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TIL that Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire in the 14th century, is the richest person who ever lived(inflation adjusted)

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VgWQ TIL Earth has other moons
1aVbr TIL in 2016, 104-year-old Jack Reynolds became the oldest person to get a tattoo, and a year later at 105-years-old, he became the oldest person to ride a rollercoaster.
e0WwL TIL Road Traffic Incidents account for 2% of global deaths yearly. For 2016, that was 1.36 million deaths. The highest non-disease related cause of deaths.
9bxQ TIL Many individual states have laws recognizing American Sign Language as a “foreign language”. A number of U.S. universities even accept ASL credit to fulfill foreign language requirements
BArd TIL The Beatles’, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released June 1, 1967 and was the first time lyrics had ever been included with an album cover.