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TIL In the 1930s Mickey Mouse attempted suicide after Minnie left him for another mouse.

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6E0ZJ TIL there is a star older than the universe.( according to current estimates )
1awR7 TIL flatfishes, originally used as evidence against Darwin’s theory of evolution, have come to be understood as incredible examples for the theory
4gMo TIL Google Fiber doesn’t have any major plans in place to expand, but was rather hoping to put major cable companies to shame.
W7xaB TIL a panel of scientists developed a plan to use cats that glow when exposed to radiation as a way to warn future civilizations about radioactive sites. The "Rad Cats" purpose would be explained in a nursery rhyme designed to be passed along, generation to generation.
Oope4 TIL Alexander Tukhachevsky was a Russian general who died at the Battle of Warsaw in 1831. Almost a century later, his great-grandson, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, also a Russian general, would be defeated at the Battle of Warsaw in 1920.