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TIL a study showed a shocking 29% increase in drug usage and a 34% increase in tobacco usage among students participating in DARE(Drug Abuse Resistance Education) in America

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xVA00 TIL archeologists discovered a sailing ship from the 1600s buried 15 feet beneath Manhattan.
B9LW TIL that the third largest religious movement in the world, with 1.1 billion “followers” are people who are secular, nonreligious, agnostic, and atheist
OopGX TIL that the Ghostbusters no-ghost sign is flipped in Europe vs other parts of the world, because the "no" sign is in different directions in different parts of the world
690PQ TIL that scientists at Stanford University have developed a smart toilet that reads your anus like a fingerprint and monitors the health of your poop and pee. The lead researcher said, "We know it seems weird, but as it turns out, your anal print is unique."
pexZ TIL that in 2010, two women planning to blow themselves up on New Years Eve in Russia’s Red Square were foiled by a spam text message which blew one of them up early.