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TIL Genghis Khan killed about 10% of the world population.

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ANkro TIL There’s a chance you might get blown to smithereens if you donate your body to science… Jim Stauffer said the paperwork asked specifically if medical tests involving explosions were OK. “We checked the ‘no’ box on all that,”
59XQ TIL that there are more blacks on welfare in the US than any other race despite being ~13% of the population.
R5YWw TIL The Guinness World Record for the largest feet on a living person is held by Jeison Orlando Rodríguez Hernández from Venezuela. his feet measured 40.57 cm (1 ft 3.96 in).
KKja TIL The Gympie Gympie shrub has a toxin so potent that it can cause stinging for days, months and even years. There is one report of a man who used the leaf for ‘toilet purposes’ shooting himself due to the unbearable pain.
E1780 TIL Zippo trademarked their lighter's famous "click"