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TIL Billy Joel attempted suicide by drinking furniture polish and ended up in a coma at Meadowbrook Hospital

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E1JaX TIL When the Beijing 2008 Olympics Flame arrived in Pyongyang, a thousand full-dressed Koreans and Chinese overseas students greeted it at the airport. The Pyongyang leg of the torch relay started from the Tower of the Juche Idea and concluded at the Kim Il Sung Stadium
oBrXr TIL: Instagram sued the person who purchased the domain slutsofinstagram.com for trademark infringement, but he defended the lawsuit claiming that the site wasn't Sluts of Instagram, but rather the adventures of a duck princess named Slutsof in the magical city of Stagram.
oBvPA TIL NASA developed a form of concrete that doesn't need water, to be used as a construction material on the Moon
4Yyo TIL Beyonce’s hit song “Run the World (Girls)” is a heavily sampled version of a song by 3 men, and was co-written by 2 other men. The only female writer or producer involved in the song was Beyonce herself.
VBVKD TIL the domestic dog breed with the strongest bite force is the Anatolian Shepherd Dog at 743 psi. Followed by the Cane Corso at 700 psi.