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TIL Thomas Jefferson thought the constitution should be rewritten every 20 years.

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8ewyX TIL in 2014 sewol ferry tragedy, the crew was dranking beer while waiting rescue and the captain told students to stay in the ship and abandoning the ship,the tradegy kills over 300 students and the captain and his crew are now in jail.
naJW TIL Genghis Khan may have been killed by an arrow to the knee
e0LJk TIL about one in every 1500 people have something called Voluntarily Piloerection - the ability to consciously give themselves goosebumps. The phenomenon both perplexes and intrigues neurophysiologists by defying conventional understanding of how the unconscious nervous system operates.
mxW9R TIL minarets (the towers of mosques) are banned in Switzerland
kVXe TIL there was a psychopharmacologist Alexander Shulgin that had a schedule I license from the government to create and personally test over 230 psychoactive drugs