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TIL Oppossums eat ticks and fleas. They will eat up to 5000 ticks per season.

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XEPLQ TIL Michael Moore made a late talk show pilot for Fox in the 90s, which guest Kevin Smith. He also had O.J. Simpson as a guest, his first interview after the trial and the audience booed both Moore and OJ. Fox scrapped the project and never aired the pilot, and the footage was never publicly shown.
jDBj TIL that despite being an icon of fiscal conservatism, Ronald Reagan actually tripled the Gross Federal Debt, from $900 billion to $2.7 trillion during his administration.
d8QEK TIL lyrebird is known for its incredible skill to accurately mimic sounds of the surroundings they inhabit. The birds are endemic to Australia. They have a complex syrinx-the vocal organ in birds, which give them the capacity to mimic
gxWy TIL The number of Americans who believed homosexuality is a sin actually went up between 2013-2014 (45%-50%)
697wX TIL the first airing of Star Trek was on September 6, 1966 in Canada, two days before the US premiere.