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TIL that as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Abe Fortas, attended White House staff meetings & discussed private Supreme Court deliberations with President Johnson

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LW19 TIL Melinda Duckett committed suicide following an interview with Nancy Grace regarding the disappearance of her son.
1aYA7 TIL that Ken Jennings would have lost his first game on Jeopardy if not for a technicality allowing players to write only the last name of the correct response in Final Jeopardy. Jennings went on to win 74 games and over $2.5 million, eventually becoming the show's "Greatest of All Time" contestant.
wLvX1 TIL in the US, the How It's Made segment 'Condoms' is instead replaced by a rerun of their 'Rubber Gloves' segment
a8DQo TIL: Fort Ross is a former Russian establishment and the southernmost Russian settlement in North America.
NAe TIL that Genghis Khan believed he was a punishment sent from God to the people he conquered