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TIL Nunavut has the lowest graduation rate in Canada and a student from Qikiqtarjuaq became the first high schooler to graduate in four years in 2016

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epRRg TIL about the Hiller Flying Platform, a 1950s hoverboard.
yQ1ov TIL that while same-sex marriage is legal federally in the U.S., it is still not legal on a number of native reservations.
0ynN TIL Shari Lewis, the host of Lamb Chop’s Play-Along, used to go to restaurants and order lamb chops for dinner just to see the look on people’s faces. “[I order it] if for no other reason than to horrify the waiter.”
0dRA TIL Baseball Player Richie Ashburn fouled off a ball and hit a spectator, a few minutes later he fouled off another ball and hit the same spectator while she was being carried off by stretcher
gMpK9 TIL Falling while waterskiing can cause a flood of water to enter the anus or vagina causing an injury called "water skier's douche"