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TIL the B-24 'Hot Stuff' was the first heavy bomber to complete 25 missions in Europe during WWII. However, after a crash on the way home killed 14 of the 15 onboard, the USAAF celebrated the B-17 'Memphis Belle' as the first bomber to reach 25 completed missions

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a84bL TIL that in 1976, the BBC refused to broadcast most races of the F1 season, because the backmarker team Surtees was sponsored by Durex. This meant that the British almost completely missed the season where Englishman James Hunt became World Champion because of a sponsor
LQxdv TIL that Indeed.com is owned by a Japanese Company called Recruit Holdings Co. This is the same company that was involved in the infamous "Recruit Scandal," which was an insider trading and corruption scandal that forced many prominent Japanese politicians to resign in late 1980s including a PM.
9Mpr TIL After denied rights to use “Another One Bites the Dust” for Rocky III, Sylvester Stallone hired Survivor to write an original song instead, which turned out to be “Eye Of The Tiger”.
lx7r TIL The Times’s description of a Peter Ustinov documentary stated “highlights of his global tour include encounters with Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod and a dildo collector”. This quote is used to support use of the serial (Oxford) comma.
VO7B TIL that oxford dictionary inserted a fictitious word “Esquivalience” in order to protect copyright of the publication. The fake entry was included in dictionary.com.