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TIL Oranges are a man made fruit.

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gMXJX TIL about "Aquaponics" which combines fish farming with plant farming, using water and waste from the fish to grow plants. It can require as little as 2% of the water used in standard farming methods.
jewE TIL in a study that examined the difference in brain activity of women during real and faked orgasms, researchers inadvertantly discovered that test subjects reached orgasm 80% of the time while wearing socks versus 50% without.
DQg1v TIL the Moon is not cold and solid, it has a hot, liquid-iron outer core at the centre
grr69 TIL that the symbols used in comics as a substitution for profanity or other vulgar language are called "grawlixes," a term coined by Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker.
KYOW6 TIL Led Zeppelin were considered one of the most dangerous bands to interview, and journalists were given rules to ensure all out brawls wouldn’t break out. Among those the most famous was to “never make eye contact with John Bonham. ”