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TIL Ford designed the iconic Jeep grille

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YpwAZ TIL in 1966, model Nell Theobald garnered fame after she was attacked by a lion during a BMW photo shoot at the International Automobile Show. She used the money she received in the lawsuit settlement to intensify her obsessive stalking of opera singer Birgit Nilsson, following her around the globe.
bnZ TIL John Lennon was offered the role of Jesus in the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar” but would only accept on the condition that Yoko played Mary Magdalene. The offer was then withdrawn.
XEbQr TIL that squeezing someone's testicles forcefully can kill them
X09VX TIL in 1968, the U.S. Army accidentally released 160 gallons of VX nerve gas in Utah, killing over 6,000 sheep and sparking public outrage that helped end America’s biological weapons program.
9Md7 TIL the word “palindrome” isn’t “palindrome” spelled backwards, but “palindrome” spelled backwards is “emordnilap”, which is a real word that represents any word that when spelled backwards makes a new word - such as “time” and “emit” - so “emordnilap palindrome” is an emordnilap palindrome