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TIL the CDC has recommended later start times for schools because 66% of teens have chronic sleep deprivation.

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781mZ TIL John Heisman, whom the Heisman Trophy was named for, was Georgia Tech's head coach for its 222-0 game against Cumberland and ran up the score as payback for Cumberland baseball team's thrashing Heisman's coached GA Tech baseball team 22-0 earlier in the same year.
p8rYb TIL the US Air Force drops every christmas since 1952 10s of thousands of pounds of supply, food, toys and commodities on the islands of Micronesia. It is the longest running mission of the United States Department of Defense and the longest running humanitarian airlift in the world.
16VPr TIL Amateur Canadian Scientists discovered a new type of Aurora in 2018 and named it Steve
D1alD TIL in 1907 a 9,317 mile automobile race from Peking to Paris was held after a French newspaper asked if anyone could prove their claim that if a man has a car, he can go anywhere. The race was held despite the race committee cancelling the race and the winner won a bottle of champagne.
QNVpL TIL sex sneeze is a phenomenon characterized by sneezing during orgasm or sexual arousal. The person experiences sneezing as a result of sexual thoughts, arousal, intercourse, or orgasm. It may cause by existence of erectile tissue in the nose.