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TIL David Bowie plays guitar, piano, saxophone, harmonica, synthetizers, vibraphone, xylophone, koto, drums, viola and cello

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5Y7kk TIL George Clooney had a cameo on South Park in which he provided all the barks, growls, and yips for Sparky, the gay dog in the ‘Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Boat Ride.’
RAa9 TIL the first firecrackers originated when Chinese villagers burned green bamboo, which grows so fast that air pockets get trapped inside of it and explode with a loud bang when heated.
VMjoQ Til that British spies once tried putting female hormones in Hitler's food in order to feminize Hitler and "Make him less aggressive, and more docile- akin to his sister."
Nr7N TIL the Codex seraphinianus is an illustrated encyclopedia of an unknown, parallel world, written in an unknown language using an unknown alphabet
LQy6Q TIL about Yi Seok, a pretender to the Korean throne and a grandson of the last Emporer. He advocates for a Korean constitutional monarchy and teaches history at Jeonju University