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TIL that though the roots of Traditional Chinese Medicine go back thousands of years, the modern push for it in China only began in 1950.

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akJ0 TIL that Out of the top 10 most successful songs of all time, only Kanye West’s Gold Digger is in a minor key
mxNOM TIL that Stockholm syndrome is not a real syndrome, and cannot be found in any clinical psychology textbooks (DSM-5 etc). The term has achieved its widespread fame almost solely due to media oversimplification of complex psychological phenomena.
PYXkg TIL about the massive Irish Elk which had antlers up to 3.65m (12ft) wide and they existed alongside humans up to about 7,500 years ago.
PYJdg TIL the “RCS” Radar Cross Section (the value which indicates how easily something can be picked up on radar) of an Advanced Tactical Fighter is less than an that of an insect!
16wjP TIL that in December 2013 a sophomore at Harvard University sent several bomb threats through the Tor network to cancel a political history exam he was unprepared for. He succeeded, but was caught that same day.