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TIL Michael C. Hall wore a wig for season 5 of Dexter because of hair loss due to chemotherapy for his Hodgkins Lymphoma

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epRjb TIL The US Navy still has a ship, the USS Pueblo, from 1945 that is actively commissioned till today, however it has been taken hostage by North Korea since 1968. It is now used by North Korea as a museum ship in the capitol of Pyongyang.
b9XL0 TIL that a man living in a high crime area of Oakland, CA put out a tiny statue of Buddha in an attempt to stop illegal dumping on his property. The tiny Buddha began getting worshipped by local Vietnamese residents, and eventually crime in the area went down 82%
vEmR TIL that the main flavoring for root beer and the drug MDMA come from the same plant
dN4r TIL PornHub created a wearable called The Wank Band that uses the motion of masterbation to charge other devices
7r5jP TIL Klavdiya Kalugina was one of the youngest Russian snipers who fought during WW2, she was 17. She amassed 257 confirmed kills. She survived the war and lives in Russia, she is 95 years old. She remains one of the deadliest snipers ever.