Saturday

Some good "Today I Learned" items from Reddit:

TIL people used to do their laundry in Old Faithful; they put their clothes in the geyser and it would erupt with clean clothes.

TIL That in 2004, police discovered a secret underground cinema with professionally installed electricity, phone lines, full bar, classic movies and recent thrillers, and more in the catacombs under paris. Upon returning 3 days later, a note was found that read "Do not try to find us."

TIL that one of the reasons your lungs feel refreshed when walking through a pine forest is because of an anti-inflammatory compound called a-Pinene, found in conifers. It is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of asthma and abundantly present in marijuana.

TIL: 5 years after birth a sperm donor for a lesbian couple was asked in Kansas to pay child support bills that could run into tens of thousands of dollars.

TIL: Carrots do not give you super vision. That was actually propaganda push by the British Royal Air Force to cover up their recently adopted radar technology from the Nazis.