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TIL that Charles Ramsay, who stopped eating his Big Mac to save the three women kidnapped in Cleveland, was awarded the elusive McGold card which gives you free McDonalds for life

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5VrW9 TIL that a paper ball thrown by a fan is displayed in the museum of German football club Werder Bremen. The ball helped Werder Bremen to reach the final of the UEFA Cup in 2009, after it interfered with a backpass by the oppositian, which led to Bremen to score the winning goal in the semi-final
OGMLX TIL that ELO's Out of the Blue, a double album comprised of 16 songs, was written in just 2 weeks.
KxJa TIL Companies such as General Motors (fronting as National City Lines) bought out companies that operated electric streetcars across the USA and fully replaced them with buses, which were reliant on foreign oil.
xVXZ1 TIL - Falcons are more closely related to parrots than hawks or eagles
oRL7 TIL the term “jaywalking” comes from the 1920s term “jay” which is slang for a person too stupid to get out of the way of cars or pedestrians