“Today I Learned”: 30 Interesting Things About The World That People Have Only Recently Found Out (New Pics)

TIL Bill Watterson used to sneak signed Calvin & Hobbes collections onto the shelves of his hometown bookstore, but stopped doing so when he discovered they were being sold online for high prices.

TIL The ~1mm large animal known as Trichoplax can regenerate from just a handfull of cells and if its chopped up, the individual pieces will try to find each other and join back together.

TIL that when Weird Al wrote I Want A New Duck in 1985, he went to the library and researched ducks for a week.

TIL that a Dutch woman was denied Swiss naturalization despite having lived there for 39 years, because her 'neighbours' deemed her too annoying and not integrated into Swiss society since she often critized Swiss tradition of hanging large bells on cows' necks.

TIL that an 84-year-old man named Park Byeong-gu has eaten nothing but instant ramen for over 41 years.

TIL that a Kia/Hyundai whistleblower was awarded $24 million USD for reporting the companies' failure to recall unsafe cars and share accurate recall information with the government.

TIL that the record for longest time without sleep was set in 1963 when 17 year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake on purpose for 11 straight days.

TIL that in the early 90's Bart Simpson T shirts were banned at many schools across the country (United States).

TIL Canadian artist Michael Snow sued the Toronto Eaton Centre mall in 1982 after they put Christmas bows on an art installation of flying geese which he had sculptured. This led to a landmark court case, and a leading Canadian decision on artists moral rights. Snow ultimately ended up winning.

TIL the average minor spends about 7 hours per week with their father, but about 15 hours a week on video games.