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TIL On average, the United States has only eight public toilets per 100,000 people

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YpA9d TIL Mountain Goats are not actually in the same genus as other goats (Capra). Mountain Goats are the last surviving species of the genus Oreamnos.
vPebx TIL that in 2009 5 stranded fishermen were rescued by the USS Rhode Island, an Ohio class ballistic missile submarine.
WbWN TIL: Chinese Empress Wu Zetian was one of the most brutal rulers in history, murdering countless rivals to consolidate her power. She would also require foreign dignitaries to perform cunnilingus on her, and even in her old age she kept a stable of sexual servants.
e08ag Although coral reefs cover just 0.1% of the seafloor, they provide a home for a quarter of all marine life.
epEZ4 TIL of a Lithopedion, a calcified stone foetus caused from a rare complication in abdominal pregnancy (which, in itself, is rare).