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TIL more than half (56.3%) of Vermont citizens consider themselves atheist.

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JYKR1 TIL, Danny Sugerman started a career in music at 12 years of age, opening fan mail for the Door's. After Jim Morrison's death he took over for their manager, following into Ray Manzarek's solo career. In addition to also managing Iggy Pop, he wrote 3 books about the Doors.
5Xon TIL in Surfers Paradise, Australia, there is an association of bikini-clad meter maids who will top off your parking meter to prevent you from getting a parking ticket!
r7O1 TIL the man Reddit falsely accused of being the Boston bomber was a dead missing person
B6AD TIL Mr. Snuffleupagus met the human cast of Sesame Street due to a string of high-profile pedophilia cases. The writers felt by having the adults refuse to believe Big Bird, they were scaring children into thinking their parents would not believe them if they had been sexually abused.
nrGb TIL that when a sheriff from Florida was asked, why deputies shot a suspect 68 times, he replied “Because we ran out of bullets.”