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TIL as a form of birth control, the Egyptians applied onion juice to the tip of the penis before coitus.

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YpN5P TIL Babe Ruth was the guest of honor at a Harlem fundraiser for the benefit of a local African-American church. Other white celebrities had similarly committed to attend, but only Babe kept his word. He contributed some autographed balls along with twenty bucks out of his pocket
GxJ1 TIL Bryan Cranston wore a suit of 10,000 live bees while filming an episode of Malcolm in the Middle. He was only stung once.
x6XW7 TIL that the snake Pareas iwasakii, which feeds only on snails, has the particularity of attacking only those whose shells are oriented to the right because of asymmetric jaws, favoring de facto those whose shells are oriented in the other direction.
rN1rW TIL glutamate accumulation in the prefrontal cortex during demanding tasks was linked to cognitive fatigue.
6QpY TIL that everything that happened in the flying tank scene in “The A-Team” is plausible.