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TIL the 1st season of the kids show Courage the Cowardly Dog ended with the main character (Courage) becoming a puppeteer for his owners (the two main protagonists)'s lifeless bodies after they were turned into marionettes. He goes mentally insane from living alone after a while.

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MvoK TIL that Micheal Keaton was a stagehand on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood stating, “He was the same off camera as he was on, and everything was fresh–the music, the opening number. Nothing was ever canned.”
Jk5j TIL of King Mithridates of Pontus, who ingested many different poisons in graduating amounts to become immune so that he couldn’t be poisoned by his enemies. When he was captured, he tried to commit suicide by poisoning himself but failed because he was immune.
XNZD TIL - George Clooney uses his Nespresso pay check to fund a satellite surveillance program that watches Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and tracks his army, hoping to warn civilians before attacks occur.
Brj5K TIL of the town Metaline WA whose townfolks blocked and protected the Kubota, a Japanese-American family, in 1942 from resettlement by vouching for their loyalty.
lAWG TIL that in the 17th century an old man on trial openly confessed to being a werewolf, but claimed to be good-natured, stating that he regularly went to hell with other werewolves to battle the witches and wizards of Satan to ensure a bountiful harvest.