Doctor Who premièred the same day JFK's head exploded

Today I Learned that letters with round tops (Q, O, S, etc.) are drawn a smidgeon higher than letters with flat tops (E,T,F, etc.). This 'overshoot' makes them appear equal to our perception

TIL that all those videos about the old Hollywood accent are absolute BS.

TIL about "Dubbing", the practice of removing part of a farmed birds earlobes or other parts attached to the head. It is usually done without any anesthetic

Some owls have skinny long legs

TIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deaths

TIL about the concept of Weaponized Incompetence, a psychological concept wherein you strategically fail to perform something you don't actually want to do

TIL most ancient texts were read out loud and it was strange if someone read to themself

TIL about forced molting where chickens are intentionally starved for 7-14 days to increase their rate of egg production afterwards

TIL that SQLite has only five data types

TIL Canadian Bacon is Not a Canadian Thing; Hawaiian Pizza, On The Other Hand, Is Invented in Canada.

TIL that holding a left mouse button pressed over a youtube video, speeds it up x2 until you release the button

TIL that a year after an officer pleaded guilty to lying to a judge to get the warrant to search Breonna Taylor's apartment, no one involved has served a day of jail time

TIL The sunrise/set duration changes throughout the year

TIL on 1934 business leaders plotted to overthrow President Roosevelt and they weren't punished because they were too powerful

TIL - Laboratory experiments show that bacteria really do eat and digest plastic

TIL of "feedback" where the pork industry intentionally feeds dead disease-infected piglets and their feces to adult breeding pigs

[TIL] Lobster's have two bladders that are located beneath their brain. They release urine to communicate with each other.

TIL John Astin, the father of Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee), auditioned for the part of Gandalf, & had previously starred in Peter Jackson's horror comedy 'The Frighteners'

TIL The first black hole visualization was rendered by hand from punch card computer results in 1979