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TIL that only 6 U.S presidents had made a conscientious decision to not run for a second term.

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9YrVB TIL of Matthew Hahn, a thief who stole a safe, cracked it open, and discovered pictures of the owner molesting a 2 year old. He then turned it in anonymously, and ended up getting sentenced to 14 years for unrelated crimes, the owner got sentenced to 30.
LkmGP TIL: Crows are about as smart as a 7 year old. They make tools, recognize human faces, know the route your garbage truck takes, understand analogies, hold grudges and pass those grudges down to future generations.
GyV1 TIL: One of the 57 people killed in the 1980 Mt St. Helens explosion was an 83 year old lodge owner named Harry Truman. Just before the 1980 eruption he said ’“If the mountain goes, I’m going with it” He and his 16 cats are presumed to have died in the eruption.
WkjML TIL the original Jake from State Farm was an actual State Farm employee; new one is an actor
e07GJ TIL Hajime Isayama, creator of the "Attack On Titan" manga, came up with the idea for the Titans because of an encounter with a drunk customer in an internet cafe he worked at.