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The sound of a jet engine is about 1,000,000,000 times more powerful than the smallest audible sound.

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LP5m TIL in 1514, Gyorgy Dozsa attempted a peasants revolt. After failure, he was forced to sit on an iron throne while wearing an iron crown and holding a scepter. The only catch was that all three were red-hot. His fellow rebels were forced to “bite into his burning body” and “drink his flowing blood.”
adxb TIL that 20-35% of the population sneezes when eating darker chocolate(70% cacao and above)
78RWL TIL that Pizzly Bears are the offspring of a female Polar Bear and a male Brown Bear. These hyprid Bears are able to breed offspring and to date there have been 8 confirmed hybrids (4 50:50 B:P, 4 75:25 B/P) in the wild. All 4 75:25 came from one 50:50 female and all 4 50:50 came from one female PB.
AAY4 TIL Babe Ruth started chewing tobacco and drinking whiskey at age 7
D1vAj TIL that Reinhard Heydrich served as the president of the International Criminal Police Commission/INTERPOL from 1940-42