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TIL the RULE in Ja Rule stands for "Represents Unconditional Love's Existence."

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jkWE TIL there is actually a pepper hotter than the Ghost Chili. The new record holder is called the Carolina Reaper, and rates an average of 1,569,300 Scoville units.
R7bow TIL creation of the most sacred fire in a Zoroastrian temple requires combining flames from 16 different sources, one of which is a funeral pyre; however, funeral pyres are forbidden in Zoroastrianism as corpses are thought to defile the flame.
ANrOw TIL Billy Idol was first choice for the role of T-1000 in Terminator 2, but a motorcycle accident in 1990 prevented it. During his time in hospital he also swore never to wear the Confederate flag again after a black employee explained his feelings on it.
0wZPp TIL after her husband (Fritz Haber, Nobel Prize winner) returned home from the front lines, having recently helped unleash chemical weapons onto the battle field for the first time, Clara Immerwahr shot herself in the heart with his military issue pistol in protest.
8eapa TIL cry rooms were an amenity movie theaters had starting in the 1940s. These were small areas at the back of a theater where those with unruly kids could continue to watch the film. The presence of these rooms declined greatly by the 1970s due to the rise of multiplex theaters.