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TIL Puerto Rico has a massive problem with overflowing landfills

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69ROQ TIL George Lucas saved Walter Murch's job as director of Return to Oz (1985). After Disney fired Murch, Lucas flew to London to urge Disney to reinstall him by using himself as collateral. He said that if Murch failed to deliver, he'd finish the film himself which got Disney to rehire his friend.
p8JZe TIL Sniper was originally a nickname given to successful hunters of the elusive bird called a Snipe
0db91 TIL in 2013, a U.K. inventor developed glow-in-the-dark ice cream made with the help of a protein extracted from jellyfish.
8a4ZV TIL Teddy Roosevelt Drank a Gallon of Coffee a day. He also allegedly came up with the Maxwell House slogan, “Good to the Last Drop””, as well.
x6vow TIL that it only takes five minutes for alcohol to affect your brain