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TIL wife bought a scratch-off lottery ticket to prove a point to her husband that it was a waste of money, but it ended up winning her $1 million.

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BZrW TIL that transparent aluminum, which has existed since 1981, can stop a .50 caliber bullet.
oRw7r TIL Neil Diamond-Barbra Streisand hit You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore started as theme song to 1977 TV soap opera spoof All That Glitters. The show was retooled by creator Norman Lear-women are in charge, men are the sex objects-and another song used but Diamond expanded and recorded the original
Zp4Ga TIL controversy was created in 2011 when a Spanish toy company exported the Breast Milk Baby Doll to the US. The doll, intended to teach girls nurturing skills, came with a halter top which had two sensors that girls would wear to imitate the act of breastfeeding the doll. Some parents were outraged
QN0oE TIL Two states (New York and Massachusetts) have no time limit for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program
mD8R TIL, that when Marvin Gaye broke up with his first wife, she required a percentage of his next album, so he released an LP that was completely unsellable called “Here, my dear”