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The United Arab Emirates plans to grow palm trees and lettuce on Mars

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6E9rl TIL the German Parliament has the grafiti "I f--k Hitler in the ass" preserved as a historic monument on one of its walls
kON9E TIL Garth Brooks holds the record for having the most diamond-certified records, having 9 of them - more than Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd put together.
4P0b TIL that there is a school of thought that a major war between the supporters and opponents of intelligent machines, resulting in billions of deaths, is almost inevitable before the end of the 21st century.
rROmx TIL of the "nut rage incident", where on a Korean Air flight the vice president of the airline struck the cabin crew chief with a tablet and ordered the plane to return to the gate after being being served nuts in a plastic bag instead of on a plate.
KYORQ TIL about the Nordic Biker War. A war involving the Hells Angles and Bandidos outlaw motorcycle clubs. The bikers utilized car bombs, machine guns, hand grenades, anti-tank missiles and small arms during their gang war.