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TIL Cotton Candy contains less sugar than the average can of soda and was invented by a dentist.

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nGro TIL there was a man-made famine genocide in Ukraine 1932-1933 that was hidden from media up until the 1980s
wlWM TIL in 1992 an Israeli cargo plane crashed in Amsterdam killing 43 people. Israel claimed it was carrying flowers and perfume. It took 6yrs and a Dutch parliamentary inquiry before they admitted it was carrying DMMP, a key component for sarin nerve gas.
9wQwm TIL California's only pirate was a corsair sent by the Argentine Navy. He took control of Monterey for six days and during this time his Argentinian troops burned down the town's fort, artillery headquarters, governor's residence, and the Spanish houses, but left the residents unharmed
lor1N TIL that in the 1940s, Nazi Germany began printing millions of British pounds to destroy the British economy
V7OB TIL when The Who played Woodstock in 1969, their 25 song set began the day at 5AM.