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TIL that the band Rammstein was named after the Ramstein air show disaster, a mid-air collision between 3 stunt planes that killed 70 people and wounded approximately 1,000 people.

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yDv TIL that during the 1950’s Tour de France, one cyclist named Abdel-Kader Zaaf who was in 1st place drank two bottles of wine, took a nap and resumed the race, in the wrong direction (and lost).
mxb0Y TIL when reruns of The Office(US) season 3 episodes 12 (Traveling Salesmen) and 13 (The Return) aired in 2007 they were combined into a single episode NBC called a "newpeat." It was re-edited to add new scenes (from web content) but some scenes were cut.
P1X0V TIL there exists the Clowns Egg Register in London, an archive of the make-up styles for clowns, in which the clowns' face paint is painted onto eggs. Established in 1946, the register originally used hens' eggs but has since switched to ceramic eggs.
E1JYo TIL Russia developed the Istrebitel Sputnikov (IS). The IS, launched via ICBM, would maneuver to within a 1 km of a target satellite and detonate onboard explosives. The IS was tested approximately 20 times between 1963 and 1982, with several confirmed satellite kills.
nRYG TIL that in 2009, Robert Downey Jr. was detained at a Japanese airport and held for 6 hours after authorities ran his passport and saw he’d failed to mention his previous convictions. He was eventually allowed to attend the ‘Iron Man’ premiere on the terms that he “never returned to Japan again.”