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TIL the president of Vivid Entertainment offered Honey Boo Boo’s parents $1 million to appear in a pornographic film with the working title “Here Comes Diabetus”.

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mPAE TIL the New Horizons space probe, which is scheduled to reach Pluto in July 2015, has on board the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered the planet in 1930.
kOnre TIL that Osama bin Laden had the 'Charlie bit my finger' video on his computer when his compound was raided.
oBW8L TIL that photographs developed from a reel left at a pharmacy in Philadelphia in 1957, seem to depict a 1957 gay wedding. The ceremony took place in a flat with the blinds drawn. The grooms are shown kissing, cutting their wedding cake and opening presents. The subjects remain unidentified.
nWJM7 TIL that the Chicxulub asteroid sent pieces of Earth as far as Jupiter’s moons.
xlwo TIL that Venus’ rotation is slowing down at a shocking rate: 6.5 minutes slower over the last 16 years.