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TIL that so many Soviets died during WWII that a Soviet male born in 1923 had just a 20% of surviving until his 23rd birthday.

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0wlR TIL: As much as four percent of the sand on the beaches of Normandy consists of shrapnel left over from D-Day. (based off of samples taken from the beach, which reported at least 4% of the samples consisting of shrapnel. Page 5 has relevant data)
x6yp7 TIL that "first world" & "third world" was used as to label geopolitical blocs
olmo TIL Ray Bradbury first titled Fahrenheit 451 “The Fireman”, then called a local fire station to ask what temperature it would take to actually ignite books. The responding firemen placed him on hold and burnt a book, then reported that the heat required was “Fahrenheit 451″.
5Yjrn TIL that the observable universe is about 93 billion light years, despite the fact that the universe is only 13.8 billion years old. This is because the speed of light only applies to objects moving through space, not the expansion of space itself.
QLyX TIL it was no coincidence “Antz” was released a month before Disney/Pixar “A Bugs life”. Pixar had been working on Bugs Life for much longer. Antz was made by a former Disney employee who didn’t leave on good terms. He sped up the production admitting his intentions were to “Battle Disney”