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TIL That Irena Sendler was a remarkable woman who defied the Nazis and saved 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto. The Nazis eventually discovered her activities, tortured her brutally, and sentenced her to death, but she managed to evade execution and survive the war.

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XbQ8 TIL In 1984 Summer Olympics Judo final, Egypt’s Mohamed Ali Rashwan lost to Japan’s Yasuhiro Yamashita who previously tore a right calf muscle. Rashwan did not aim for Yamashita’s right leg because he did not regard that as a fair play. He won an award from the International Fairplay Committee.
9Yjjr TIL that in 2016 a research ship was named The RRS Sir David Attenborough. An internet poll to suggest the name of the ship showed the actual winner was the name "Boaty McBoatface," but the Science Minister wanted a "more suitable name" and chose a different name from the poll's choices.
dvjj TIL Lorenzo Music, the Garfield voice actor, volunteered at a suicide hotline. Sometimes a caller would recognize his voice, “My wife left me, I’m broke, I have an incurable disease… Hey, you know you sound like that cat on TV?”
XER16 TIL that Mozart was among the top income earners of society back in his day and lived lavishly, earning about 10,000 florins/yr vs 25 fl/yr for laborers and ~500 for some in the upper class. He was also not buried in a pauper’s grave, just that only Aristocrats were allowed to have private burials.
8ewa8 TIL that Caterpie is based on the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail