TIL there are over a half billion tea drinkers in China who consume an average of 3.5 pounds of tea per year, and the value of "all the tea in China" passed one trillion yuan in 2023
TIL that in 2023, a Montana ski patrol reported that a mountain goat started a 1,000' avalanche, road the avalanche all the way down, and walked away without apparent injury.
TIL that after the disastrous Battle of Midway, Japanese Naval high command not only kept the true result hidden from the public, but also from the Army and most of the Navy. Only Emperor Hirohito and
Dutch racer Loek Hartog stopped his Porsche mid-race, grabbed a fire extinguisher and pulled British driver Ollie Millroy from his burning Ferrari during a China GT race in Shanghai. Millroy survived
TIL 2001: A Space Odyssey used a $750,000 rotating spacecraft set that was 38 feet across and spun at up to 3 mph. The camera rotated 360° with the set, making actors appear to walk up the walls and a
Cardinals manager Oli Marmol argued with umpire Doug Eddings before being ejected after Eddings told rookie pitcher Hancel Rincon to fix his hat in the middle of his MLB debut. There is no specific ru
The village of Cuetzalan, Mexico, is famous for its voladores, the “flying” dancers who spin around a tall pole in an ancient and spectacular ceremony created 450 years ago to appease the gods and bri
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