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TIL Link Wray’s 1958 instrumental "Rumble" was banned in several US radio markets, because the term 'rumble' was a slang term for a gang fight, and it was feared that the piece's harsh sound glorified juvenile delinquency. The song is the only instrumental single ever banned from radio in the USA.

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8m6P TIL On ‘Three’s Company’ John Ritter’s scrotum is briefly visible through his boxer shorts. John Ritter told the NY Observer “I’ve requested that Nickelodeon air both versions, edited and unedited, because sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes you don’t”
DQ4nJ TIL A solar particle event was a major risk for astronauts on the moon. One plan was to create a trench, drive the lunar Rover over it, pile dirt over the Rover, and stay underneath there for hours
x6aQ0 TIL that the Convair Model 118, a tentative flying car from 1947, was shelved because its prototype crashed when a test pilot mixed up the flight engine's fuel gauge with the road engine's and didn't see the former run out. While he survived, this killed interest in the project.
e0JQg TIL that in the year 774 a "red crucifix" was seen in the sky, after sunset. This was likely caused by an extremely powerful solar flare. If a similar flare hit the earth today, modern human civilization could collapse due to wide spread power outages and damage to the power infrastructure.
JYx7v TIL that the charity Citymeals on wheels was founded by mid 1900s American food icons, Gael Greene and James Beard. They started by spending $35,000 to provide 6,000 needy elders with Christmas dinners and the project's success inspired them. As of 2016 Citymeals had an annual budget of $20 million.