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TIL Canada Geese used to be on the brink of extinction in the wild.

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Z8Z0R TIL an IKEA in the Netherlands had to cancel their 1 euro breakfast special because it attracted too many customers and caused traffic jams on the highway.
grdM7 TIL That Keisuke Itagaki, the mangaka behind Baki the Grappler, is the father of Paru Itagaki, the mangaka behind Beastars
58QP TIL An egg that is old or bad will float in water, fresh eggs will sink in water.
awJNo TIL The Help Celebrate Our 150th American Independence Day in 1926, Poland Presented President Coolidge with a birthday present to America as a big thank you for aid during WW1. The present was an 11 volume, 300,000 pages of 5.5 million (1/6 of population then) signatures from polish people.
neoZd TIL There is a theory that Grandpa Jo in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' is the story's villain. Jo claims to be unable to work, accepts Charlie's money for tobacco, relies on his poor family to feed him. Jo's deception is revealed when Charlie finds a golden ticket, & begins singing and dancing