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TIL April 7th is National Beer Day because this is the date in 1933 that FDR signed the law that lifted Prohibition

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X5GP TIL before realizing his true potential in comedy, Will Ferrell worked as a teller at Wells Fargo; apparently he lost close to $600 in his first two days on the job
oRRVK TIL that a Canadian politician got expelled from her party for stomping and performing voodoo on a Bush doll in a "22 Minutes" segment.
W7BM9 TIL that many U.S. states secretly obtain the drugs used in lethal injections from small compounding pharmacies whose identities are hidden by state secrecy laws. These drugs are produced under less federal oversight, resulting in variable quality, and sometimes leading to botched executions.
AXGw TIL that Thai prisoners are released early if they take part in special kick boxing matches against foreigners
nWkd9 TIL 20 years ago crab fishers off the coast of Australia realized bottlenose dolphins were snatching the bait from their crab pots. However last year scientists captured the first ever footage of the dolphins in the act. The fishers fourth method for baiting the pots finally worked in stopping them.