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TIL Robin Williams’ will prevents Disney from using his name, taped performances or voice recordings for 25 years after his death

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EoVV TIL that legendary MMA fighters Ken and Frank Shamrock are not blood relatives. Both were adopted by trainer Bob Shamrock, who has taken in numerous troubled young men and given them a positive outlet through MMA.
JYva1 TIL in the past century, every year at least one Belgian has died from World War 1 or World War 2 ordinance being accidentally detonated
a87R0 TIL That Oganesson-118 atom is very unstable and since 2005 only 5 atoms have been detected of the isotope oganesson-294. It's most stable isotope has a half life of 0.89 milliseconds.
nXrY TIL That more than 50% of the US internet traffic is carried by Northern Virginia’s data centers.
dkA9 TIL that “zip” from “zip code” stands for “Zone Improvement Plan”. It was implemented in 1963 as a means of streamlining the mailing system.