52 things I learned in 2024 by Tom Whitwell. A few that stuck out to me:

Ozempic is a modified, synthetic version of a protein discovered in the venomous saliva of the Gila monster, a large, sluggish lizard native to the United States. [Scott Alexander]

And before buying a web domain name, you should definitely check if it is haunted or cursed. [Bryan Braun]

Photographs of sporting events in the 1960–70s have a blue haze in the background that’s absent in modern photos. It’s because everyone was smoking in the arena. [Allen Murabayashi]

In the 2020s, over 16% of movies have colons in the title (Like Spider-Man: Homecoming), up almost 300% since the 1990s. [Daniel Parris]