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TIL Dog Dancing from King of the Hill is real and it’s an international competition that takes place at the world's preeminent dog dancing stage, Crufts dog show, in Birmingham, England.

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kW55 TIL that if a person is being crushed for hours (e.g. by earthquake debris), they should not be removed too quickly. Otherwise toxins from dying muscle may flood their bloodstream and kill them.
5Y65D TIL BMW drifted a M5 for 232.5 continuous miles, which included a stuntman refueling the car from a tandem-drifting tanker.
Gbr1 TIL of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born woman who was a victim of genital mutilation and married off to her cousin. She escaped and sought asylum in the Netherlands, eventually being elected to Dutch parliament. She is now an activist for women’s rights and opposes honor violence and child marriage.
N7Eg8 TIL in 2003 when Amanda Berry disappeared, "psychic" Sylvia Browne told Berry's mother that she was dead on the Montel Williams show. Berry's mother then died in 2006. In 2013 Berry was found alive after being held captive in Ariel Castro's basement for 10 years.
rYKo TIL the photo on the cover of Neil Young’s Silver and Gold was taken with a Game Boy Camera