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TIL Joe Francis, creator of Girls Gone Wild as seen in late night 90's infomercials, has since been convicted of false imprisonment, child abuse, and prostitution.

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BMPr TIL that dinosaurs were around 163 million years before the evolution of grass. (Dinosaurs evolved 230 million years ago while grass evolved 67 million years ago).
oOoL TIL a TV show host ordered 5 murders in order to boost his ratings; his cameras were always first on the scene
E1xBX TILT Anish Kapoor owns the exclusive rights to the blackest black and another artist called Stuart Semple created the pinkest pink for everyone to use apart from Anish
pVnZ TIL the copyright for the song “Happy Birthday to You” expires in the EU on December 31st, 2016
woYgE TIL about Níðhöggr, a dragon who gnaws at the root of the world tree, Yggdrasil. Níðhöggr's name refers to its role as a monster who chewed the corpses of the inhabitants of Náströnd: those guilty of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking.