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TIL that seasons in the Northern Hemisphere don’t start on the first day of the month

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neJDB TIL that Boko Haram caused the disappearance of as many as 10,000 boys before he kidnapped the 300 girls that elicited global sympathy
xp65 TIL cattle and sheep emit 11% of Australia’s greenhouse gasses. Switching over to kangaroos for meat production would eliminate this.
0w0AL TIL about the "Oozlefinch", a featherless bird that flies backward at supersonic speed carrying Nike missiles and was the unofficial mascot of the U.S. Army Coastal Artillery.
Z87kR TIL that there is a small four acre plot of land inside Belgium, which belongs to Germany. It consists of a single inhabited house with a garden.
VBo0B TIL north korea has a zoo with 'cigarette-smoking chimpanzee called Azalea'