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TIL in 2018, Two Raccoons drunk on crab apples cause false rabies scare in West Virginia

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D1QRe TIL Apple engineers code-named the Power Macintosh 7100 "Carl Sagan." When Sagan sent a cease-and-desist letter, they changed it to "BHA" for "Butt-Head Astronomer." Eventually a settlement was reached and Apple released an apology. Their final name for the project was "LAW"- "Lawyers Are Wimps"
OobM1 TIL Hitler was never president of Germany. He was appointed chancellor by the president (Paul von Hindenburg), and became the Fuhrer upon Hindenburg's death.
D1OrV TIL That back in 2013/2014 A Photographer Recreated Iconic Portraits of the last century Using John Malkovich as His Model. Einstein and the Joker photos were amazing.
ADXOw TIL there is a town of 1,500 people in Australia built entirely underground.
yAmp TIL humans usually get the urge to pee when the bladder is just 1/3 full. But in zero gravity, the urge doesn’t kick in till the bladder is almost completely full. When John Glenn orbited the Earth, his only urination was 27 ounces, seven ounces more than the capacity of the avg human bladder.