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TIL It is possible for a man to get stuck in a woman during sex.

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ZakB TIL a California liked to hike in a canyon occupied by a bear family. One day he was attacked by a mountain lion and was saved when the mother bear ran to his defense.
69or8 TIL after butchering their oxen for meat and nearly dying of thirst, William Manly led a wagon out of a valley in California and when leaving someone in the group turned to say "Goodbye, Death Valley!" The name stuck.
Y7Xgd TIL that Maillard reaction makes a toast more flavoursome compared to a slice of bread.
e0omb TIL about the 13,500 year old Grotte du Bichon man of Switzerland, whose remains were found intermingled with a wounded brown bear and charcoal. This indicates that he tried to force the bear out of the cave by fire to slaughter it, but in turn was killed by the dying animal.
e0mVJ TIL the dictionary isn't as much an instruction guide to the English language, as it is a record of how people are using it. Words aren't added because they're OK to use, but because a lot of people have been using them.