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TIL Ashraf Marwan, son in law of former Egyptian President Gamal Nasser was referred to as 20th century greatest spy by Mossad.

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ANZkd TIL Ben Franklin created a list of 228 ways to describe drunkenness. It's called The Drinker's Dictionary.
d8o58 TIL: Dogs sniff other dogs butts to pick up about another dogs gender, reproductive status, diet, health status, temperament, and much more
epPgD TIL YouTube’s subscribe button lights up whenever someone says to “Subscribe” in the video.
PYeRJ TIL one of New York’s first crime bosses was a Prussian immigrant known as Mother Mandelbaum. She built up a criminal empire worth millions, ran a school to teach kids how to become successful pickpockets and thieves, and functioned as one most prominent hostesses for New York’s high society.
loDar TIL that the Azerbaijani village of Qırmızı Qəsəbə is the world's only all-Jewish town outside Israel and the USA, and is considered to be the world's last surviving shtetl. Alongside Azerbaijani and Russian, residents also speak Judeo-Tat, the traditional language of the Mountain Jews