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TIL that Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is deaf in one ear, due to getting hit in the side of head with a lead pipe when he was a child.

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L7QV TIL of Superman: Red Son, an alternate universe where Superman landed in the Soviet Union instead of America. He is described as a “Champion of the common worker who fights a never-ending battle for Stalin”
GApag TIL Harriet Mordaunt after being convicted of adultery with Prince Edward of wales (King Edward VII), her father intervened with the courts that no impropriety had happened so she was deemed insane and spent the rest of her life in various asylums.
J8AV TIL that the fastest 9-year-old today could have won bronze at the 100m sprint at the 1896 olympics.
kjAg TIL Keanu Reeves had his daughter and girlfriend pass away within 18 months of each other
Vm48 TIL that Benjamin Franklin attempted to predict the death of his competitor, Titan Leeds. When Leeds was still alive he posted an obituary anyways. When Leeds challenged it, Franklin insisted he was an imposter.