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TIL the film "Norbit" was nominated for an Academy Award, while also winning four "Razzie" awards, reserved for the worst films.

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VBooB TIL the expression "streets ahead" is an English phrase dating back to the nineteenth century, not something made up by the writers on Community.
69eYW TIL Dr. Drew's first appearance on television was as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune.
YpGb7 TIL the NFL doesn't play on Friday and Saturday because the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act prohibits them from doing so to protect fans of college and high school football.
Ddkj TIL the Walton family of Walmart own more wealth than the combined bottom 40 percent of America
nel5b TIL during The Great War, China sent 185,000 workers (100,000 in UK, 35,000 in France, 50,000 in Russia) to work in the European front, for various tasks: unloading military goods, digging trenches, constructing barracks and field hospitals, burying victims of war, working in armament factories.