"TIL that Samoa is the country with the highest obesity rate in the world. More than 81% of the adults in the nation are obese."
"TIL that the first journalist to report the outbreak of the Second World War was a rookie British reporter on her very first week on the job. While travelling along the German–Polish border, she spotted thousands of troops, tanks, and artillery massed for invasion."
"TIL that in 1964, performance artist Dorothy Podber asked to “shoot” Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe paintings. Believing she wanted to photograph them, Warhol agreed - until she drew a gun and fired. One damaged “Shot Marilyn” sold in 2022 for $195M, a 20th-century art auction record."
"TIL New York City used eminent domain to tear down a landlord's building but accidentally left his family with a small triangle of land. The city asked the family to donate the land, but the family instead made a small plaque to commemorate the tiny chunk of land they still owned, the Hess Triangle."
Boring
He’s smarter than you.
- Bread.
- Apples.
- Very small rocks.
- Cider!
- Great gravy.
- Cherries.
- Mud.
- Churches.
- Lead.
If she weighs the same as a duck
She's made of wood - And, therefore
- A witch! - A witch!
#37 It's just the lower end of the bell curve. The upper end are the highly intellectual, so there obviously also must be an opposite of that.
Boring
He’s smarter than you.
- Bread.
- Apples.
- Very small rocks.
- Cider!
- Great gravy.
- Cherries.
- Mud.
- Churches.
- Lead.
If she weighs the same as a duck
She's made of wood - And, therefore
- A witch! - A witch!
#37 It's just the lower end of the bell curve. The upper end are the highly intellectual, so there obviously also must be an opposite of that.