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TIL Jim Morrison was a vocal advocate for overweight people

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jNgGM TIL that in 2018, a YouTuber named McSkillet was banned for illegally selling skins on the game CS:GO for hundreds of thousands of dollars. He used the money to buy a supercar, which he later used to commit suicide (and take 2 other lives) by driving 100 MPH the wrong way down an LA freeway.
yQmn8 TIL Donald Duck systematically gets a portion of the votes in Finnish elections.
ADwQ7 TIL "Maundy" as in Maundy Thursday comes from Latin mandatum (Eng. commandment) and symbolizes the new commandment given during the Last Supper.
XE4JE TIL of 'male menstruation' that was considered a normal part of growing up in twentieth century Egyptian culture but was actually due to an endemic parasitic bladder infection from schistosomes causing bloody urine.
WG94 TIL that Los Angeles County in California has a higher population than 43 US states.