TIL Video game developer Valve has been boss-free since 1996. They proclaime "Imagine working with super smart, super talented colleagues in a free-wheeling, innovative environment, no bosses, no midd
TIL Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, drew both their signature hand gestures after his hand gestures that he often did in his daily life
TIL that the actress Jodie Foster is fluent in French to the degree that she dubs herself in French-language versions of most of her English-language films. She attended the Lycée Français de Los Ange
TIL that before becoming a pro wrestling referee for WWE and AEW, Aubrey Edwards worked on the Scribblenauts games as a designer for 5th Cell, eventually becoming lead producer for Scribblenauts Unlim
TIL that because Icelandic people use patronymic names that change every generation, the most common hereditary surname in Iceland is actually the Vietnamese "Nguyen", which is carried by just 615 peo
TIL that geologists call a roughly billion-year interval in Earth's history the “Boring Billion” because several geological and biological records show comparatively limited change during that time.
TIL that walking after exercise activates the calf muscle pump, helping return blood to the heart and reducing the risk of a sudden drop in blood pressure.
TIL that cows do not have any upper front teeth. Instead, they have a thick, leathery layer of tissue called a "dental pad" which they press their lower incisors against to tear grass.
TIL In 2002 the pharmaceutical heiress Ruth Lilly gave $200 million to the publisher of Poetry magazine. The gift led to the establishment of the Poetry Foundation in 2003.
TIL that the two longest rivers located entirely within the Canadian province of Ontario (the Albany River and the Severn River) are exactly the same length. Both rivers are 982 km long, or 610 miles.
TIL that in 1943, a U.S. Navy destroyer accidentally fired a live torpedo at the battleship carrying President Roosevelt. The USS Iowa managed to evade the torpedo, and the destroyer's crew initially
TIL Boxing promoter Don King beat an employee to death in 1966 because he owed him 600 dollars. Decades later he tried to rename the street where he murdered him after himself “Don King Way”
TIL the oldest known physical flag in the world is the Derafsh-e-Shahdad (or Standard of Shahdad), it is a bronze flag with a simurgh (mythical bird) dating back to 2,400 B.C.
TIL that in 2003, MIT scientists unveiled a biological weapons detector funded by the U.S. military that hijacked living white blood cells, genetically engineering them to glow when they encountered d
TIL failed Operation Kiebitz, during WW2 Nazis planned to rescue 4 skilled U-Boat commanders held in Canada POWs camp with a U-Boat, canadians became aware of the plan and laid trap to capture the U-B
TIL in 1948, when Satchel Paige was finally signed to pitch in the Major Leagues, The Sporting News named him Rookie of the Year—at (at least) 42 years old.
TIL a finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into transferring $25 million to scammers after joining a video conference call where every single other participant—including the company's CF
TIL in Medieval England, a form of football (also called mob football) was played between neighbouring villages/towns. Team sizes were unlimited. The teams had to move an item (for example an animal's
