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TIL that serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was considered a "class clown" in high school who often performed strange pranks on his classmates. In 1978, he snuck into a yearbook photo for the Honor Society of his school. His face was then blacked out from the image, giving us this photo.

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XJK6 TIL that in WW2, Poland had an officially enlisted bear in its army that would give ammo to troops.
J1Lpl TIL capybaras live in small family groups of about 10-20; pups are communally nursed by all the females.
wLxR7 TIL in 1985 the US tested a robotic anti-aircraft tank, the M247 Sergeant York. The tank malfunctioned and locked its guns onto a review stand packed with top generals. Mercifully it didn't fire, but did subsequently attack a portable toilet instead of a target drone.
9Y4Wm TIL about 'Wolfskinder' - orphaned German children during WW2 who fled the then East Prussia to Lithuania. They survived hunger, cold and loss of identity. It was estimated that upto 25000 kids were roaming the woods and swamps of these regions after 1945.
YEPG TIL “kappa” in kappamaki (cucumber sushi rolls) refers to child-sized, humanoid, reptilian monsters in Japanese folklore. As troublemakers their pranks range from looking up women’s kimonos to drowning people, but they are willing to befriend humans in exchange for gifts, especially cucumbers.