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TIL that the area code 3-2-1 was assigned to Brevard County,FL to allude to the countdown sequence of the spacecrafts that launch from Cape Canaveral.

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X9X6 TIL Master Chief is 6'10" without armour and 7'2" with armour.
xOMg TIL A boy wrote Jay Leno asking him to take him to school because he told his friends that Jay was his uncle. So Jay picked the kid up in his Lamborghini Countach and drove him to school. When dropping him off, he yelled out the window “Say hi to your mom for me!” and drove away.
aaOb TIL Charles Manson studied Scientology to learn how to manipulate people.
W7eA8 TIL a pair of (otherwise) identical twins was conceived where one twin had Down syndrome and the other did not
4NRb TIL that today in 1680, the Pueblos of N.M. were joined in unity by their leader Popé to fight against their Spanish oppressors. Known as the Pueblo Revolt, the Pueblos drove off the Spanish for the next 12 years, saving their identity and religion, which was sought to be destroyed at that time.