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TIL about a man who was rescued by a sea lion after he tried to kill himself by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge

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6pP8 TIL Ron Goldman’s family won OJ Simpson’s MVP trophy in a civil suit and melted it down to make angel pins for people who donated to non-profits that helped battered women.
BXZL TIL that astronauts must have good airflow around them when they sleep, otherwise they, “…could wake up oxygen-deprived and gasping for air, because a bubble of their own exhaled carbon dioxide had formed around their heads.”
ZjQa TIL the actors who played the parents in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off met on-set and later married each other
4XnXo TIL that the ‘Lamborghini’ of Chicken is this black bird from Indonesia. Not only are its feathers and skin black, but also its muscles, bones and all its internal organs.
e586 TIL that Scientists in 1916 felt America was degenerating into a second rate nationality. They listed the Top 20 threats to USA: #8 America leads all nations in murders #12 Hearty eating without exercise #18 Remarkable cancer mortality increase