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TIL that a Finnish expression "Nuha lähtee nussimalla" literally means "The flu gets healed by fucking".

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eKdk TIL there is a species of moth(Mabra elephantophila) that feeds on elephant tears
ANLGd TIL that in 2013, the British singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner streamed the recording of his album live for 5 weeks. His home studio in East London was set up with 4 cameras, to allow fans to follow every detail of recording the album – with no producer or engineer, only Faulkner and a few guests.
0x9v TIL in 1940, 11-year-old Audrey Hepburn studied ballet in occupied Holland. To aid the resistance, the students performed in secret while Nazi patrols roamed nearby. Applause was forbidden, and later Hepburn said, “The best audience I ever had made not a single sound at the end of my performance.”
yVr7V TIL that squirrels can theoretically survive a fall from ANY height due to their size and mass.
R9k6 TIL that the writing staff of Futurama held three Ph.D.s, seven masters degrees, and cumulatively had more than 50 years at Harvard