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TIL Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, had a sexual relationship with a 14 year old and wrote the song "Catholic School Girls Rule" about it.

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D1YKr TIL Allison Janney was so convincing as White House press secretary in The West Wing that she has been offered work as a political pundit many times and turned them down, reminding them that she is an actor and not strong on politics.
jNW6j TIL of the Holocaust memoir Fragments (1995), a worldwide hit that gained much critical acclaim. Its author was interviewed and went into further detail about his horrible experiences. In 1998, it was proved to be entirely fake and its author had never been involved at all in the Holocaust.
4Nlg TIL a pregnant employee at a Christian school was fired for having premarital sex. The school subsequently offered a job to the man who had gotten her pregnant.
njMG TIL The Great Pyramids Were Originally Bright White
Y77a7 TIL About "Judas goats", which are trained to associate with herds and gain their trust so that other animals follow them - to a slaughter. The Judas goat is rewarded by not being killed, and used to lead other herds to the same fate.