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TIL the demo version of NeYo's hit single "Let Me Love You" is a powerful ballad by fellow singer-songwriter Sia

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74Op TIL the internment of Japanese during WWII cost America $3 billion dollars when Ronald Regan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which explicitly apologized and called it and act of “race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.”
9wV6m TIL of a species of Pitcher Plant that has developed a symbiotic relationship with Tree Shrews. The Tree Shrews feed on the nectar produced by the Pitcher Plant and defecates into the pitcher while the Pitcher Plant gets its needed nitrogen from the shrew poo
WeAo TIL brontosaurus never existed
YpDOB TIL In 1925, General Electric, Phillips, & other light bulb manufacturers colluded against consumers & created the 'Phoebus Cartel'. The Cartel conspired to reduce the 1925 light bulb life expectancy from 2500 Hours down to only 1000 Hours & at the same time, to increase the Price Per Bulb.
jeGQ TIL There is a type of shrimp which has the hardest “punch” of any animal, approximately the same acceleration as a .22 caliber bullet. They have been known to break through aquarium glass.