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TIL that Kevin Smith thought working with Bruce Willis was soul crushing. At the wrap party for Cop Out he toasted the movie saying, “I want to thank everyone who worked on the film, except for Bruce Willis, who is a fucking dick.”

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ggKD TIL that Mbaye Diagne, a U.N. Observer in Rwanda during the genocide, ignored orders of not saving civilians, and drove individuals 5 at a time through militia armed checkpoints to safety, saving hundreds.
j6xZX TIL that a cockroach could bite you if they’re desperately hungry enough and you have the scent of food
QJVY9 TIL that the reason Jet skis spray water out the back is for two reason, one to cool down the motor so I doesn’t overheat and two so it can be seen by other boats if it is crowded and or if they are to far away to make out what the item is!
XEKar TIL a 665-foot cargo ship called the Golden Ray capsized off the coast of Georgia in September 2019 carrying around 4,000 Hyundais and Kias as the result of a fire. The entire crew escaped safely but the ship remains partially submerged on its side in St. Simons Sound, Georgia.
M7ya8 TIL of the Streisand effect, which is an unintended consequence of attempts to hide, remove, or censor information, where the effort instead backfires by increasing awareness of that information.