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TIL that in 1982 Jim Rice saved a 4 year old boys life. The boy was hit in the face by a foul ball and Rice knew it would take several minutes for the ballparks EMS to get to the boy. He immediately sprinted into the stands, picked up the boy, and ran him into the dugout to the team doctor.

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dvDE TIL the 1992 video for Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” was ultimately successful in finding 26 out of the 36 missing children featured in the US, UK, and Australia, and not all of those stories had happy endings.
rRE4y TIL that gender reveal parties only became popular after a 2008 blog post, and the blogger now regrets popularizing the idea
1aL1d TIL Jack Livesey fabricated a military record that included service in the Falklands War, 20 years in the parachute regiment and reaching the Colour Sergeant rank. He worked as a historian and lecturer on the basis of these falsehoods; in reality he simply served as an army cook for 3 years.
vPNAB TIL that Pinky Promise started in early modern Japan (1600-), presumably from the older punishment of cutting fingers for friendly fire, and by the late 1800s it was common among children across different parts of the world
oRJxo TIL that four young people drowned in a narrow passage in an underground cave in Provo Utah 2005. They think one person tried to turn around and the others were unable to pass her. They knew the cave was unsafe.