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TIL Cai Lun, the inventor of paper, was a eunuch

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d8mWB TIL in 1923, a dog named Bobbie was separated from his owners and lost. Six months later, Bobbie appeared on their doorstep mangy and scrawny with feet worn to the bone; he walked over 2500 miles (4000 km) of plains, desert and mountains an average of approximately 14 miles (23 km) per day.
oB98K TIL Depression can cause you to dream up to 3 to 4 times more than you normally would
Bw9e TIL that the same $99 microphone has been used by every president since 1965
OGLKL TIL Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are Whack. In all three states it is legal to intentionally run over coyotes and kill them with a snowmobile. They call it whacking. WY and ID also allow wolves to be cruelly killed in this manor. Predator control is the excuse.
a4y TIL there may soon be a vaccine to prevent and treat obesity.