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TIL Hitler's plan after occupying Moscow was to kill all its Residents and replace it with an artificial lake.

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7r81b TIL the members of the 1980s pop/rock band Toto were prolific session musicians. Their work includes Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'. Collectively, the members have been recorded on over 5,000 albums, selling over 500,000,000 albums.
xVGVo TIL: Dedicated Japanese monks spent years going through the horrifying process of turning themselves into mummies... while still alive. Viewing their bodies is now one of the world's creepiest tourist attractions.
N78r6 TIL Plastic model cement work through a unique chemical process whereby the glue melts the two separate plastic surfaces. As the glue cures, the melted plastic solidifies into a single plastic membranous bond
jB1a TIL Bipolar disorder may have been a climatic adaptation for humans to survive short summers (manic episodes for high productivity) and long winters (depression to slow metabolism).
yVvKw TIL that astronauts have been allowed to vote from space since 1997