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TIL that after the passing of Paul Kalanithi and Nina Riggs, who both chronicled their terminal illnesses, their respective surviving spouses ended up falling in love with each other and are currently together.

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gMpmX TIL “The road not taken” by Robert Frost, was actually written to mock an indecisive friend and intended to inspire no one.
5VXpk TIL in 2020 Marvel unveiled a promo for a new comic book starring all-new Gen-Z superheroes with names such as Screentime, Snowflake and Safespace. After a considerable amount of backlash from fans, the project was evidently scrapped and never mentioned again.
6vrW TIL although homosexual men represent only 4% of the male population in the United States, in 2010, homosexual men accounted for 78% of new HIV infections among males and 63% of all new infections.
BrpOb TIL that scientists were able to predict a person's political orientation with 95 percent accuracy based solely on how their brain reacts to viewing disgusting (but non-political) images.
NbMP TIL that in Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’