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TIL Marilyn Monroe suffered from depression, and was unable to have children throughout her life.

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wrBE TIL that Mountain Dew Baja Blast is only sold at Taco bell because it is chemically formulated to taste best with their food.
VMwom TIL “&” used to be the 27th character in the alphabet. Originally pronounced ‘and’ the ABC’s ended X,Y,Z and and. To clarify, people would say X,Y,Z, and, by itself, and. Or, incorporating the Latin phrase, X,Y,Z and ‘per se’ and. “And per se and” got contracted to ampersand. *
wrKJ TIL that a 2014 study found that mothers living within 10 miles of a natural gas fracking site were 30% more likely to have babies with congenital heart defects than those without.
kJ1NW TIL in the weeks following the Titanic sinking, over 118,000 people had joined the “just missed it club”, claiming they had missed or canceled their trip at the last moment
d8LRr TIL Charles VIII, the King of France was killed after hitting his head on a doorframe