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TIL The Walt Disney Company is the second largest consumer of explosive devices, only behind the U.S. Department of Defense.

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rNXp4 TIL The Golden Poison Frog found in the Amazon rain forest, is the most poisonous animal on the planet.They are so toxic that they have few (if any) predators. The indigenous tribes use the toxin for hunting. Secretions from a single frog could kill two bull elephants.
GAlJ7 TIL Kate Bush was the first artist to use a wireless microphone headset (first made with just a clothing hanger) which let her dance as she sang!
jvAp TIL the youngest soldier in Korean War was Master Sgt. Gilbert Zamora, who able to enlist at 13 because he was already 6'2’’ and weighed 195 pounds.
v1QGD TIL the world's least valuable coin is Uzbekistan’s 1 Tiyin coin; it is worth 0.0000010 of a US dollar (or 1,000 Tiyin = 1 cent)
wLGY7 TIL of "Bobst Boy," an NYU student who lived in the basement of the campus library for eight months because he couldn't pay for campus housing. NYU offered him free housing and financial assistance until graduation, and he now has a Ph.D. in folklore from Indiana University.