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TIL of "Unit 731", a secret Japanese research facility disguised as a water treatment plant during WWII. Responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes ever committed, researchers captured by the USA were secretly given immunity in exchange for the data gathered from their human experiments.

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D1Z8Y TIL about NHL Rule 31.11 which says if the officials cannot make it to a game and no suitable substitute can be found the players need to referee the game themselves, this rule has been enforced 1 time on January 15 1983, where only 1 of the 3 officials could make it due to a snowstorm.
9YeWm TIL about the Freedom Summer Murders, where 3 Civil Rights workers were abducted and killed by local law enforcement. Despite sufficient evidence, the state of Mississippi refused to prosecute the perpetrators, and some were only convicted of Civil Rights violations and served little time in prison
v1EOj TIL that the name of the Royal Navy ship HMS Petard means "HMS Fart". A petard is a small bomb that derives its name from middle French for “to break wind.” Pun-loving Shakespeare probably knew this when he wrote “hoist with his own petard” - or to be blasted with his own fart
5QBB TIL Ryan Gosling was cast as Noah in “The Notebook” because the director wanted someone “not handsome.”
neM19 TIL George Washington was the first American mule breeder. However, his first donkey had a low libido. After much study, Washington discovered what got the donkey off: female donkeys, two at time. If the donkey had a clear view of them together he would successfully perform with female horses