Arachnoid (astrogeology) ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL the music video for Michael Jackson's 'Bad' was directed by Martin Scorsese. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1d2dty9/til_the_music_video_for_michael_jacksons_bad_was/...
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/...
TIL: That the actor Tom Hanks is distant cousin of the 16th U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln. Hanks also narrated a 2011 documentary about the former President, entitled Killing Lincoln. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1d277pg/til_that_the_actor_tom_hanks_is_distant_cousin_of/...
Falkirk Wheel ( en.wikipedia.org )
Spear-thrower (atlatl) ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL Old Sarum, an unhabited hamlet, was represented in the English and later British Parliament until 1832 ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1d1mki8/til_old_sarum_an_unhabited_hamlet_was_represented/...
Mel's Hole ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL that audiences were so convinced that the film "The Battle of Algiers" was newsreel that the American distributors put a notice that "not one foot" of newsreel was used ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1d1folk/til_that_audiences_were_so_convinced_that_the/...
List of fictional countries in the Americas ( en.wikipedia.org )
Dogxim ( en.wikipedia.org )
Darvaza gas crater ( en.wikipedia.org )
(remembered this after seeing “Craters of the Moon”)
JonBenét Ramsey - American child beauty queen killed at the age of six in her family's home with a long handwritten ransom note found in the scene ( en.wikipedia.org )
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve ( 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/...
TIL that despite the frequent assertion that lesbian relationships have the highest DV the source data paints a different picture. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1d0wi1t/til_that_despite_the_frequent_assertion_that/...
Foxfire ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL Richard Simmons has never actually publicly discussed his sexuality ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1d0q6sz/til_richard_simmons_has_never_actually_publicly/...
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/...
Jetpack man - Unknown person or object that has been observed flying what appears to be an unauthorized jetpack around LA ( en.wikipedia.org )
The Scorpion and the Frog ( 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/...
Villanelle ( en.wikipedia.org )
Moche portrait vessel ( en.wikipedia.org )
Dike (geology) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Once you know what they look like, you start seeing them more and more places!
