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TIL the design of The Master from the Brave Little Toaster was based on future Lion King Director, Rob Minkoff

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9YEL6 Today I learned that the person who voices Aizawa in MHA voiced characters in other animes.
9YjMr TIL Time Team was the biggest funder of archaeological digs in the United Kingdom. The TV show also produced more research papers than any other archaeology group or university in the country. The show is credited for increasing the number of people interested in archaeology.
neAoG TIL that in 1403, at the Battle of Shrewsbury when future King Henry V of England was 16 he was shot in the face by an arrow. The royal physician, while using honey as an antiseptic, crafted a specially designed tool to successfully extract the embedded arrowhead without doing any further damage.
neQQ9 TIL that the "schoolboy" look that Angus Young wore in the band AC/DC was suggested by his sister. He was 18 at the time and it was his school uniform she suggested he wear on stage.
0deMp TIL there are IKEA stores in China, even as China is the source of cheap furniture the world over.