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TIL that the British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre were defended by future U.S. President John Adams. At the risk of his own reputation, and even though he disliked the British, he took the case, as he believed in the right to a fair defense and trial.

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lZkN TIL that as much as 40% of food goes uneaten in the U.S. One analysis estimates the value at $165 billion in wasted food each year.
NXLKQ TIL that Tobe Hooper hoped the original cut of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre would get a PG rating due to the lack of visible gore. It received an X rating, only receiving an R once several minutes were cut. Certain theaters were told by police to not show the film or they could face morality charges
0w76y TIL Bluejays feathers aren't actually blue! Instead the pigment in their feathers (melanin) is brown and we perseve it as blue. Natures trickery.
14NW TIL That the state of Texas has its own power grid to avoid dealing with the US federal government.
Z8ara Berezniki, in Russia's Ural mountains, is slowly disappearing into the ground. The industrial city, with a population of over 150,000, was built on top of a salt mine. Since the 1980s, huge craters have ripped the soil apart, gradually swallowing factories and offices, demolishing a school and tearing houses apart.