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TIL the Australian Dingo is able to absorb the majority of it's necessary water intake from the consumption of prey alone. A pair of Dingos was once recorded going 22 days without water.

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5E7r TIL - Men in their 20s that ejaculate often may impart protections against prostate cancer later in life.
gJRD TIL that Colonel David Stirling, founder of the SAS, personally strangled 41 men.
NX7QQ TIL Manuela Giersberg, a 27-year-old nurse, who suffocated 9 women aged between 78 and 93 years with cushions between 2003 and 2005
XWJE TIL an MIT grad student submitted his thesis developing the theory of orbital rendezvous which would be critical to the Apollo program. It opens, “In the hopes that this work may in some way contribute to their exploration of space. If only I could join them in their exciting endeavors.” Buzz Aldrin
alyM TIL there are currently at least 6 “Antipopes,” each claiming to be the true leader of the Catholic Church.