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TIL that the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit

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rd54 TIL the U.S. bombed China’s embassy in Belgrade almost 15 years ago, killing three Chinese journalists. The bombing was blamed on outdated maps, but it was later revealed that the CIA actually possessed up-to-date maps.
E1l4W TIL Not only can you eat dandelions raw(or make a tea etc.), but that they are pretty nutritious and can even stimulate digestion / bile flow.
XEgpQ TIL Miss Piggy has never appeared in an episode of Sesame Street
alAL TIL that so many British men died in World War I that young women were warned that only 10% would marry. Newspapers discussed the country’s “Surplus Two Million” women.
ZpwPB TIL Pirates wore eye patches to increase their night vision, not to cover a missing eye.