22/4/2012
I learned panthers are not a one type of animal but a dark coloring of multiple types of larger cats
23/4/2012
I learned that a 3D Porn beat Avatar to record earnings on the Hong Kong Box Office
24/4/2012
I learned that Osama bin Laden was treated in an American hospital in Dubai and met with the CIA and Saudis - two months prior to 9/11
25/4/2012
TIL there is a spider whose bite causes an erection that lasts for hours. Its venom may be used to treat erectile dysfunction
1/5/2012
TIL that when you type Zerg Rush on Google, it actually lets you play a game.
2/5/2012
TIL NASA shows Armageddon in its management training course and they ask trainees to find as many scientific inaccuracies as they can
3/5/2012
TIL that the Alliance uniforms in Firefly are leftover uniforms from Starship Troopers!
4/5/2012
TIL Darth Maul survives. When he was cut in half by Kenobi and fell in the shaft, he managed to gain enough force to grab onto an air vent. He escaped Lotho Minor and stay in a cave for 10 years.
5/5/2012
TIL that we received a radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. To this day, we still dont know where it came from.
6/5/2012
TIL there are 7 math problems whose solutions are worth 1 million dollars. Only one has been solved.
7/5/2012
TIL that Cheetahs can run for only about 30 seconds before their brain overheats and shuts down.
8/5/2012
TIL that not only is Hulk more powerful than all the Avengers combined, he once almost single-handedly destroyed Thor and Loki's entire civilization.
9/5/2012
TIL that the dress that Marilyn Monroe wore on the night she sang Happy Birthday, Mr. President, was so tight she had to be sewn into it.
10/5/2012
TIL that J.K Rowling makes 5 pounds every second
11/5/2012
TIL that the Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin told produces David Benioff and Dan Weiss the major plot lines (including the main ending) of the story in case he dies before completing the remaining novels.
12/5/2012
TIL that Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
13/5/2012
TIL that "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" means "why did you have to be Romeo? Why couldn't you have been anyone else?"
It doesn't mean "Where are you?"'Wherefore' means 'For what reason?' , NOT 'Where?'
14/5/2012
TIL that "Luke" from Modern Family is actually a genius!
15/5/2012
TIL that light can be ''frozen''
16/5/2012
TIL that Martin Scorsese has featured the song 'Gimme Shelter' as a signature theme in his crime films Goodfellas, Casino and The Departed.
17/5/2012
TIL that the Great Wall of China cannot actually be seen from the Moon. That is actually a myth.
18/5/2012
TIL that there is actually a website that can find you that song you just can't remember the name of.
19/5/2012
TIL that in Guantanamo Bay, inmates are tortured by listening to Barney and AC/DC
20/5/2012
TIL that the shortest English Word containing all 5 vowels occurring in alphabetical order is "aerious". If you include ''y'', its is "facetiously". (great for spelling bees)
21/5/2012
TIL that Lego are the largest tire manufacturers.
22/5/2012
TIL that Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage was given top billing in Season 2, after winning an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his acting.
23/5/2012
TIL that there is a website where you can send emails anonymously.
24/5/2012
TIL that the character of Gregory House was based on Sherlock Holmes, who was in turn based on real life medical diagnostician Dr. Joseph Bell.
25/5/2012
TIL that today is Towel Day!
26/5/2012
TIL that Russia and Japan are officially at war... and have been since WWII
27/5/2012
TIL that astronauts from Apollo 11 had to declare Moon rocks through customs upon returning to Earth.
28/5/2012
TIL that to get an original surprised reaction, the small kissing scene between Captain Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann was cut from Orlando Bloom's script in the Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest.
29/5/2012
TIL that there are a pair of twins conjoined at the brain level, who experiences each other's sensory impulses (a mind link!)
30/5/2012
TIL that Twin Stars could be seen from the Earth by 2012. Tatooine anyone?
31/5/2012
TIL that Wikipedia has a page on Missing Treasures.
1/6/2012
TIL that Jerry Seinfeld turned down a $100 million to film one more season of "Seinfeld"
6/6/2012
TIL that George Costanza had 43 girlfriends over all the seasons on "Seinfeld"
7/6/2012
TIL that if you slowly raise your legs up while lying on your back you won't sink in quicksand.
8/6/2012
TIL that Jim Morrison of The Doors is part of the 27 Club!
9/6/2012
TIL that Microsoft saved Apple from going under in 1997 by buying 150 million in non-vote shares so they wouldn't become a monopoly
10/6/2012
TIL that scientists can now slow down light to the speed of a bicycle at temperatures near absolute zero.
12/6/2012
TIL that a flock of ravens is called an unkindness.
13/6/2012
TIL that Sibel Kekilli (aka Shae in Game of Thrones) was a pornstar in Germany.
14/6/2012
TIL that there is actually a rhyming word for orange. It's 'Sporange'.
15/6/2012
TIL that a team from National Geographic actually recreated the phenomenon of the Carl Fredrickson's house floating in the air aided by more than a 100 Helium balloons in Up! the animated movie.
16/6/2012
TIL that it actually rains diamonds on Uranus and Neptune.
17/6/2012
TIL that doctor's sloppy handwriting kills over 7000 people each year!
18/6/2012
TIL that it is actually illegal to have sex with lights on in the state of Virginia.
19/6/2012
TIL of an awesome sport called Sepak Takraw that mixes soccer, volleyball and martial arts.
20/6/2012
TIL Oreo was created as a knockoff of Hydrox, not the other way around.
21/6/2012
TIL that the numbers on a Roulette Wheel add up to 666. Take about Gambling being the choice of the devil!
22/6/2012
TIL 1/3 of divorce papers contain the word 'facebook' in them.
23/6/2012
TIL a man was dismissed from the US Air Force for asking "How can I know that an order I receive to launch my missiles came from a sane president?"
24/6/2012
TIL that the 1806 version of "Jack and Jill" hass fifteen verses and that falling down the hill isn't their only misfortune.
26/6/2012
TIL in 2009 the Pyrenean Ibex was cloned back in existence but died 7 minutes later due to defects in the lungs, making it extinct once again.
27/6/2012
TIL that the national animal of Scotland is a Unicorn
28/6/2012
TIL Idiot, Imbecile, and Moron each have their own IQ range.
29/6/2012
TIL that two stars of Whose Line is it Anyway (Wayne and Colin) are making a new show.
30/6/2012
TIL that this weekend will be 1 second longer than normal, thanks to the slowing of the Earth's rotation.
1/7/2012
There is a type of competitive swimming in which swimmers have their hands and legs tied and have to swim like dolphins.
2/7/2012
TIL that the highest scoring soccer game was 149-0 in which, in protest, Stade Olympique de L'Emyre started to score on themselves in protest of a few bad calls the referee made.
