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TIL about the Wada Test, a procedure that "shuts down" one hemisphere of your brain at a time, leaving the other one awake. This allows the hemispheres to be evaluated for language and memory capacities individually.

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LQLer TIL that in 1958, author Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel prize in literature, but was forced by the communist party to abstain form accepting the award
wo5M1 TIL The Liberty pole is derived from the assassination of Ceasar. After the assassinstion the assaliants paraded through Rome, one of the assailants carried a pileus on the end of his spear. The pileus has since been replaced by the Phrygian cap and become a symbol of Liberty and rebellion.
WkZyN TIL Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't want to appear in the movie Airplane and only agreed to do so because it would pay him enough to afford a $35,000 rug.
GnQE TIL 2 ancient cities in China were drowned in 1959 by a man-made lake and were forgotten about until discovered in 2001 by a tourist diving company. The cities remain intact and in good condition.
5YAMr TIL of the Tulsa Center of the Universe. An acoustic anomaly located in Oklahoma. When one stands in the center of the circle and makes a noise, that noise is echoed back several times louder than it was made, but no one standing outside the circle can hear a thing.