TIL (Timeline I Learned)

TIL about an egg corn, the alteration of a word or phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements, creating a new phrase that is plausible when used in the same context. [Source, Comments]

TIL the catchphrase "Danger, Will Robinson" was only said one time in the '65-'68 run of Lost In Space, but is the most well known line. [Source, Comments]

TIL the armistice ending WWI was agreed at 5 a.m. on November 11, 1918, but didn't take effect until 11 a.m. Fighting continued all morning, and 2,738 men died that final day. Henry Gunther, widely regarded as the war's last combat death, was shot 60 seconds before the ceasefire. [Source, Comments]

TIL Grand Bush, who played Balrog in Street Fighter, and was in Lethal Weapon and Die Hard, retired from acting in 2003 and became a doctor [Source, Comments]

TIL of the "Little Grave" or "Baby Grave" just outside of Ashland, Alabama, where a baby girl died suddenly while traveling with her family in 1860. Unable to stay, they buried her near the wagon road and asked the locals to care for her grave. They've been doing so ever since. [Source, Comments]

TIL that Gordon Lightfoot wrote "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" before the ship's wreckage had been found and studied. As more information became available, he changed the lyrics in his live performances to fit the facts. [Source, Comments]

TIL that SS Edmund Fitzgerald’s fateful voyage on Nov. 10th, 1975 was intended to be last trip of the freighter’s crew that year, and the final voyage of Captain McSorley’s career before his retirement. McSorley’s last message was “we are holding our own” before all contact was lost around 7:15 PM. [Source, Comments]

TIL the wettest place in N.America is on Vancouver Island, Canada and averages 6,903 mm (271.8 in) of precipitation per year. In 1997, a record 9,307 mm (366.4 in) of precipitation fell. [Source, Comments]

TIL that in the last century the world has lost about 75% of its edible plant varieties according to FAO, leaving our global food system heavily dependent on only 150 to 200 kinds of crops. [Source, Comments]

TIL: the world’s first turbocharged car was the 1962 Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire, sporting a turbo 3.5L V8 making 210 HP [Source, Comments]

TIL about the "final parsec problem": when two galaxies merge, their central black holes should stall roughly 3 light-years apart, but somehow they don't, and astronomers still debate why. [Source, Comments]

TIL- Deep-fryer and turkey-fryer fires in US cause an average of 5 deaths, 60 injuries, the destruction of 900 homes, and over $15 million in property damage each year. [Source, Comments]

TIL Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero than from any of their albums. [Source, Comments]

TIL studies have found monkeys also experience noticeable discomfort when presented with an uncanny valley approximation of monkeys. [Source, Comments]

TIL that only one woman has ever received the Medal of Honor, Dr. Mary Walker for treating patients in battle and across enemy lines during the Civil War. [Source, Comments]

TIL JFK, Aldous Huxley, and CS Lewis all died on the same day [Source, Comments]

TIL in Germany, they have something called a frauenparkplatz, parking spots dedicated to women, closer to exists, in areas with more surveillance and better lighting for safety. They are also sometimes wider. [Source, Comments]

TIL that George Romero's original script for Day of the Dead (1985) was a much larger, more epic film, which he compared to "the Gone with the Wind of zombie films." However, arguments over the film's rating cause the budget to be cut in half, forcing Romero to drastically scale it down. [Source, Comments]

TIL that Oymyakon, Siberia, is the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth. Winter temperatures average around −50°C (−58°F) and have dropped to nearly −68°C (−90°F). Schools only close when it falls below roughly −55°C (−67°F)—and an electronic thermometer reportedly burst at −62°C (−80°F). [Source, Comments]

TIL that James Gunn attempted to remove Nicole Perlman's co-writer credit in the first Guardians of the Galaxy, in spite of Perlman having come up with many important elements of the movie. When Perlman eventually won the co-writer credit,she held a "F*ck James Gunn" party to celebrate. [Source, Comments]