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TIL heroin was often smuggled into the united states on the corps of fallen soldiers

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m1GgP TIL of Yhprum's law, the opposite of Murphy's law, stating that "everything that can work, will work." "Yhprum" is "Murphy", spelled backwards.
yQ06X TIL that the Confederate Flag was popularized in opposition of the Civil Rights movements of the 1950s by the political part Dixiecrats
1VyP TIL that waxing and shaving of the pubic hair is killing off the population of crab lice.
jN4Lv TIL the band Heart's 1985 hit "What About Love" is a cover, originally written and performed by the Canadian band, Toronto.
X0eZj TIL In 1980, a 30 year old man ate the entirety of a small Cessna aircraft, consumed over the course of 2 years