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TIL That the production staff of the film 1917 (2019) had to put signs around one of the filming locations warning walkers in the area not to be alarmed at the artificial body parts strewn around.

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x6AXg TIL: During his opening of Japan to the America's through a show of force, Matthew C. Perry, during the signing event, followed the kabuki play with US military band music... and a blackface minstrelsy. He got $20,000 at the time for his work in Japan.
pVKb TIL in 2011, two Nepali men climbed Mount Everest and then proceeded to paraglide off of the summit, landing 35 km away. They then hiked and kayaked to the Bay of Bengal, winning the pair National Geographic Adventurers of the Year.
OoOB4 TIL that David Blair was originally assigned as the Second Officer on the Titanic, but due to a change just before the sailing, was not on the crew. In his quick departure, he accidentally kept a key to a locker containing binoculars, thus preventing the crew from using them to help spot icebergs.
wrb7 TIL that actor Paul Marcarelli, better know as the “Verizon Guy,” kept his silence that he was gay from Verizon in fear that he would lose his role. He later came out after his contract with Verizon ended.
kJ1LB TIL that the "all persons are fictitious" disclaimer on most Hollywood movies is a response to a 1933 lawsuit over a film about the 1916 assassination of Rasputin. The wife of one of the people involved with the plot successfully sued MGM for invasion of privacy and libel.