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TIL breast milk can be used to heal medical conditions such as rashes and ear infections

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ZDBY TIL life on Earth may have originated on Mars. NASA’s latest studies show that microbes on Mars may have come to Earth on a meteorite.
XEanP TIL While filming the 2000 hit movie, Castaway, Tom Hanks received a cut and got a staph infection that nearly killed the Academy Award winning actor. The cut gave him blood poisoning, Hanks was in the hospital for 3 days and production of the movie was shut down for 3 weeks.
GA7DQ TIL that the Honeydew was introduced to China by American Vice President Henry A. Wallace, who donated melon seeds to the locals while visiting in the 1940s. As a result of Wallace's introduction of the crop, in China the melon is sometimes called "the Wallace".
wLnno TIL a study by the University of Oxford shows there's no link between violent video games and aggression in teens. Compared to previous research which relied on self-reported data from teens, this study used info from parents to judge the level of aggressive behavior in their children.
mxKoy TIL that Owls actually have long legs and small body that is almost the same size as their Skull.