NXlrN TIL Jane Fonda and Robert Redford were both in the 1960 film Tall Story and it was both their debut roles.
l7Vxr TIL that tetra fish committed credit card fraud
8e5AV TIL that the pilot episode of The Lone Gunmen has never been aired in the UK due to the plot bearing similarity to the 9/11 attacks, and was even aired in Australia mere days BEFORE the disaster.
P1rgG TIL the video for Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" was filmed with no green screen or VFX. They really took her and the piano out for filming. Her piano and bench were moved using a flatbed truck and a custom-built dolly, and she wore a seat belt under her skirt to secure herself to the bench.
ep9Rb TIL that from 1974 to 1998 the Willis (Sears) Tower in Chicago was the tallest building in the world. It now ranks 26th.
VBZnZ TIL during the 2010 Safeway Classic, LPGA golfer Juli Inkster took practice swings with a weighted "donut" on her 9-iron while waiting to tee off at the 10th hole. She was disqualified after a TV viewer reported the incident to tournament officials, as practice devices are prohibited during rounds.
X0K5Q TIL the United States accounts for less than 5% of the world’s population, however, it represents 83.1% of the global volume of ADHD medications.
OGNgX TIL some people have a hole above their ear canal called a "preauricular pit", due to a sinus tract being in the wrong place.
69KAl TIL that on Friday the 13ths fewer accidents and reports of fire and theft occur, because people are more careful or just stay home.
wo7eM TIL In March of 1915 four corporals in the French Army were shot by firing squad as an example to the rest of their companies during WWI. The events of the Souain corporals affair inspired the 1935 anti-war novel Paths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb, later adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick.
R5Yrj TIL in 2023 a Tennessee man lost 58.5 lbs. after only eating half portions of McDonald's menu items for every meal for 100 days. He didn't exercise at all and never counted calories, however, his cholesterol level also went down by 65 points. His wife even participated with him for the final 60 days
W7a94 TIL ~7000 years ago, the human Y-chromosome experienced a restriction in diversity. During this time, there would have been effectively one man for every seventeen women contributing to the gene pool. Research suggests that neolithic society was selecting which men could have reproductive success.