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TIL That young female macaques regularly mount male sika deer stags.

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OGO86 TIL that human sacrifices to God are rare in the Bible. One is the Judge Jephthah vowing to give "whatever comes out of my door to meet me when I return" as a burnt offering in order to win a battle. His daughter was sacrificed after being given two months to mourn her virginity in the mountains.
Zp054 TIL that On September 10, 2001, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a press conference that $2.3 trillion from Pentagon had gone missing, but the 9/11 attacks took attention away from this news, so it was forgotten.
oRyBE TIL the most common cause of testicular injury in the United States is being shot in the balls
XnYR TIL in 2007, the Israeli Ambassador to El Salvador was recalled after being found outside the Israeli Embassy drunk, hands tied, and wearing only bondage gear. The police only discovered his identity after removing the ball gag from his mouth.
wLZm1 TIL about Nameless, Texas. After submitting six names in order to get a post office and having all six rejected, citizens responded by stating, "Let the post office be nameless and be damned!" The government accepted this suggestion and the town of Nameless was born.