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TIL "Lepidobatrachus laevis" despite its cute appearance is also known as the "Freddy Krueger frog" due to its aggressive "chomp and hold attitude"

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PY7De TIL of Dr. Sam Sheppard, a neurosurgeon who was convicted of killing his wife, was later acquitted of the charge and went on to become a pro wrestler. He invented the mandible claw, a move popularized by Mankind(aka Mick Foley)
m1xGR TIL all original members from the Ramones are dead
9Yerm TIL students at Saint Andrews University in Scotland have a tradition of stripping off their clothes and running into the freezing sea
x68L5 TIL about Garibaldi, an Italian general who led 1,000 volunteers in the unification of Italy, outnumbered 90 to 1 and commanding just a few stolen tugboats, he managed to land in Sicily, incite the people there to revolt and ultimately destroyed the state of Two Sicilies in less than 2 years.
M7AaW TIL there is a thunderstorm named Hector that appears every 6 months in the same exact spot.