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TIL about how the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication. Advent of the tamper proof seal we see and know today. The murders still remain unsolved to this day

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gp8b TIL that it has been theorised that the Pillars of Creation, made famous by the Hubble Telescope, may no longer exist. They may have been destroyed by a supernova shockwave around 6000 years ago, but the light from this hasn’t reached Earth, so we won’t see it for another 1000 years.
x66JD TIL there is an Angel Statue in a mississippi cemetery called " Turning Angel" because, according to some, it turns to look at cars driving by.
p87OZ TIL Dora the Explorer teaches English in all languages, except of course (in English) where she teaches Spanish.
4X5rR TIL Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, ran and won his campaign from prison. Once elected president, he released himself.
jV4v TIL Microsoft receives up to $8 per Android device sold in royalties ≈ $3.4 billion in 2013