TIL children's author Shel Silverstein had sex with hundreds and possibly thousands of women and frequently visited the Playboy mansion

TIL that Benito Mussolini, enacted the Acerbo law, providing that the largest political party would automatically receive two-thirds of the seats

TIL that Rudyard Kipling (writer of the jungle book) wrote a poem called "IF". A few lines of this poem are highlighted in the entrance of Wimbledon's Centre Court.

TIL of the Mahmudiyah rape and killings by five U.S. Army soldiers during the U.S. occupation of Iraq, involving the gang-rape and murder of 14-year-old Iraqi girl and her family

TIL that Craig Bartlett, the creator of the PBS Kids animated series "Dinosaur Train", also created the classic Nickelodeon cartoon "Hey Arnold!" (Which actually originated from Sesame Street)

TIL that the worst driver in New York City likes to drive around in Brooklyn. He received 259 speeding tickets and paid over $60,000 in fines.

TIL the actor that plays Cindy Lou Who is the lead singer of The Pretty Reckless.

TIL that Japan incorporates more disaster planning into its buildings and public spaces than any other nation

TIL Operation Northwoods - A DoD/CIA plan to commit terrorist attacks on US soil to invade Cuba

TIL the USSR re-criminalised homosexuality

TIL there's a trend called hobby dogging where people take an imaginary dog through an obstacle course.

TIL women experience pain longer than men.

TIL that Ayatollah Khamenei built a secret organization called BAYT. This organization is more powerful than the government and employs 40,000 people. The goal was to make sure killing him is useless

TIL Ronald Reagan was deeply influnced by SciFi when implementing policy. He reportedly initiated cybersecurity changes within the DoD after watching the movie WarGames and asking if it was plausible.

TIL at one time slaves escaped to freedom in Florida.

TIL: The First Red Scare

TIL Myrient from Erista Group created a logo that predicted their "degenerate era" of their service that would eventually shutdown

TIL the creator of the 'I love you' virus suffered no legal consequences, because the philippines had no legal consequences for malware at the time.

TIL that the distinction between frogs and toads is informal and purely cosmetic

TIL pediatricians are being used as a great source of antibodies.

TIL the Windows 7 default wallpaper was created at a resolution of 10800×6750. The size of the source file is 556 MB.

TIL about the day of rage after Bloody Sunday that saw the British embassy burn down!

TIL You can leagally drop your baby off at the fire station in all 50 states

TIL: Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Was An Anti-Communist CIA Operative who Kept Feminism From Discussing Class

TIL Antidepressants used to be called 'psychic energizers'

TIL: Romans and Greeks routinely used folded sheets of lead or pewter to inscribe curses

TIL that Radon is a radioactive substance which can cause cancer. Colorado is full of radon. The average level of radon in Colorado homes is 6.4 pCi/L, which is equivalent to 200 chest X-rays a year

TIL there are motorized skiis.

TIL: The ‘Perfect Aryan baby’ chosen by Hitler’s Nazi regime…was Jewish

TIL there are fart measuring underwear.

TIL That The Count of Monte Cristo Was Based On The True Story Of A Shoemaker Who Was Framed, Imprisoned, Claimed A Treasure Hoard, Assumed Aristocracy And Then Took Vengeance: Pierre Picaud

TIL: Suicide Rate in the United States Just Hit Highest Point in 75 Years

TIL actor Jon-Erik Hexum accidentally killed himself by firing a magnum loaded with blanks against his temple

TIL drinking, smoking, games, etc are all "social lubricants" for making conversations easier.

TIL Dayglo fluorescent paint was discovered by two teenagers experimenting with chemicals in their basement.

TIL: Leon Black's son Benjamin Black was appointed CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) by Donald Trump.

TIL that it is illegal in the US State of North Carolina for Bingo sessions to exceed 5 hours

TIL: Multiple Studies Now Confirm Neoliberalism Is Bad for the Mental Health of Human Beings

TIL: A Bob the Builder version of Mambo No. 5 topped the UK charts, before being removed from radio play due to its lyrics about building construction and that it was charting during September 2001

TIL that the phrase "time is of the essence" comes from 18th century contract law

TIL the Wikipedia language with the second-most articles is Cebuano

Today I learned that despite its dissolution almost 35 years ago, Soviet Union is still #2 on overall Olympic medals won tally. They won 1204 medals in 39 years

Today I learned about the critically endangered Cozumel raccoon.

TIL before 1972 sperm whales were killed in order to make transmission fluids for car transmissions

TIL ICE contractor GEO Group, was originally Wackenhut Corrections, owned by hard right warlord, George Wackenhut, who claimed to hold largest collection of files on suspected American dissidents

TIL Children’s eyewitness testimony can be as accurate as adults’ or more so – if interviewers follow these guidelines

TIL there are four major blood types: A, B, AB, and O. Mosquitoes love to drink O blood, they think it's delicious.