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TIL that Gambling on who the next pope will be is one of the very few things explicitly punishable by excommunication.

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9YbwB TIL In the 1980s American Airlines sold tickets for unlimited travel (priced around 250000 dollar). One passenger, over a period of 10+ years, traveled more than 10 million miles, accumulated over 40 million frequent flier miles (all of which he gave away), and cost the airline more than $21 million
epaAn TIL that some flowering plants have evolved parabolic floral structures that act as "sound beacons" to be acoustically detectable for echo-locating bats
8p8 TIL In 1980, a brutal riot took place at the New Mexico State Penitentiary. At one point, the rioters broke into the isolated prisoners cellblock (containing sex criminals, mentally unstable, prison snitches, etc.) where they brutally tortured and killed at least 33 prisoners.
nWeDB TIL that during one of the Beatles' shows for their 1966 U.S. Tour, over 2,000 fans broke through the security barriers separating the audience from the stage, forcing the band to stop performing and take shelter backstage. 30 minutes passed before security was restored and the show could resume.
W7Lb8 TIL that the actor that played Little Enos Burdette in the comedy movie "Smokey and the Bandit" is a song writer named Paul Williams that composed a number of hits in the 1970's. Namely: "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays" for the Carpenters.