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TIL the Michael Myers Halloween mask was a Captain Kirk Halloween costume

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N7opQ TIL about the Peter principle, where people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence"
GYYL7 TIL Humans kill more than 100 million sharks every year, which is about 11,000 per hour. Biologically, sharks simply can't keep up with the current rate of exploitation and demand.
AD6Mn TIL that in medieval times, corpses of sick people were used as catapult ammunition, as a form of biological weapon.
lon6K TIL - Elephants can recognize themselves in a mirror, and also passed a body awareness test. These two tests are very rarely passed by non-primates.
1DOO TIL on the night of May 27, 1991, a drugged, naked, bleeding boy of 14 was found in a Milwaukee street. When police arrived, they returned the boy to the control of Jeffery Dahmer, who almost immediately killed and dismembered the boy. 2 women who argued with the police were threatened with arrest.