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TIL when Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, a Polish mercenary, was asked about how it felt to take a human life, he replied "I wouldn't know, I've only killed communists".

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nP4B TIL The founder of Mother’s day was so disgusted with its commercialization that she collected petitions to rescind Mother’s Day and spent the rest of her life trying to abolish the holiday she founded, only to end up in a sanitarium supported by contributions from the hated Florists Exchange.
loLR7 TIL that china is consuming more pork than ever before
Z8gWB TIL that, in 1973, America’s Army Material Command (AMC) ran a competition to name it’s new building. After receiving over 500 entries, a jury selected the winner: “AMC Building”
QgQM TIL English muffins aren’t baked.
vABr TIL a shipping container filled with millions of Lego pieces fell into the sea off Cornwall in 1997. But instead of remaining at the bottom of the ocean, they are still washing up on Cornish beaches today.