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TIL that Mozart's real name was "Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart"

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x60XD TIL that donations of used clothes are NEVER needed during disaster relief according to FEMA.
BrLdW TIL that the music video of the song "Basket Case" from Green day was filmed in a mental asylum called "Agnews Developmental Center." It was also originally filmed in black and white but was later colored in(however the patients of the asylum were not colored in and stay B&W)
XvWr TIL that in Japan, the sales of adult diapers have surpassed the sales of baby diapers.
7rgRM TIL about Toby. A cat that walked twelve miles to his former home after his owners gave him to another family. His former family took him to a local animal shelter and asked for Toby to be euthanize. The shelter refused and found Toby a new loving family who cares from him.
wgK7 TIL Famed molecular biologist James Watson put his Nobel Prize up for auction in 2014 due to financial hardships. It sold for $4.1 million, and was promptly returned to him by the buyer.