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TIL American Pharoah is a fifth generation Decendant of Secretariat

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D1KrY TIL The Show "Extreme Makeover" was cancelled because a woman committed suicide after she felt guilty that producers forced her to make negative comments about her sister, a participant on a canned episode of the show.
Enlp TIL a man with a fake eye was convicted and executed by the Puritans for the crime of bestiality after spotting a piglet that looked a bit like him.
OGE9L TIL what we call a 9-to-5 workday, Chinese people have "996," which means they have to work from 9am to 9pm 6 days a week.
WklZo TIL of PFC Dan Bullock, the youngest U.S. serviceman killed in action during the Vietnam War. He falsified his birth certificate and enlisted when he was 14, and died when he was 15
6EQxZ TIL The set of the original Addams Family was rather colorful as the hues didn't matter as much as saturation & contrast for B&W.