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TIL Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US

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N7QON TIL In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been some of the oldest shelters ever built
69v08 TIL the Apollo 12, 16, and 17 American flags planted on the moon are the only flags left that are only visible from earth using the Lunar Reconnaissance Oribiter.
Eyo0 TIL Shakira was banned from her school choir because her music teacher didn’t think she could sing and ‘sounded like a goat’
bwwa TIL there is a Right to Light in England. The owner of a building with windows that have received natural daylight for 20 years or more is entitled to forbid any construction or other obstruction that would deprive him or her of that illumination.
m1jGx TIL About 1 in 5 people living in New Hampshire tie their roots to Ireland.