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TIL that the 1981 film Roar used real lions during filming, resulting in at least 70 cast and crew being injured. A crew member was scalped, another had his throat bitten out, and and much of the footage of attacks was used in the final cut of the film. The blood seen in the movie is real.

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MeOrm TIL British WWI Prisoner of war was released by the Germans so that he could visit his dying mother, and then returned as he had made promise to the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Eg6k0 TIL: The defunct bank Wachovia laundered $378.4 billion between 2004 - 2007 for the Mexican and Colombia Cartels. They had to forfeit $110mil and were only fined $50mil.
6ExyY TIL Sheep and goats are being used for weed control in difficult to reach areas, and to keep vegetation down from around runways, discouraging wildlife from gathering and causing danger to aircraft. They will eat noxious weeds as an environmentally friendly alternative to herbicides in city parks.
W4LX TIL of Genie Wiley who was kept as socially isolated as possible by her father for the first 13 years of her life. She was studied extensively after her release, helping further psychological and linguistic science.
graRD TIL that in 1976, when the NBA was merging with the ABA, Ozzie and Daniel Silna turned down an offer to sell their ABA team for $3.3 million. Instead, they negotiated a deal to receive a share of the NBA media rights in perpetuity. Through this deal they eventually earned about $800 million.