Zpl7B TIL that DC refused to let the TV show "Harley Quinn" air a scene of Batman giving oral to Catwoman because they said "Heroes don't do that"
78MY7 TIL Benjamin Franklin used to sit around naked for extended periods to take air baths
kJV1m TIL that Franklin Roosevelt, paralyzed by polio at 39, defied odds as a lifelong paraplegic, steering the U.S. through tumultuous times, including World War II, from his wheelchair in the White House
EgKDw TIL The actor who played Private Vasquez in Aliens (Jenette Goldstein) also played John Connor's foster mother Janelle in T2 Judgement Day
Y780A TiL all Jeeps come with an easter egg on them.
BgK1k TIL that Martin Luther King Jr's great great grandfather was Irish.
rNB4o TIL that during the Great Depression, there was a fleet of "book women" who delivered books to rural Appalachian communities. They rode 100 to 120 miles a week, on their own horses or mules, no matter the weather or terrain.
P1WEV TIL 7-UP was launched 2 weeks before the 1929 stock market crash and contained lithium until 1948.
8eKE4 TIL that the daily amount of hair collected from Hindu devotees of the deity Venkateshwara in Venkateswara Temple is over a ton. The hair is collected and sold, creating a substantial profit for the temple of around $2 million USD per month
NXndJ TIL about Nigersaurus, a dinosaur that had more than 500 teeth which were replaced every 14 days.
l7elV TIL that the average IQ is steadily increasing each generation. IQ tests are getting harder and harder to keep the average at 100, and today's kids taking tests from previous decades have an average score of over 100.
epWl5 TIL that like the TV show, the city of Dawson Creek in 2015 had a "steamy affair between a teacher and a student", but unlike the TV version it "was taken very seriously, and the former music teacher at the centre of it was charged with several crimes"