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TIL Microsoft publishes a screen saver that simulates a Windows BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). It even reads system information so it can accurately simulate a BSOD specific to the machine it is running on.

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xV5mk TIL Humans have had the ability to join together 2 pieces of metal for at least 4500 years
W7QBB TIL in traditional Christian theology there are four sins "which cry out to heaven for vengeance" : murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and defrauding a worker of his wages.
r7Ey TIL that there is a suburb in Australia called Surfers Paradise that have “Meter Maids” who are in bikinis and feed expired parking meters to promote the area and preserve goodwill
E1Wjx Today I Learned How Dumb America Is!
D1DnJ TIL that the first creatures ever to ride in a hot air balloon were a sheep, a duck, and a chicken