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TIL Robin Williams wanted to play Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies, but there was a British only rule

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RWGl TIL America could potentially have discovered the Higgs Boson a decade before CERN but funding was cut on the collider resulting in the most expensive hole in the ground in the world.
bQBj TIL That clouds typically weigh about a million pounds.
PYkxZ TIL About Hubert Fauntleroy Julian "The Black Eagle" Who parachuted into Harlem while playing saxophone in a devil costume in the 1920s in addition to doing a bunch of other wild stuff.
daxK TIL that lionfish are a prolific invasive species in the Atlantic Ocean and sharks typically don’t recognize them as prey. In an effort to control the lionfish population, a group of conservationists attempted to train reef sharks to prey on them.
kL9d TIL the Last words of the inventor of Air Conditioner on his death bed were “It’ll be a Cold Day in Hell!”