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TIL that the US publishes a quarterly list of names of people who renounced citizenship to "shame or embarrass" them

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gr5aA TIL in 1923 the German Newspaper Vorwärts lost a libel trial brought by Adolf Hitler. They had claimed he was funded by "American Jews and Henry Ford."
Mep1A TIL of the Lollards, pre Lutheran Christian Reformists who opposed many practices of the Catholic Church (such as praying to saints and confession) and translated the bible into English.
lYPG TIL that the entire GoldenEye 007 game on N64 is only 12 MB.
KOWeB TIL REM sleep improves creativity by priming associative networks
KRAE TIL that a father in South Carolina almost lost custody of his infant daughter when she was put up for adoption by her mother. 33 states require unmarried fathers to register as ‘responsible fathers’ in order to retain the right to be notified of an adoption or termination of parental rights action.