🎓 TIL - Today I Learned but no 🐝

TIL that Elián González, famous for the the international custody battle over him as a child, is now a politician in Cuba [source, comments]

TIL in 1986, before fitness tracking was popular, Puma released a fitness tracking sneaker called the RS-Computer Shoe. It came with a disk, cable, a 46 page instruction manual, and cost $200. It did not sell well and people asked questions such as "Why would you want to know how far you run?" [source, comments]

TIL that Dave Grohl is not proficient in reading music and instead relies on aural skills to perform. [source, comments]

TIL in 2012, Choi Gap-bok, a Korean yoga master escaped from prison by squeezing through the food slot at the bottom of his cell door. The slot was 5.9 inches tall and 17.7 inches wide. Choi applied skin oil to his body and slipped out while three guards were sleeping. [source, comments]

TIL the Chicago Cubs have a following in Belize, because in the early 80's the only channel in the country was a pirate feed of WGN. [source, comments]

TIL no human fatalities have been recorded in the 18 documented, unprovoked attacks by hammerhead sharks (within the genus Sphyrna) since 1580 CE. [source, comments]

TIL that Australia had a large inland sea called the Eromanga Sea during the Cretaceous Period. [source, comments]

TIL that a Humanized mouse is a genetically modified mouse that has functioning human genes, cells, tissues and/or organs. [source, comments]

TIL: There is a study on hobbies which categorizes them from the best to worst in terms of happiness to cost ratio. The most expensive are traveling ($630), Collecting ($287), and Cooking ($240). Video games only cost $71 monthly in comparison. [source, comments]

TIL - The minimum age to be US president is 35, but 5 presidents (so far) were over 65 when inaugurated and only 2 were younger than 45 [source, comments]