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TIL “Spicy” is a form of pain, not taste

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Wk68d TIL that Osama Bin Laden had a Steam account, Batman Gotham Knight and FF7 among many other such items
YEQZ TIL On British Airways Flight 5390 the Captain was sucked out of the cockpit when a faulty window blew out at 17,300 ft. With only his legs remaining in the plane, the quick thinking crew held onto him for 22 minutes till they safely landed. He survived.
ygX TIL World War 2 is technically still going on, as Japan and Russia have yet to sign a peace treaty with each other. Additionally, both countries continue to lay claim to the Southern Kurile Islands - efforts to diffuse the situation have been unsuccessful.
m1Oly TIL that Hamida al-Attas, Osama Bin Laden's mother, was just 14 years old at the time when she became Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden's (48 years old) concubine before she was impregnated and married off to Mohammed Bin Laden's business associate, Mohammed al-Attas.
E1jDw TIL hospitals legally have to show you their prices up front if you ask, this means you can go to different hospitals and get their rates for proceeders before having said proceeder.