died five years to the day after the accident. [Source] Aprire / Come

2023-05-16 00:01:06 TIL about the "First Browser War", which took place from 1995-2001, and ended with the up-and-coming Internet Explorer eliminating Netscape Navigator as a rival. By 2001, Internet Explorer had attained a peak of 96% Web Browser Usage Share. [Source] Aprire / Come

2023-05-15 23:01:04 TIL that there is a type of octopus, an argonaut, where the male fills its sex organ with sperm, then rips it off and presents it to a female. [Source] Aprire / Come

2023-05-15 23:01:03 TIL the story of William Tell shooting the apple on his son's head was punishment for refusing to submit to an official. Tell would be executed if he didn't hit the apple with a crossbow bolt. Tell drew two bolts, and hit it with his first shot. The second bolt was to kill the official if he missed! [Source] Aprire / Come

2023-05-15 22:00:42 TIL. MSG isn’t bad for you and it’s bad reputation stemmed from what’s called the Chinese Restaurant Syndrome. [Source] Aprire / Come

2023-05-15 21:01:43 TIL: The mistreatment of African diplomats forced the United States government to clamp down on racism. This would help push the Civil rights act to pass in July 1964. [Source] Aprire / Come