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Today I learned there are jaguars living in the United States and the most famous one is named El Jefe

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gMQDW TIL that Shark repellent like the one used in the adam west Batman TV series actually exists and was used by the US Navy in WWII.
MeEEK TIL that there is a difference between pizza sauce and pasta sauce. Pizza sauce is puréed and uncooked, while pasta sauce is chunkier and slow simmered.
8MOG TIL the son of Benny Hinn - Joshua Hinn - along with his body guards beat the shit out of a deaf and dumb man for trying to walk to the stage for prayer. Charges were later dropped for a “large sum of money.”
oRYv8 TIL Forensic entomology is a field of forensic science that uses insects found on corpses to help solve criminal cases.
Bg7OK TIL, In the movie 300, a Persian emissary is thrown down a well by Leonidas. In reality, Sparta sent two volunteers back to Persia to be executed, in atonement for the deaths of the Persians.