EgvGo TIL scholars agree that the original ending of the Gospel of Mark was a cliffhanger in which Jesus disappeared from his grave.
Y7Eex TIL a man escaped from a federal prison in Illinois after jumping over two 15 foot fences only to turn himself in to the FBI 4 days later to show them his desalination invention.
BgG0y TIL Tommy Davidson (comedian) was abandoned in the trash at 18 months old, before being rescued by a white woman who became his adoptive mother.
rNMyd TIL Princess Peach and Toad are voiced by the same person (Samantha Kelly)
NXOxb TIL That Dolly Parton declined a proposal for a statue in her honor at the Tennessee state capitol.
l7g0K TIL Mongolian BBQ wasn't actually invented in Mongolia, but rather it is from Taiwan
8eY1G TIL: The top ranked cadet from the last West Point class before the outbreak of the American Civil War suffered a mortal wound at Appomattox Courthouse two days before the surrender of Robert E. Lee
P1Vng TIL That two days before 9/11 Parade Magazine ran a blurb about the FBI trying to "smoke out" Osama Bin Laden and "see clearly through the smoke" with matchbook advertisements, just as they had done after the 1993 WTC bombing
epvy6 TIL that at a 2004 horse race, over 13,000 fans placed bets totalling ¥121,751,200 on a first place victory for Haru Urara—a horse nicknamed the "shining star of losers everywhere." Haru Urara finished the race in 10th out of 11 spots, her 106th consecutive loss.
VBrO0 TIL bagasse, the leftover material after sugarcane juice extraction, can produce enough electricity to sustain a sugar mill’s operations.
X0YVk TIL that SPF 30 sunscreen blocks 97% of UVB rays, SPF50 & SPF100 only increases by 1%
OGX4a TIL Birds have thumbs (that assist with the landing process)