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TIL the Royal Navy "sunk" three whales during the Falklands War of 1982

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5Vg7R TIL Serial killer Ed Kemper practiced behavior modification on his cellmate in prison
bavj TIL Hockey players score higher in spatial skills than than any other athlete.
KOnB4 TIL that despite Diogenes' notoriety for philosophical stunts, including his exchanges with Plato and Alexander the great, the philosopher has no surviving written works. Considered to be one of the founders of cynicism, Diogenes is said to have written 10 books, 7 tragedies and a volume of letters.
4Xlko TIL that constantly day dreaming and using it to distract from the real world is an actual mental illness called maladaptive daydreaming.
5yvD TIL serial killer Pedro López, who killed over 300 girls, was released on $50 bail in 1998. He is currently free.