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TIL Belinda Carlisle played drums for legendary punk band the Germs [2:30]

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OG7ka TIL that Cessna produce the most amount of any aircraft with 418 models and 72755 aircraft registered with the FAA. Next is Piper 44583, Beech 17523, Cirrus 8298 and Boeing 6420. (Ranked by the total number of aircraft of any model by a given manufacturer. )
npDG TIL Fred Phelps (pastor of Westboro Baptist Church) was once a civil rights attorney who fought for the rights of blacks
WmEN TIL a US born nun was killed in Brazil for speaking out about the effect agriculture was having on deforestation of rainforests.
D1ogY TIL of a bacterium that does photosynthesis without sunlight. Instead it uses thermal "black-body" radiation. It was discovered in 2005 on a deep-sea hydrothermal vent, at a depth of 2400 m, in complete darkness.
NXmeJ TIL of Manuel Neuer's participation in the Wer wird Millionär?, the German version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - he won 500,000 euros, only failing on the very last question