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TIL Hugh Hefner tried countless times to get Raquel Welch to pose nude, and she kept rejecting the offer. Welch did eventually pose for Playboy with her clothes on. Hefner then called her boring, but still had to pay her

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9YrWG TIL - Michael Schumacher donated $10m in aid after the Indian Ocean Tsunami. This surpassed the amount given by any other individual, sports team/league, corporation, and even some countries. Schumacher's bodyguard Burkhard Cramer, and Cramer's two sons, were killed in the tsunami.
awe8Z TIL The tomb of Genghis Khan (died August 18, 1227) has been the object of much speculation and research. To This Day, 800 years after his death, the site remains undiscovered.
N7nk1 TIL the USA has been placed under Martial Law numerous times. Martial law is military control over all of a country's activities, usually during wartime, an emergency or widespread disaster. In the USA, martial law must be ordered by the president and must be limited to the duration of the event.
Y6rr TIL humans are unable to burp in zero gravity environments.
KODO6 TIL that in the entire state of Wyoming, there are a total of two sets of escalators.