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TIL: Keys available on eBay could give terrorist full access to NYC skyscrapers, subway, firehouses, construction sites and street lamps - NYPOST.com

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4kKXb TIL: a man named Ranald MacDonald was the first native English speaker to teach the English language in Japan. Today, statues commemorate Ronald McDonald all throughout Japan.
VQ48 TIL contrary to popular belief, most people who are bitten by black widow spiders suffer no serious damage, let alone death.
xWA1 TIL Last year a Florida woman drove into a house because she was praying with her eyes closed…while driving.
BY5D TIL that a Korean TV show is about a 400 year-old Harvard-educated alien who falls in love with a human woman. ‘My Love From Another Star’ is a huge hit in Korea and elsewhere; Chinese fans were hospitalized for binging on too much fried chicken and beer (the woman character’s favorite food).
nW4Jd TIL about the 1986-87 Conflict between Chad and Libya is known as the 'Toyota War' due to sheer number of Toyotas used by Chad in the conflict. It is the only car brand with a war named after it.