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TIL In Germany it is not illegal to try to escape from prison because it’s basic human instinct to be free.

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DQ7Vr TIL In June 2009, the government of Greenland, the Naalakkersuisut, made Greenlandic the sole official language of the autonomous territory, to strengthen it in the face of competition from the colonial language, Danish. The main variety is Kalaallisut, or West Greenlandic.
bEA4 TIL Women prefer the scent of a man that has a different genetic code for their immune system in their DNA: Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Women who take birth control pills prefer the opposite.
4X1n5 TIL Quasar P352-15, is known as the brightest object in the Universe. At a distance of 13 Billion Light-Years Away, this quasar comes from a time when our Universe was only 7% its current age.
YpJ7B TIL that France enforced a ban on unlimited fizzy drinks in an effort to curb obesity
17OD TIL the “breathing fluid” from the film The Abyss is real and was successfully tested on a human.