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TIL that the character of Ann Veal, George-Michael Bluth's girlfriend, on "Arrested Development" was meant to be played by a different actress in each episode, but it was decided that Mae Whitman would be the permanent actress because she made "the whole not-memorable thing work"

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Lk4QP TIL The United States Constitution lists issuing letters of marque and reprisal as one of the enumerated powers of Congress. These letters authorize a private person, known as a privateer, to attack and capture vessels of a nation at war with the issuer. Congress can make you a pirate.
LkxBm TIL Operation Babylift happened in 1975 when 3300 orphaned Vietnamese babies and children where taken to the US and other Allies to be adopted. The first flight crashed, and 78 children died.
VMdmD TIL that, while the Great White Shark was long thought of as the ocean’s apex predator, the Killer Whale has since been found to be a predator of the shark
KOOB9 TIL LG does not stand for "Life's Good", but rather stands for "Lucky Goldstar".
OB0Y TIL a pound of dimes is worth exactly the same as a pound of quarters