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TIL Napoleon’s military tactics are still utilized by armies, and studied by students in academies around the world 200 years later.

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GYAoE TIL there's a scrotum on the coat of arms above Parliament House, Australia.
JYBQk TIL one of the Soviet space dogs' puppy, Pushinka, was given by Khrushchev to Kennedy as a gift. One of Kennedy's dog, Charlie, took a liking to Pushinka, resulting in the birth of four pups referred jokingly by Kennedy as "pupniks".
VBJ7B TIL a Russian attempted suicide bomber died in 2011 after receiving a spam text message that wished her a happy new year, triggering the detonator on her mobile phone.
nAOr TIL the Earth has a second moon called 2016 Ho3. Essentially a large asteroid, it orbits the Earth non elliptically but has the most stable orbit of Earths “ other moons”.
6Xrw TIL between 1939 and 1989 in Spain about 300,000 new-born babies have been stolen in hospitals by a child trafficking network of doctors, nurses, priests and nuns. They just told the natural parents that their child had died.