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TIL that Stephen king was a huge Ramones fan and asked the Ramones to write a song for his 1989 movie pet Sematary based on his book Pet Sematary

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oRmG8 TIL Margaret Thatcher had a habit of marking her territory by swinging her handbag around in meetings, leading to the term "handbagging", a term that made its way into the Oxford English Dictionary
YAYW TIL when Leah Remini was at Tom Cruise’s & Katie Holmes’ wedding, she found Suri lying on the floor in the bathroom, with three women standing around the baby and chanting her name.
neLJd TIL of Prince Frederick (1707-1751), the heir apparent to the British throne, who died at the age of 44. His cause of death was historically attributed to a burst lung abscess, caused by blunt force trauma to the chest delivered by a cricket ball.
Z8WYY TIL that astronauts swallow their toothpaste after brushing, as spitting is not possible because of its weightlessness.
ZppgG TIL that from 1953-1979, U.S. hurricanes were exclusively named after women. This attributed temperament and a sense of urgency to the storms.