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TIL That sometimes Pugs have eyes that pop out of the socket.

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wLxgM TIL that after WWII, Col. S. L. A. Marshal published a report that found only 15-20% of soldiers in combat fired to kill during the war, even if their lives were threatened. This prompted the US Army to switch from bulls-eye targets to sillouette targets to desensitize soldiers to killing
vPZ7R TIL Cap'n Crunch did not achieve the rank of Captain until 2023.
B0Vk TIL Apple got the idea of a desktop interface from Xerox. Later, Steve Jobs accused Gates of stealing from Apple. Gates said, “Well Steve, I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”
v1myR TIL the Office planned to break up Jim and Pam in the final season
kO17 TIL Heineken bottles used to be shaped like bricks so you could build houses out of them.