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TIL "Seinfeld" scrapped a claymation episode (that included Kramer with a pencil stuck in his eye) because "Home Improvement" did something similar. It was Jerry's biggest regret of the show.

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VMX8 TIL that the gay pink triangle is rooted in the Nazi concentration camp badge system
kJLne TIL about Jacques Hébert's public execution by guillotine in the French Revolution. To amuse the crowd, the executioners rigged the blade to stop inches from Hébert's neck. They did this three times before finally executing him.
Zn7G TIL that the lead guitarist from the band Queen, Brian May, attained his PhD in 2005 in astrophysics, was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013, and worked with NASA on its New Horizons Pluto mission
ORlL TIL sleeping on your stomach can lead to more erotic dreams
NXbrE TIL that Bassist Timothy B. Schmit coined the term "Parrotheads" to describe Jimmy Buffett's fans when he was a member of the Coral Reefer Band in the mid 1980s.