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TIL Fergie dated and admits to “making out” with Justin Timberlake when she was 23 and he was 16. She jokes about it and referred to him as Mr. Right Now

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mxaav TIL an Iranian F-4 Phantom was attempting to shoot down a drone. The drone was being escorted by an F-22 Raptor which is a stealth fighter. The F-22 flew underneath the F-4 to examine it's munitions all without the F-4 noticing. The F-22 then told the F-4 "you really ought to go home", and it did.
xVxng TIL For the movie Godzilla (1998), Rage Against The Machine was commissioned to contribute to the original soundtrack. The resulting track, "No Shelter", explicitly trashes the movie and Hollywood in general
16GWW TIL the 1890s Art Nouveau style inspired the psychedelic look of the 1960s
XEDm8 TIL Moore's Law states the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles every 2ys, however, it's balanced out by Binn's Law, which states: As technology advances, rendering time remains constant. Because the more machines are capable of, the more we throw at them.
OGeER TIL the Royal Navy transfers battle awards and honours from ship to ship that bear the same name. So the upcoming frigate "HMS London" which will serve until the late 21st century will carry the battle honours from HMS London, the 40 gun warship from 1630s and the awards from all 15 others since.