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TIL Unknown Planet May Exist in Our Solar System, Experts Say

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6jV7 TIL Saudi Arabia tore down a centuries old Turkish fortress, at one time used to protect Mecca and the Kaaba from invaders and bandits, to build a Megahotel complex.
nepG9 TIL 1938 film 'The Terror of Tiny Town' is the world's only musical Western with an all Dwarf cast. Producer Jed Buell was inspired after overhearing an employee remark "If this economic dive keeps going, we'll be using midgets as actors".
69Grl TIL that no-one knows what the "H." stands for in "Jesus H. Christ". Some speculate it's "Harold", as in "Harold be thy name".
XNnk TIL Some breakfast cereals, like Wheaties, are fortified with enough iron that individual flakes can be lifted and carried using common magnets.
m1myv TIL Photographer Edward Kim was the first American photojournalist to gain entry into North Korea when he covered the country for National Geographic in 1974