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TIL Amazon India deliver Cow Dung via their site. This is for Hindu Cow Dung Burning Rituals

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Oy61 TIL in the 1970s, Japanese teenage girls developed such excessively cute handwriting that it was banned in schools due to illegibility.
epQen TIL about the small penis rule, a thought experiment that allows authors to evade libel lawsuits. It states that an author can base as much of a character as they want on real life as long as they give the character a small penis; by suing, the basis of the character implies they have a small penis.
ygX TIL World War 2 is technically still going on, as Japan and Russia have yet to sign a peace treaty with each other. Additionally, both countries continue to lay claim to the Southern Kurile Islands - efforts to diffuse the situation have been unsuccessful.
ANGRg TIL About the “ever presents”. A group of runners that have completed every London marathon since its inception. Now down to only 6 people.
M7oxA TIL that most of the "baby carrots" we see are large carrots that are placed into a machine, and cut into smaller, uniformly sized pieces. These carrot pieces were then processed, making them more appealing to consumers. It was an innovation made by California carrot farmer Mike Yurosek in 1986.