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TIL Denmark’s flag is the oldest flag currently in use, designed in 1219 and unchanged since

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4kRv6 TIL that preference of lethal methods is not the only cause for higher suicide rates in males
9YG5X TIL Traditionalist Catholic Priest Richard Williamson was consecrated as a Bishop in 1988, immediately excommunicated by Pope John Paul II, un-excommunicated in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI, and then re-excommunicated in 2015 by Pope Francis.
MpVK TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger saved a drowning man’s life in 2004 while on vacation in Hawaii
v1gr8 TIL that under the small French village of Naours there was an underground city where at its height 3000 people lived. Originally a quarry in Roman times the site started to be used individuals to hide from invaders/raiders. It was during the Thirty Year war the community reached its height. There w
woZL6 TIL the US Supreme Court has seen and ruled on the Whitest Kids U' Know's "I Want to Kill the President of the United States" sketch. Someone copy-pasted the script in a facebook post to threaten his ex-wife - he was eventually acquitted in an 8-1 decision.