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TIL that these married schoolteachers in Tucson stole a $160 million abstract painting and hung it behind their bedroom door for 32 years before being discovered upon their death

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P1eMG TIL that one of the major factors that made Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, as the choice for piloting Vostok 6 in June 1963, was that she proved lucky in the timing of her menstrual cycles earlier that month.
aw61o TIL Bob Marley’s son, Damien, bought a 77,000 square foot prison in California for $4.1 million to convert into a medical weed growing facility. The operation has created over 100 jobs and generated millions in tax revenue for the state.
wLgEW TIL that popular actor and comedian Chevy Chase got his stage name from a 15th century English poem called The Ballad of Chevy Chase, which tells the story of the battle of Otterburn between the Percys and the Douglases.
W7OpX TIL there is a fish that can climb trees.
Nm0N TIL NASA conducted a nap study on their pilots. They found that naps provided 34% increase in pilot performance and 100% increase in physiological alertness.