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TIL that the treatment for being scalped is to have holes drilled through the exposed skull.

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jN4ev TIL about null island, a buoy off the coast of africa that sits on 0 longitude and 0 latitude which causes computer programs to mistaken it as a real island
7RjP TIL Salvation Army’s media director for part of Australia stated in 2012 that homosexual people “deserve to die.”
QJMje TIL The engine on the BMW M5 is so quiet that the company plays fake engine noises through the speakers to “remind” drivers of their car’sperformance.
LQO6r TIL that declining ticket sales and subsequent bankruptcy almost led to the demolition of Radio City Music Hall in April 1978. Its interior received landmark status in March of that year, saving it from the wrecking ball.
oBmm7 TIL Mel Blanc smoked a pack of cigarettes a day from age 9. Unsurprisingly, he died of coronary artery disease.