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TIL Louis C.K. is the director, writer, and star of his critically acclaimed show “Louie,” which he edits on his own Macbook Pro while his daughters are at school.

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XGJr TIL A study has found that some soldiers are so attached to their bomb disposal robots that they treat them as if they had personalities, mourn them if they became damaged by enemy explosives; and even hold funerals for them when they ‘die’
oBa4E TIL of a direct correlation between the crease on an earlobe to the prediction of coronary artery disease CAD called the Frank's Sign. The majority of studies find this to be the case but its still not known as to why or if age itself is the predominant factor in developing heart issues.
N7bpQ TIL that if the Solar System fit in your hand the Milky Way galaxy would be size of North America
b0B7 TIL after the parishioners of a North Texas Anti-Vaccination Megachurch suffered a measles outbreak in 2013, the church leader issued the following statement: “So I’m going to tell you what the facts are, and the facts are the facts, but then we know the truth. That always overcomes facts”
N78QE TIL that Stanisław Skalski, the first Allied air ace of WWII, shot down a German aircraft during the Invasion of Poland then landed next to it, bandaged the wounded crew, made sure they got to an ambulance, and took off again