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TIL When asked about the premise of training drillers to be astronauts instead of vice versa in Armageddon, Michael Bay told Ben Affleck to “Shut the fuck up”

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LkwD9 TIL of the Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, which by 2025 will accelerate to 430,000 mph and travel to (only) 4.3 million miles from the center of the Sun
loVA7 TIL Humans domesticated dogs before they developed written language
R5k86 TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271.
kOAgW TIL French Republican calendar sought to modernize the measure of time with 10 days per week, 10 hours per day, 100 minutes per hour, and 100 seconds per minute.
0w8JL TIL about Michel Lotito. Throughout his life he ate 18 bicycles, seven TV sets, two beds, 15 supermarket trolleys, a computer, a coffin (handles and all), a pair of skis, six chandeliers and an airplane (Cessna 150) piece by piece.