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TIL the US Department of Defense spends approx. $84 million dollars a year on Viagra and similar erectile dysfunction drugs.

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1b5X TIL in 1856 Sir Andrew Waugh calculated the height of Mt. Everest to be exactly 29,000ft. However, he published the calculation of 29,002ft. due to the fear that the former would seem like nothing more than a rounded estimate. This makes him the first person to put two feet on top of Mt. Everest.
woOvM TIL about John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, a British aristocrat who in 1974 murdered his childrens' nanny and attacked his wife before fleeing in his car that was later found abandoned. He was never seen again and declared legally dead in 1999.
Br0kb TIL the second ingredient of Campbell’s Tomato Soup is high fructose corn syrup. So much for nostalgia, but welcome to my drain, sugar-soup!
wQrY TIL Canada has more Facebook addicts than any other country, and Pakistan is the world’s leading producer of Gay porn
KYQ1B TIL: Oregon had a "whites only" clause in its original state Constitution.