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TIL the Constitution of the State of Alabama is the longest constitutional document in the world, by a huge margin.

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wLeME TIL Hawaii has nearly one tourist die each week while engaged in common vacation activities like swimming, snorkeling, hiking and going on scenic drives
r6Le TIL the largest naturally occurring iron mass on the Earth’s surface was discovered in 1920 on a small farm in rural Namibia. Unusual for its size (over 60 tonnes) it was found to be extraterrestrial in origin, proving to be the largest iron meteorites to ever reach the Earth’s surface intact
R5lea TIL in this scene from the film version of In Cold Blood, the tears streaming down Robert Blake's face from the the reflection of the rain on the window was unplanned.
XEj46 TIL that the founder of Nidec Corporation, Shigenobu Nagamori, has his own manga named "Man Hotter than the Sun"
GYDX4 TIL about the Woozle Effect, which occurs when frequent citation of previous publications that lack evidence misleads individuals, groups, and the public into thinking or believing there is evidence, and nonfacts become urban myths and factoids.