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TIL Bruno Mars’ real name is Peter Hernandez

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XXZ6 TIL that police broke up a Lego heist ring last year for stealing $40,000 worth of bricks and found that one of the suspects was also in possession of another $160,000 of bricks—18 pallets worth.
9wDn6 TIL There are over 13,000 bird strikes annually in the US alone
x6KBB TIL there is a secret hall in Mount Rushmore referred to as the “Hall of Records” containing 16 porcelain tablets for future generations
Wk7Ao TIL Thomas Jefferson believed Jesus's teachings were "the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man," but that they had been appropriated by his followers, resulting in a Bible that contained both "diamonds of wisdom" and the "dung" of ancient political agendas.
wvOo TIL: George Lucas later sent Mel Brooks a note saying how much he loved Spaceballs and that he “was afraid [he] would bust something from laughing.”