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TiL: Farts Can Be Deadly (to Astronauts).

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oBlWE TIL of a Firenado, a rare natural phenomena that is essentially a vortex of fire caused by extreme heat that sounds like a jet engine.
D1vxY TIL that through his mother, Abraham Lincoln is related to Tom Hanks, George Clooney, and Camille Cosby
W7gpA TIL that the dog from the iconic cover of "National Lampoon" with a gun to its head died from being shot by an unknown person. Also, TIL the dogs name was 'Cheeseface.'
Y7yBv TIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.
Bg6Dy TIL that in a Spanish town, 700 residents are descendants of 17th-century samurai who settled there after a Japanese embassy returned home. They carry the surname "Japón," which was originally "Hasekura de Japón."