TIL The term 'mosh pit' was birthed in 1979 when H.R., vocalist of D.C. hardcore band the Bad Brains, saw some audience members slam dancing and shouted "mash it - mash down", but because of his faux Jamaican accent, some audience members heard this as "mosh it" and that is the term that stuck. [source, comments]

TIL that in 60+ years of human spaceflight, only 675 people have been in space(by the USAF definition of flying at least 50 miles or 80 kilometres high) [source, comments]

Song of the day ⛓✊🏽: https://open.spotify.com/track/7aBxcRw77817BrkdPChAGY?si=7mvFfPIyRUKdRhXWF0pXvg

TIL that the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime concluded that billions in drug money kept the global financial system afloat during the 2008 crisis [source, comments]

Good Idea: Do not trust carbon offsets

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe

TIL there are 57 universities around the world with no tuition for all international students, providing free education regardless of a student's country of origin. [source, comments]

#freePuber https://youtu.be/crfnnQcCgRk?feature=shared

Song of the day 🧙🏼‍♀️🧟‍♀️: https://youtu.be/R_d8da-_K-o?feature=shared

TIL “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” was originally meant sarcastically, or to suggest an impossible accomplishment, because it is impossible for someone to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. [source, comments]

Song of the day 😔💔: https://open.spotify.com/track/1maIZ0gsjVbdANLvl4v0ao?si=fq7ceYUCTkuF5bKzNA4FhQ

TIL “Vincent” by Don McLean was Tupac’s favorite song, and his girlfriend played it as he was dying so it would be the last thing he heard [source, comments]