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TIL the cruise ship MS Oasis of the Seas gets a gas mileage of 437 gallons per mile (gpm), or 12 feet per gallon

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KLJQ TIL that NASA has a plan if astronauts “Lose It”, and that plan is to tie them up with duct tape.
BrJYb TIL McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli
x6XZ0 TIL the sack of Constantinople in 1453 and subsequent closure of the Silk Road by the Ottoman Empire was a main motivator of Europe to seek a western route to Asia
QNdA9 TIL That the U.S. Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sandford played a crucial role in the start of the American Civil War four years later.
EEBx TIL India and USA were the only two contingents that did not salute Hitler during the opening ceremony of the 1936 Berlin games