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TIL Hudson Bay and its shores are populated by more Beluga whales than people.

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a8Ly9 TIL As of 2025, there are 43 sovereign states in the world with a monarch as head of state. There are 13 in Asia, 12 in Europe, 9 in the Americas, 6 in Oceania, and 3 in Africa. Of these 43 states, 15 are commonwealth realms with King Charles III as the monarch.
D1kWr TIL that Bruce Lee was in only one officially sanctioned fight in his life, a boxing match in high school that he won by decision
O5pe TIL that strawberries are in the same plant family as roses
Y7nYd TIL of the Duplessis Orphans, a scam run by the premier of Quebec in the 40s and 50s to wrongly confine thousands of children in psychiatric hospitals in order to gain payouts from the Canadian government.
M7yxW TIL that the doctor who attended to Osceola ignored his dying wish to be buried in Florida, and removed Osceola's head after his death to put it on display in his drug store. When his children misbehaved, he would move the head to their room for the night.