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TIL that the cost of America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, have cost $6 trillion, or $75,000 for every American household.

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w9wM TIL The Sun, a British tabloid that published cruel lies about the Liverpool fans in its coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster in which 96 Liverpool fans died, is still banned from many Liverpool newsagencies, is not allowed at Liverpool matches and has very low sales in Liverpool to this day.
GA9dN TIL The first album ever to be remixed in Dolby Atmos was Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus by Luca Turilli's Rhapsody in 2016. It was chosen because of the way Luca Turilli combines metal instruments with choirs and orchestras in a style he called 'filmscore metal'.
jJjN TIL that Martin Luther, who started the Protestant Reformation issued a “final warning” against the Jews shortly prior to his death, “If they could kill us all, they would gladly do it.”
OWR6 TIL Up until the 1970s the US Government used forced sterilization on Native American women
Oopw6 TIL Nebraska's state flag once flew upside down at the state capitol for ten days before anyone noticed. Frequently listed among the worst flags in the USA by vexillologists, one state senator proposed creating a task force to redesign it, but the senate committee declined to take action.