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TIL that the USA was never intended to be an actual democracy of the people. The Federalist Papers stated that the republic would exist "in the total exclusion of the people, in their collective capacity, from any share” of lawmaking.

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YpMeW TIL Olympus Mons on Mars, the tallest known mountain in the solar system, is so large at its base that an observer on its peak wouldn’t know he was standing on a mountain because its slope would be obscured by the curvature of the planet itself.
8aPE8 TIL Archaeologists are able to follow Lewis and Clarks trail across America by looking for their Mercury laden poop.
jNJwj TIL that Horton Hears a Who is an allegory for American attitudes towards Japan during and after World War II.
yQw48 TIL The concept of zeppelin travel was so popular in the early 1900s that many buildings advertised zeppelin docks as marketing ploys, circulating misleading photos. But other than a 3-minute publicity stunt in New York, no zeppelin has ever truly docked to a building & loaded/unloaded passengers.
Ypd4G TIL In 1967, Paul McCartney forgot his passport when travelling to France to shoot a music video. He told the agents, ‘You know who I am so why do you need to see a photograph of me in a passport?’ And was let through.