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TIL Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Germany during World War I and World War II.

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RxLj TIL Bill Broyles, the writer for the movie Castaway, chose to deliberately strand himself for one week on an isolated beach in the Sea of Cortez, to force himself to search for water and food, and obtain his own shelter. During this time, a volleyball washed up on shore.
78aOp TIL that the construction of Fort Boyard took so long that by the time of completion it was largely obsolete. Years later it found new purpose as a filming location for game shows.
worj7 TIL that George Stanley, the designer of the Canadian flag, received death threats from opponents of his design.
BgL5e TIL that Gene Kelly was sick while filming the iconic scene from “Singin’ in the rain”.
0EKM TIL that a California man committed a murder during a robbery and got away with it for four years. He had a tattoo artist recreate the crime scene in a detailed tattoo on his chest. When he was later caught, investigating detectives described the tattoo as a “crime scene sketch and a confession.”