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TIL about Ed Reeves, a US marine who survived the Korean War despite having shrapnel in his legs, being shot in the head, and getting beaten with rifle butts by the enemy soldiers. Despite all of this, he was able to crawl out onto the frozen Chosin Reservoir, where he was rescued.

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X8xR TIL Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the CIA released nearly 12 million documents. One set of documents revealed research of possibility that “insane” people may be experiencing multiple “levels of reality” and their brains can’t process this information, leading to mental instability [PDF]
Ve5B TIL special care was taken while restoring Shakespeare’s grave to ensure that his bones remained untouched as the epitaph on his tombstone reads: “Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, and cursed be he that moves my bones.”
9wQm6 TIL When Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Oscar in 1940, she had to make her way to the stage from a segregated table at the back of the room.
neNmr TIL there is a rare type of fluffy frost called hair ice that only forms on rotting wood. It baffled scientists for decades until 2015, when scientists determined that fungal activity was largely responsible for the ice formation.
4X8QJ TIL: Lewis Bradbury asked a $5/week draftsman with no architectural training to design his $500,000 building in 1892. Wyman agreed after consulting his dead brother via Oija board. The Bradbury Building in LA is a National Historic Landmark and appeared in movies such as Blade Runner.