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TIL domestic pigs will quickly adapt to living in the wild if set free. They become extremely aggressive, and their physiology will change and resemble that of feral swine (bristly hair, tusks, increased muscle mass) within a matter of months.

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GYgkE TIL that deaf people who speak ASL (???????? Sign Language) are unable to understand those who speak BANZSL (???????? + ???????? + ????????). There is only a 31% overlap between the two languages, meaning that even though their respective countries speak English, their deaf communities are unable to communicate.
R5p71 TIL most movies are displayed at 24 frames per second (fps). For context - most video games can look bad below 60 fps. The reason they still look "good" to us is because cameras capture "motion blur", which tricks the brain into nicely stitching frames together.
W71g8 TIL that in 1978, anti-apartheid activist Donald Woods became the first private citizen to speak before the United Nations Security Council.
epVDb TIL When random people of varying physical attractiveness get placed into a room, the most physically attractive people tend to seek out each other and to congregate with only each other.
neEQP TiL the average millennial credit score is only 665.