TIL Key West had an incredibly corrupt fire chief in the 70s. His name was "Bum" Farto, and not for the reason you would expect. ( www.mentalfloss.com )
The Real-Life Breakfast Betrayal Behind ‘Unfrosted,’ Netflix’s Pop-Tarts Movie ( www.mentalfloss.com )
Henry Johnson, the One-Man Army Who Fought Off Dozens of German Soldiers During World War I ( www.mentalfloss.com )
TIL that in 1800 Alexander von Humboldt found a pet parrot in Amazonia that was the last "speaker" of an extinct language. He documented what it said, and his notes are the only trace of this language ( www.mentalfloss.com )