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TIL that menopause is when you run out of eggs

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Br5vk TIL since 8-track tapes have a loop-play function, where after the end the tape is played from the beginning once again, the 8-track version of the Pink Floyd album "Animals" was changed for playing on repeat - a guitar solo connecting the first and the last song on the album was added.
yVl6V TIL that when Larry Ellison divorced his wife Nancy in 1978, she gave up any claim on his new company for $500. That company, Oracle (the database company), made Ellison the world's eighth-richest person ($130 billion as of today).
yQLAX TIL that Jeremy Renner broke both his arms during filming of the movie "Tag". CGI was used to replace Renner's arm casts in the final film.
AP1w TIL James Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other, at the same time.
v1lPB TIL that Susan Bennet, who was the original voice of Siri, didn’t find out her voice had been chosen until a coworker emailed her and asked if it was her voice