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TIL about Kunyaza, a sexual practice endemic to Rwanda which leads to female ejaculation 90% of the time and which is traditionally combined with another cultural practice: labia enlongation

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Megka TIL a Texas High School Senior was Fined $637 for Cursing At School - She said "shit", when she was unable to pay the fine a warrant was issued for her arrest.
VB54B TIL that one of the many ways it seems that Alexander the Great grieved his Hephaestion was by creating a cult dedicated in his honor, complete with followers, shrines, art, sacrifices, altars and temples. His cult even seems to have eclipsed the Athenians native Greek gods in worship.
VMOAm TIL, the Pole of Inaccessibility refers to the most distant point from the coastline of any given country or continent.
9wdrD TIL that squirrels too can get fat.
OoAML TIL that the first jazz performance of "Someday My Prince Will Come" was by the Ghetto Swingers at the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943. To avoid causing controversy, the band had to change the program name from "Music by Frank Churchill" to "Music from Disney's Snow White"