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TIL that since 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros. in 2011.

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kX6E TIL English writer Charles Foster and his eight year old son lived like badgers in a hole in the ground for several weeks. They ate worms and grasshoppers, and travelled by crawling on their stomachs.
ZnrD TIL that in-sink garbage disposals were illegal in New York City until 1997, and are still banned in restaurant kitchens.
1aL4W [Today I learned] Morning wood is known as Nocturnal Penile Tumescene and full bladder can also contribute to it
GYXZ5 TIL That Rita Hayworth began showing signs of Alzheimer's during her 40s. Even as it worsened, people blamed her behaviour on her heavy drinking. She never got a proper diagnosis until 1979 and upon her death in 1987 at just 68, she would become a major public face for Alzheimer's Awareness.
LkPdZ TIL: An artist who synthesized features from many ancient busts and put the images through Photoshop layers and A.I. processes created "photographic" full-color portraits of Roman emperors.