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TIL that in WW1 The Salvation Army sent 'donut lassies' to soldiers on the front lines of France to make them donuts. They could fry up to 7 donuts at a time in a battle worn helmet. This is why we celebrate national donut day in June and another Nov 5th since it's close to Remembrance/Veterans Day.

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e6ek TIL An Indian man named Dashrath Manjhi carved a 360 foot long path through a mountain over the course of 22 years to reduce the distance between his village and the hospital down from 70km to 1km, to ensure no one would die like his wife did because they could not get medical care.
mGvx TIL a “Red Herring” logical fallacy is a point in an argument that misleads or distracts from the issue at hand. E.g. “If the world’s 15 largest cargo ships don’t burn the low grade fuel, someone will.” Doesn’t make the low grade fuel any more reasonable for the ships to burn it.
GkpE TIL Dr. Donald Unger only cracked the knuckles on his left hand every day for more than 60 years. Both hands remained unharmed, earning him the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine, a parody of the actual award.
RVva TIL that in 1970, a group of hikers outside of Bergen, Norway, suddenly came upon the charred, naked corpse of a woman in the middle of the Isdalen Valley. The woman was nicknamed the Isdal Woman and her story remains one of Norway’s deepest mysteries.
QNGkL TIL Beatle historians consider their infamous "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" to be the song that broke them up, as it showed that a Lennon-McCartney song was always picked to be recorded over a George Harrison song, no matter the quality of the Harrison song