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TIL: A maneater tiger was lured in and captured in India using Calvin Klein Obsession prefume.

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bxx0 TIL of Draco, the Ancient Greek legislator who wrote the first code of law in Athens. Over time his laws were seen as increasingly harsh and punitive, which is why we say a law is “draconian” when the punishment is too extreme for the crime.
lKg7 TIL that one unofficial method of defending merchant vessels against Somali pirates is to blast Britney Spears music. And it has been reported to be effective.
yVZxV TIL that Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row on a keyboard.
M7bbA TIL that there was an African Roman Emperor by the name of Lucius Septimius Severus in Ancient Roman History. He was born in what is now, present day ‘Libya’, in the African continent.
Bl6x TIL that in 1981 a Dutch airplane flew into a tornado and was ripped apart in mid-air killing all 17 on board