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TIL that many animals commonly thought as herbivores will occasionally eat meat.

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XE0nP TIL that during his military Service, Future President George HW Bush was shot down along with 8 others when they attacked a small island called Chichi Jima. All the other pilots were cannibalized by Japanese soldiers, and Bush was only able to escape by being picked up by a submarine.
PY16L TIL that "the Winchester – Shaun of the Dead" received 10,000 votes for a Lego project but Lego decided that "This is the first time we’ve felt that we should turn a LEGO CUUSOO idea down"
oAa7 TIL that every quarter, the IRS publishes a list of people who willfully revoke their citizenship. And the list is sharply growing
1ayG7 The SR-71 Blackbird holds the record for flying from New York City to London. The record, 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds (mach 2.68), was set on 1 September 1974 and is still the record for this transatlantic flight.
9wRX TIL Mr. Bubble, bubble bath, is suspected to have caused a generation of women to have a life-long predisposition to UTI’s.