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TIL humans produce fewer tears as they get older

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4XvKa TIL In 1906, a Moroccan serial killer was sentenced to be walled up alive after he was found guilty of murdering 36 women (the bodies were found buried beneath his shop and garden). His cries for help were heard for two days before he went silent.
OoER7 TIL Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins later turned to professional wrestling, where he smashed an opponent over the head with a real guitar.
PGZ TIL Immortal Technique donated all the money he made on his last album to build an orphanage in Afghanistan.
grKmX TIL whales sometimes fart. The bubbles that whale flatulence generates are about the size of a watermelon. The unpleasant odor of whale farts has been described by observers as "a combination of herring breath and the funk of rotten salad." Seals are also known to have particularly noisy farts.
X79j TIL if the Sun was scaled down to the size of a white blood cell, the Milky way would be the size of the continental United States.