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TIL that banging your head against a wall burns 150 cal per hour

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VM9GD TIL there is one prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials that is still living, Ben Ferencz, he turns 101 in March.
E1wlV TIL a newspaper in Nuremberg in 1561 described an April 14 one-hour-long dawn battle between red and black balls and rods and crosses in the sky.
wLMeE TIL A Canadian teacher used his work issued laptop during a presentation to his Grade 6/7 class and “a picture of female genitalia from an internet ‘pop up’ was inadvertently projected onto the screen and was seen by students and an education assistant"
ZKmo TIL Bill Murray has been in every Wes Anderson film since 1998.
7rKjb TIL A Burl is large growth on a tree trunk arising because of an over reaction to an insect attack where the cells go into overdrive. Burls are sought after for wood turning as the growth rings make very intricate patterns.