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TIL Bob Barker plans to give all his money to animal causes after his death

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dlRE TIL Hunter S Thompson refused to go on Conan O'Brien show until he finally agreed on one condition. Conan had to meet him on a remote farm to drink hard liquor and shoot guns.
16dd TIL that the video for Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” helped reunite 26 missing children with their families.
Z8rjv TIL - Japanese Beer maker Asahi makes elderly friendly beer cans that are smaller, with braille, a larger fingerhole and a pressurized can to have the tab elevated from the top. They're also left at shrines to friends and family that have passed.
dDenr TIL Jerry Zucker, director of Ghost (1990) didn't want Patrick Swayze or Whoopi Goldberg to audition, saying "over my dead body will Patrick Swayze ever play this role." Patrick ended up securing the part and helped change Jerry's mind on Whoopi Goldberg...the role she would win an academy for.
b6Ya7 TIL that that depression between your upper arm and forearm, opposite to your elbow actually has a name. It is called the "cubital fossa."