TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members." ( en.wikipedia.org )
From Wikipedia:...
TIL that in 2014, a photographer tried to copyright a monkey's selfie and sue Wikipedia for it. ( en.wikipedia.org )
The EFF soon created a crossword, overlaid it on top of the monkey, and featured it on their website....
Superfest glass ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL That Zoboomafoo was the lemur's stage name, with the full name being "Jovian Marcus Kendall" ( en.wikipedia.org )
As an extra TIL, he has grandchildren!...
TIL that the famous mime artist Marcel Marceau first used mime to help Jewish children quietly escape from occupied France in the World War II. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1djmzq9/til_that_the_famous_mime_artist_marcel_marceau/...
Demon core ( en.wikipedia.org )
Laser Kiwi flag ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL: There is a species of penguin that lives in the southern point of Africa. (African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin.) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Falkirk Wheel ( en.wikipedia.org )
Just Watched Cloud Atlas (first time) ( en.wikipedia.org )
I never got around to watching it when it came out, and I think I'd completely missed the critical reception and box-office failure it received. Which saddened me to read after the watch, I have to say, as I was really happy to have watched it....
TIL Kaninhoppning also known as Rabbit agility, is a sport where rabbits are led through a course by their owners, similar to horse show jumping. It began in Sweden in the early 1970s. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dboh8h/til_kaninhoppning_also_known_as_rabbit_agility_is/...
Whale fall ( en.wikipedia.org )
A whale fall occurs when the carcass of a whale has fallen onto the ocean floor, typically at a depth greater than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), putting them in the bathyal or abyssal zones. On the sea floor, these carcasses can create complex localized ecosystems that supply sustenance to deep-sea organisms for decades.
Highway of Death ( en.wikipedia.org )
Geoduck ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL of the Vadoma, a tribe in Zimbabwe in which a substantial minority have two toes on each feet which may have evolved as a trait to assist in tree climbing ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1czzq01/til_of_the_vadoma_a_tribe_in_zimbabwe_in_which_a/...
TIL of the "Cave bears", a now extinct species who lived predominantly in caves throughout Europe ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ditjyi/til_of_the_cave_bears_a_now_extinct_species_who/...
TIL of the Overtoun Bridge in Scotland. A place where dogs throw themselves off a fifty foot drop onto rocks at the rate of one to two per month. Some that don't die, climb back up for another go. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1d274t2/til_of_the_overtoun_bridge_in_scotland_a_place/...
Thinking about the immortality of the crab ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL that undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano’s punch was tested by Boxing Illustrated in 1963, and found to have more explosive energy than an armour piercing bullet. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1d0v9z7/til_that_undefeated_heavyweight_champion_rocky/...
House of Terror ( en.wikipedia.org )
Dutch roll ( en.wikipedia.org )
GIF
TIL that between 2008 and 2010, the Iraqi government were scammed into spending over $40 million on fake bomb detectors - the ADE 651 ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1d0ep6h/til_that_between_2008_and_2010_the_iraqi/...
TIL: Gamergate's have interesting hierarchy and can replace the queen ( en.wikipedia.org )
Spear-thrower (atlatl) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Heartbeat in the Brain - Lost 1970 documentary in which the director/subject drills a hole in her forehead with a dentist's drill ( en.wikipedia.org )
