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TIL October 31, 2000 was the last time every person in the world was on Earth. Since then, there has been a continuous human presence on the International Space Station.

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GAYWg TIL of Jack Brabham, a former racing driver, who founded the Brabham racing team, winning the 1966 Formula 1 championship driving one of his own cars, the only time it has happened
yQekX TIL the 2009 movie The Last House on the Left is a remake of the 1972 movie of the same name, based on the 1960 movie The Virgin Spring, based on Töres döttrar i Wänge (1812), a Ballad, remake of a longer version from 1673, which is the backstory of why the church of Kärna (1100s) has been built.
pDnG TIL Jimmy Carter pardoned all Vietnam draft dodgers almost immediately after taking office
9YNVM TIL of the Mayak nuclear facility: A nuclear reprocessing plant in Russia that has exposed 450,000 to radiation and was caught dumping untreated nuclear waste in the river from 2001-2004.
donQ TIL of three teenagers from Tokelaou who on a drunken dare, stole a boat and got lost adrift on the Pacific Ocean to be found after 51 days. They had barely any food or water, no clothing, no fishing gear, no life vests, and no first-aid kit.