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TIL the 1992 Radiohead song “Creep” uses a similar chord progression as “The Air That I Breathe” by The Hollies. Consequently, after winning a plagiarism lawsuit against Radiohead, Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood are credited as co-writers of “Creep”.

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rLx0 TIL in 2011 a Gurkha single-handedly held off 12 Taliban as they attacked his base. Alone on the roof, he fought ‘an onslaught of rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s’. He fired over 400 rounds, launched 17 grenades and detonated a mine. After his gun failed, he threw his tripod to fend a man off.
xLQB TIL that a man in Alabama was convicted of “being drunk on a public highway” after police officers arrested him, drunk, at his home and took him onto the highway (conviction was later overturned)
MeZo8 TIL that the Colombian town of López de Micay is the wettest place in the world, with an average of 315 rainy days a year (the least rainy month is February, with 23 rainy days), and an average of 16000 mm of rainfall annually
x7VD TIL that Scott Adams began writing “Dilbert” based on experiences he was having at his employment. Rather than fire him, they gave him meaningless work in an effort to get him to quit - which just gave him more time and material for “Dilbert.”
QJ5Va TIL: Cheng Chui Ping, also known as Sister Ping, ran a human smuggling empire and is widely regarded as the most prolific smuggler of the 20th century. She ran her operation between Hong Kong and New York City from 1984 until 2000. The FBI still doesn't know how many people she smuggled into the US.