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TIL, the german word for Birth control pills is Antibabypillen.

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5V0d9 TIL the voice actress for the character Eva in the 2004 video game 'Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater' was credited under the pseudonym Suzetta Miñet and it was only revealed yesterday, 2 decades after the game's release, that the VA was actually Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel in The Little Mermaid
xp61 TIL: Safety Beach located in Victoria, Australia. Changed its name from Sharks Cove to Safety Beach, to encourage more tourists to visit
BPvW TIL the sperm whale was named after a semi-liquid, waxy substance found in the whale’s head that researchers mistakingly thought was semen
LWGv TIL part of Holland can be flooded to keep an invading army out, transforming Holland into an island
oBNP8 TIL The meaning of the Military term Hooah is an acronym for HUA = Heard, Understood, Acknowledged