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TIL Apples, peaches,and raspberries are all members of the rose family.

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W7Xw9 TIL that the depression on the back of your hand when you stick your thumb out is called your anatomical snuffbox for its historical use in sniffing tobacco
MeyZa TIL Beauty and the Beast and Rumpelstiltskin are about 4,000 years old; the oldest fairy tale, The Smith and the Devil, is estimated to be 6,000 years old
gMWYL TIL German chocolate cake was made by an american whose last name was "German"
W7wBN TIL of The Mynah Birds, a Canadian band from 1964 to 1967, which at one time featured Rick James and Neil Young playing together
1aXWO TIL some cultures lack masturbation. The Aka and Ngandu people of the Congo Basin have no word for masturbation and are confused by the concept.