Today I learned that a journey to the moon with a normal plane would take 18 days.

Today I learned that nearly 40% of 911 calls in New York City are “butt dials”.

(Source: TIME)
Today I learned that the Baader Meinhof phenomenon (aka Frequency illusion) is when a person learns a new word or phrase and sees that item many times right after learning it.

Today I learned that probably 25 percent of the “wedding” submissions to the New York Times are from people who aren’t getting legally married.

Today I learned that in Tokyo a thousand restaurants are opening each month.

Today I learned that a Penny dropped off Empire State Building will not kill you, but a pen might do so.

(Source: The Huffington Post)
Today I learned that in a year 70% of all songs on Spotify are played at least once.

(Source: quora.com)
Today I learned that the New York Giants used to play at Yankee Stadium for almost two decades.

Today I learned that Alan Smithee was an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project.
(Source: youtu.be)
Today I learned that there is a ghost town called Centralia in Pennsylvania which has a mine fire underneath since 1962.

(Source: Wikipedia)
Today I learned that contagious yawning comes with a delay, when you don’t know the yawner.
Today I learned that there is a federal law in the US that makes it illegal to transport more than $5 in pennies out of the country and that it is also illegal to melt pennies.

(Source: Yahoo!)
Today I learned that M&M’s were invented to allow soldiers to eat chocolate without getting sticky fingers.
