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TIL The Today Show was on the verge of failure, until it was saved by a chimp named J. Fred Muggs. He was a daily guest on the show until anchor Dave Garroway became jealous and drugged Muggs mug.

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OlbY TIL Buzz Aldrin punched a conspiracy theorist, Bart Sibrel, in the face for doubting he was on the Moon
awn1o TIL To visit every child in the world, Santa Claus would need to travel at 3,000 times the speed of sound
dDWAK TIL Turkmenistan banned non-white cars
LjYV TIL About Giulio d'Este who after a failed plot against his brother, the Duke of Ferrara was imprisoned and spend 53 years in his cell,untill he was pardoned,after he got out the people of Ferrara made fun of him for the outfashioned clothes he was wearing
LkZMv TIL the idea of Catholic Monks/Nuns taking a "vow of silence" never existed. The concept is a misunderstanding of "Monastic Silence" which established rules for time and place when speaking in a monastery. There was never a rule which required perpetual silence.