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TIL Operation Himmler was a series of false flag operations executed by Nazi Germany to give the appearance of Polish aggression against Germany.

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xMm1 TIL Ball’s Pyramid is the tallest volcanic stack in the world.
mxdgv TIL in 1985 two co-workers from Sears recorded a rap song for a friend's class project. That song grew in popularity as radio stations started playing it. Although they called themselves Super Nature, the song had the line, "we the Salt and Pepa MCs" so listeners and DJ's dubbed them Salt-N-Peppa.
4XYXa TIL 20 years ago, Chris Evans got his first big break in Hollywood by starring in Not Another Teen Movie, in which he wore a whipped cream bikini and stuck a banana up his butt
1KXD TIL Ants can get caught in a circular pheromone trail, so that the whole colony pinwheels forever until they die.
wLYgW TIL Canada has a program where volunteers will give rides to intoxicated people for free