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TIL that wolves are vital to the existence of Yellowstone NP ecosystem.

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neZyb TIL that there are 7 primary keyholders of the Internet. Each keyholder is chosen for their geographical spread and Internet security background to ensure that no one country has more keyholders. The keyholders are a last resort option in case something catastrophic happens to the world's Internet.
VMdnm TIL There's a 30 Year-Old Airline That's Never Flown
rNGly TIL that when your body burns fat 84% of it gets converted to carbon dioxide and exhaled through your lungs. The remaining 16% is converted into water that becomes urine and sweat.
DBXe TIL the death of Chris Benoit’s wife was written in wikipedia 14 hours before the bodies were found
mxXyY TIL "paint the town red" refers a night of drunken vandalism by the Maquess of Waterford. In 1837, he and a group of fox-hunting friends arrived in the English town of Melton Mowbray, where they painted several doors, a sign, a tollgate, the tollkeeper, and sevearl police officers with red paint.