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TIL that European settlers killed so many Native Americans that it temporarily changed the global climate

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loxpA TIL on Valentine's Day of 1884, just 36 hours after the birth of their only daughter, Alice, future U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt held his wife as she passed away from undiagnosed Bright's disease. Just hours before, in the same house, he had already said a final goodbye to his mother, Martha.
pAPe TIL Tina Turner is no longer an American citizen. She has passed a German language test and Swiss history test and is exclusively a Swiss citizen after giving up her American citizenship.
ewZ6 TIL that in Ancient Rome women would drink turpentine to make their urine smell sweet, like roses or violets.
ne847 TIL that if a sick person needs a transfusion of healthy gut bacteria, the only existing and most effective way is a stool transplant.
WZE9 TIL While making an appearance at Harvard, a group of pranksters “stole” Burt Ward’s genuine Robin costume. The pranksters were led by none other than Conan O'Brien