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TIL a 90-Year-Old Lady Seduced and Killed Nazis as a Teenager

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R7YVQ TIL that although Hyenas appear to be dogs, they are actually more closely related to cats.
YXXv TIL that a man went through simulated labor to put an end to the age old debate about pain thresholds…and called mercy after three hours.
Wk0MB TIL that the suds of shampoo, soap and many other foaming products is often artifically added to the product to help convince us that it is working.
p8ALO TIL: The International Space Station orbits about 220 miles above Earth. To put that in perspective, if Earth were the size of a basketball, the space station would be about 1/4 of an inch (<7mm) off the surface.
lo8dr TIL when "Battlefield Earth" won the Razzie Award for Worst Movie of the Decade, screenwriter J.D. Shapiro accepted in person saying: "No one sets out to make a train wreck. Actually, comparing it to a train wreck isn’t really fair to train wrecks, because people actually want to watch those."