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TIL In 1958 the US air force accidently dropped a nuclear bomb on South Carolina.

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wAJ6 TIL that the sloppy handwriting of doctors kills more than 7,000 people annually. Preventable medication mistakes also injure more than 1.5 million Americans annually
E171p TIL The song Alouette is about a French Canadian man who caught a lark and is telling it how he’s going to pluck its feathers
0wBJv TIL The 1941 American movie drama 'Citizen Kane' was originally a box office flop. The movie failed to recoup its cost at the box office. Radio City Music Hall's management refused to screen Citizen Kane for its premiere. Today, Citizen Kane is considered the Greatest American Film of All Time.
rNGQ0 TIL indigenous Americans made pictorial calendars called “Winter counts” that recorded events or information important to their tribe.
kOPV4 TIL the makeup process for 'The Grinch' was so grueling, Jim Carrey had to meet with an expert who trained CIA operatives to deal with torture