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TIL: Mike Tyson consumed cocaine from age 11 and used a fake penis to pass drug tests

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XEAZX TIL of The rule of Threes. You can survive three minutes of severe bleeding, without breathable air (unconsciousness generally occurs), or in icy water. You can survive three hours in extreme heat or cold. You can survive three days without drinkable water. You can survive three weeks without food.
ZewQ TIL During the Stonewall Riots, the rioters responded to the arrival of the tactical riot squad by forming Rockette style kick-lines, and shouting to the tune of Howdy Doody “We are the Stonewall girls/ We wear our hair in curls/ We don’t wear underwear/ We show our pubic hairs.”
jNDwN TIL there is a park in Tampa owned by Cuba, and for 60 years it was the only piece of Cuban-owned land in the United States
VLAB TIL that a bite from a common tick can cause a permanent anaphylactic meat and milk allergy in people.
E08o TIL: The most popular of the US national media sources—Fox, CNN, MSNBC—seem to be the least informative, while Fox news actually makes you less informed than watching no news at all.