Guess What I Learned Today?

YouTube was actually created as a dating site.

Jodie Foster's first role in a film was at 9 years old and was actually attacked by a lion.

Evel Knievel has the record for most broken bones at 433

Oymyakon, a settlement in Russia, is the coldest inhabited place on earth. The 500 residents live in an average winter temp of -58°F. Schools are only closed if the temp gets to -67°F.

Over 20 fake Apple stores have been shut down in China. Some of them so convincingly real that even the employees didn't realize they worked at a fake store.

Coca-Cola produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year and sells it to opioid manufacturers

After the success of the Pet Rock, Gary Dahl unsuccessfully tried marketing "Sand Breeding Kits" and "Red China Dirt".

The first live-streaming subscription service was the Theatrophone in 1881, where audio of opera and theater was transmitted over the phone.

Dolphins have names for each other (identified by unique whistles)

Aestivation is the summer version of hibernation

Dave MacPherson, Disneyland's first-ever real customer, has been using his lifetime ticket every year since 1955.

The U.S. tried permanent daylight saving time in the 1970s — then quickly rejected it

On average, only 3 percent of a museum’s collection is on display at any given time

Hotels use to charge for ice until Holiday Inn started offering ice for free, then they all stopped charging.

The world's first hard drive, the IBM 350, was introduced in 1956. It was leased to companies for $37,600/month (adjusted to 2024), weighed one ton, and held 3.75 MB, about the size of a small PDF file.

a zeptosecond is a trillionth of a billionth of a second. It is the smallest unit of time ever measured