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TIL: Only one acorn in 10,000 will become an oak tree

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7PmM TIL that in 2009, Oklahoman cops tasered an 86-year old disabled woman in her bed for taking a ‘more aggressive stance’. There made sure she would not resist further by stepping on her oxygen line until she couldn’t breathe.
wLep7 TIL in 2006, the Mythbusters tested the myth that cardboard used in cereal boxes are healthier than the sugary cereal itself. Two groups of mice were given either item and the box group ended up eating each other while both Mythbusters made remarks about it. The myth was promptly never shown on TV.
kJxrB TIL That the price of Big Macs can vary up to 77% between locations
rm4o TIL That NASA is not the only space program in the United States. NASA is the civilian space program. The other is the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC), highly classified with barely any information found on its technology or its explorations.
QNGae TIL 3 people were walking back from Yellowstone in the dark when they accidentally walked into a pool of extremely hot water, killing the young woman of the group