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TIL That China only allows 34 non-Chinese films a year to be shown in their theatres

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XE4RQ TIL of Arfa Karim, who at the age of nine became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional. After an epileptic seizure resulted in cardiac arrest, Bill Gates directed his doctors to adopt "every kind of measure" for her treatment.
e0kLg TIL Black Couturier Ann Lowe Designed Jackie Kennedy's Wedding Dress
ZERR TIL exposure to platinum can turn snails into their evolutionary decedents the slug.
dDmGQ TIL: Between 1950 and 2023: Televisions experienced an average inflation rate of -6.54% per year. In other words, televisions costing $1,000 in the year 1950 would cost $7.19 in 2023 for an equivalent purchase.
v1xJR TIL that Scooby-Doo got his name from a character named Scooby the Seal, from an earlier Hanna-Barbera series "Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor". Both characters were voiced by Don Messick.