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TIL a teen needing a heart transplant was rejected in part because of his history of juvenile detention. A media outcry resulted in his getting a new heart, and later he died fleeing after a carjacking/burglary/shooting spree.

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JYmZl TIL of this Black Hole that is 34 billion times the mass of the Sun, devours almost one Sun's worth of mass every day.
g477 TIL there are currently 4,256 satellites currently orbiting the planet as of 2016, but only 1,419 are operational
pYBJZ TIL that spent fuel from nuclear reactors is used to make household fire alarms
4kgr5 TIL millionaires and billionaires account for 1.1% of the world population.
a8rnZ TIL For “no direction Home”. The iconic “Judas” moment And the onstage colour footage of “like a rolling stone”in Dylan’s 1966 Manchester concert, originally recorded by D. A. Pennebaker, was found in 2004 in a pile of water-damaged film recovered from Dylan’s vault.