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TIL Demodex mites, relatives of arachnids with chitin exoskeletons like crabs and scorpions live and sexually reproduce in the dark on 99% of human faces.

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a8OOJ TIL Otis Blackwell wrote Don't Be Cruel, All Shook Up & Return to Sender but never met Elvis
v1LO7 TIL when you get chills listening to music it stimulates reward pathways in the brain. Sad music often triggers chills more often than happy music, yet evokes positive emotions. Sad songs may activate a fear response in the brain, but when no real threat is present, the response turns positive.
R5oel TIL in 1985, Wes Craven directed an episode of The Twilight Zone starring Bruce Willis
jNYmR TIL of Bloody Sunday (1920) when 14 Irish civilians were killed in Croke Park during a Gaelic Football match when British forces opened fire on the players and the crowd.
4XgyR TIL Kim Kardashian was paid to post a selfie on Instagram and Twitter advertising a pharmaceutical product. Sent to 42 million followers on Instagram and 32 million on Twitter, this illegal advertisement did not contain any risk information or language specifying that it was a paid endorsement.