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.

Today I learned that Gibson make 1’380’000 guitars each year, which equals 1 per second.

Today I learned that only 5% of all the bands who get signed sell more than 1’000 records.
Today I learned that a Sunday newspaper contains more information than a person in the 18th century gathered in it’s whole life.

Today I learned that 64% of Americans don’t have $1,000 in savings (and they still vote Republicans, because they don’t want the rich guys to pay more taxes).
(Source: TIME)
Today I learned that Earth once used to have a second moon and that it might have crashed on the far side of our moon.

(Source: TIME)
Today I learned that the 2nd music video ever played on MTV was Pat Benatar’s “You Better Run”.
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(Source: youtu.be)
Today I learned that fare beaters hopped into New York subway trains without paying 18.5 million times in 2009, meanwhile only 120,000 offenders got caught and fined.
(Source: TIME)