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TIL Otoko wa Tsurai yo "It's tough being a man" holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running movie series starring a single actor, spanning 48 installments released between 1969 and 1995.

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YY7Z TIL of a 12 year old boy, Hunter Scott, who in the course of doing a history project for school, found enough evidence to lead to a Congressional investigation that ended up exonerating a US Navy ship’s captain for wrongdoing, 55 years after his court martial.
vJ47 TIL that diabetics can donate their urine to be turned into whiskey suitable for export
LkKNV TIL that the song "Bron-Y Aur Stomp" by Led Zeppelin was about Plant walking in the woods with his dog Strider.
wLv7P TIL Chuck Berry's hit song Roll Over Beethoven was inspired by how his sister always used the family piano to play classical music when Berry wanted to play popular music. The title refers to how classical composers would roll in their graves upon hearing rock and roll.
XGE6 TIL comedian Tom Lehrer once stated: “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize”