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TIL There's a sexually transmissible cancer which shows up in all stray dog populations around the world except Chernobyl

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K4N4 TIL popcorn was banned from movie theaters in the 1920’s because of the noise it made while eating it
BgE1y TIL Honeybees flap their wings 230 times per second
1ZlV TIL That during a mass extinction event nicknamed ‘The Great Dying’ a full 96% of life on Earth was wiped out. Everything and everyone here today is descended from the 4% that survived.
b6gAZ TIL Mary Ann Cotton (1832-1873) Was Britain’s First Documented Serial Killer
ANLQ7 TIL A Samurai named Seigo Yamazawa actually fought on the side of the Bulgarians during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78). Eventually Bulgaria was liberated from the Ottomans. He has a bust today in present day Burgas regions.