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TIL Rob Riggle, (SNL, The Daily Show, The Hangover, 21 Jump Street, etc…) is a retired US Marine Lt. Colonel, serving his country for 23 years, deploying to Kosovo, Liberia and Afghanistan.

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dnnK TIL the 4 of july, 1946 was the Independence day from the United States of America for the Philippines.
1a05V Today I learned Jonestown Survivor Jackie Speier Who was Shot in the Head and Stomach After an Ambush, Survived and Crawled into a Forest Only to be Attacked by a Swarm of Fire Ants. She spent 22 hours Without Medical Help.
78GQb TIL that the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the continental US occurred in New Madrid, MO, in 1812. It was so violent that the shaking was felt in New York, made church bells ring in South Carolina, and made part of the Mississippi River run backwards.
9w78r TIL Water doesn't always boil at 100 degrees
7rVRP TIL that the 250+ page novel Gadsby is written in English, and doesn't contain a single letter "e". "E" is the most commonly occurring letter in the English language.