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TIL that Harriet Tubman believed John Brown did more for the black Americans than Abraham Lincoln did.

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x6lKD TIL that the killer in the first modern detective novel was an orangutan
MV90 TIL every December 25th a town in Peru celebrates “Takanakuy”. Men, women, and children settle grudges with fistfights. Then everyone goes drinking together, ready to start the new year with a clean slate.
6E59W TIL that the International Morse code distress signal <SOS> does not stand for anything. It was adopted due to being easy to remember and broadcast even for people unfamiliar with Morse code, being a continuous sequence of three dots, three dashses, and three dots, with no spaces.
roao TIL that a low concentration of THC in a driver’s bloodstream has been associated with safer driving and a lower accident rate.
ZpR1p TIL, that private well water has fluoride in it. It can have so much over the recommended dose, that it can cause calcium buildup on your ligaments and tendons.