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TIL that from the late 18th to mid-19th century, it was considered bad for women to read novels based on the belief that women were not “able to differentiate between fiction and life.”

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GAV07 TIL that, according to a study, we spend a total of 3.5 months of our lives hitting the snooze button and 57% of Americans are snoozer, and even more in UK, with 70% of Brits are snoozer
nV67 TIL - that when Freddy Mercury was so sick with AIDS, as he was recording “The Show Must Go On” Brian May did not think he could do it. Freddie necked some vodka, said “I can fucking do it, darling” and annihilated it in one take.
OoapX TIL In 1983 a boy named Dave was doused in kerosine and set on fire by his father burning 90% of his body. Shortly after, Michael Jackson heard about the story, met, befriended and supported Dave throughout his whole life.
EgE9V TIL of Udam Singh. When Michael O'Dwyer, the Governor of Punjab (British India) ordered the Jallianwala Bagh massacre against peaceful protestors which killed reportedly up to 1500, Udam got his revenge for India 21 years later when he travelled to London and assassinated Michael O'Dwyer
0wQDA TIL the 2nd deadliest day for law enforcement in the U.S. was a 1917 bomb attack that killed nine Milwaukee police officers. The original target was a local church but a boy discovered the suspicious package and brought it to the police department, where it exploded. (The deadliest day was 9/11.)