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TIL in 2016 a hijacked plane was forced to land at an airport during the filming of a movie about a plane hijacking. The real footage was then used in the movie

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RO09 TIL that a group of ecologists, chefs, and diners are campaigning to eat lionfish, a fish decimating the native ecosystems and thought to be responsible for a drop in the biomass of native reef fish species by an average of 65 percent
4kLYJ TIL: Con Artists Sold Fake Goya Painting, Got Paid In Photocopied Bills
j6xkv TIL Pressure from a particularly intense cough may cause blood vessels in your anus to rupture
neYl9 TIL that there really is a Schraderbrau Beer - the beer Hank Schrader brewed in the TV series Breaking Bad. Actor Dean Norris helped launch it in 2019.
oB9wL TIL Japan has the highest rate of cremation in the world, at approximately 99.9%.