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TIL Most farm raised turkeys can't mate due to being selected for meatier breasts and need artificial insemination.

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l7leN TIL the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th to 17th-century Europe, covering an area of almost 1,000,000 square kilometres, and having a multi-ethnic population of almost 12 million. Polish and Latin were the two co-official languages.
b6Bk0 TIL that 1.3 million Americans have a Top Secret security clearance
vPZDD TIL that 2024 will be the 7th time in American history where there is a rematch of the same two major party candidates from the previous election, and the 5th time both candidates served or ended up serving as President.
WXXL TIL IBM made a movie by moving atoms and recording them with an electron microscope.
ADjLl TIL of a con man in the early 1900s who made successful attempts to sell the Brooklyn Bridge (which he did not own).