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Today I learned Japanese zoo keepers have to jerk off young pandas after every meal to ensure proper digestion.

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ADNQx TIL that between 1856-1866 the United States Military experimented with a "Camel Corps" for use in the Southwestern United States.
7rbyp Today I learned that IRN-BRU, a scottish drink that "tastes like liquid bubblegum," has it's own tartan.
9YjAm TIL When Congolese dictator Mobutu's wife died he married his mistress and made her twin sister his new mistress. The Pope refused to officiate.
JYVeB TIL Common Toads have incredible memory, travelling hundreds of miles in Spring to return to the exact same pond where they were born in order to lay their eggs (of which there can be more than 1,500)
MeNG8 TIL that during the Salem witch trials, no one was burned at stake. They were hanged, left to die in prison, or pressed.