Meanwhile in the Netherlands...
http://www.homestarrunner.com/main14.html
Internet Evolution - The War on Web Anonymity
TIL the Tupolev TU-119, a nuclear powered Soviet bomber, could stay in the air as long as its pilots could stand the radiation. 
TIL China makes pills made from ground up dead babies
I'll never eat babies again!
TIL that John F. Kennedy was said to read at up to 1200 words per minute and, in a speech in 1961, was recorded as speaking at 327 words per minute, the fastest rate of public speaking in history.

Man vs Wild:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnku92yPvFQ&feature=related