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TIL dog farts are silent but deadly because they have a horizontal rectum, making their sphincter looser, resulting in quieter farts.

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aL8A TIL that in 2000 a paediatrician was driven from her home in Wales when local “vigilantes” confused her job title with “paedophile”.
6A6m TIL - Since 1934, there have only been two voice actors to voice Donald Duck: Clarence Nash (1934 - 1985) and Tony Anselmo (1985 - present).
KrdG TIL The Black Death resulted in a stronger and longer-living human population. Scientists examined the bones of those who died before and after the plague and determined that people who were born after were stronger and more fit.
PYN0O [TIL] about the GIANT murder hornet that has recently been seen in the US and UK. It has a 75mm (2.95 in) wingspan and a 6mm (0.25 in) stinger. They hunt in packs and can kill humans,. if you're unlucky, their stings cause necrosis (your flesh dies while you are alive.).
0YNj TIL that Catholic monks in Germany 700 years ago were surviving Lent by drinking only bock. They felt guilty that it tasted so good, brought some to the Pope. On the long, hot journey to Rome it spoiled, so the Pope found it tasted horrible and deemed it “excellent Lenten penance.”