You learn something new everyday: what did you learn today?

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that Alexander Fleming, discoverer of the miracle drug, Penicillin, almost gave up on it entirely because it was very hard to extract. It was only with the help of Sir Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, whom developed a method of mass production, could penicillin be made available to millions.

One of the longest traffic jams was 62 miles (100 km) long and lasted 12 days.

It was discovered on a space mission that frogs can vomit. A frog will vomit its entire stomach out so the organ is dangling from its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to scrape out all of the stomach's contents and then it swallows the stomach back down again.

It's not easy, being green ...

Learn to recite the alphabet backwards really fast. Might come in handy if you're ever stopped for a DUI.

Sometimes when you are trying out a new feature and it's not working, you're not doing it wrong.

It can be a bug or just not implemented yet, even though the feature is listed.

In 4 of the 5 largest cities in the U.S., it's cheaper to rely on Uber than to own a car, a 2018 report found.

Reindeer have eyes that changes depending on light conditions. If they live in the arctic circle this means their eyes change completely different colour through the year.
Of course blue is sensitive to light which matches up with my own eyes. (on the plus side I can see in the dark)

In Peru, there's a billboard that creates drinkable water out of thin air.

I've read that there are some words that have been relegated to the dustbins of the world

Michelangelo's dad was ashamed of him.

J. R. R. Tolkien first worked at the Oxford English Dictionary mainly on words beginning with the letter W.

I've learned that it would take 700-900 years before Zimbabwe could be literally called a rich nation

When Elon Musk was 17, he lived off a dollar a day for a month to see if he had what it takes to be an entrepreneur.

I've learned that at any single point during the day there are tons of bacteria on and in the human body.

The neighbor’s cat is named Sigourney Weaver.

I've been tricked into eating dogfish before.
If you've ever eaten fish and chips recently you have as well. Unless you had haddock. Or already knew.