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TIL the country of Andorra has no airports or train stations.

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OGlMY TIL proto-punk pioneer James Williamson of The Stooges left the music biz to design chips at AMD, and went on to be a Vice President of technical standards at Sony.
4RQ6 TIL In 2007, a Bowhead whale was discovered with the head of an explosive harpoon embedded deep under its neck blubber. The projectile was manufactured in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1890.
k9je TIL In most men, the lower hanging testicle is usually on the opposite side to your dominant hand.
YVEP TIL pandemonium comes from John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost, and is a contraction of pan (all) and demonium (demons).
BwAe TIL Rhesus Monkeys had their own Milgrim Experiment equivalent, and performed FAR better than humans in altruistic behavior. The majority of monkeys DID NOT shock the other monkeys, some choosing to starve for almost 2 weeks rather than to harm others.