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TIL 3% of the general population has antisocial personality disorder: a mental health disorder characterized by disregard for other people.

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n7vP TIL gamers in the ‘80s could photograph their TV with a high score showing and mail it in, and Activision would send back a patch.
5VByr TIL Crows hold 'funerals' for fellow crows. Often neighboring crows who didn't know the now deceased crow or even see it die will attend these 'funerals'
J1de8 TIL Nathaniel Alexander, an African American living in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1911, patented the folding chair. His design included a book rest that was usable for the person sitting in the seat behind and was ideal for church or choir use.
jNQav TIL that in 1939, the US army was ranked nineteenth in size in the world, behind Portugal and only slightly ahead of Bulgaria. Its equipment was obsolete, and it relied heavily on horses
wLZAM TIL the Laotian rock rat, deemed extinct for 11 million years, was rediscovered in Laos along the Mekong river being sold as meat at a local street market in 2005