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TIL Mozart died at 35, and wrote 800 pieces, 22 pieces every year he lived.

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KYV7a TIL that Ohio's state motto is "With God, all things are possible". In 1958, Jimmy Mastronardo (10 years old) noticed that Ohio was the only one of the 48 US states without a motto. He got 18,000 signatures on a petition and persuaded the state legislature to pass a bill and the governor to sign it.
NXZkP TIL Necco Wafers were America's longest-running, continuously produced candy. First introduced in 1847, they were made continuously before a factory closure in 2018 ended their reign.
GAPN5 TIL that NBC and Cablevision partnered to put live coverage of the 1992 Olympics on 3 Pay Per View channels. The "Olympics Triplecast" was a flop, and even triggered a lawsuit from NYC over false advertising.
78GWp TIL that adding cheese to hamburgers became popular in 1920. Lionel Sternberger is reputed to have introduced the cheeseburger while working as a fry cook at his father's Pasadena, California sandwich shop and "experimentally dropped a slab of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger.
E16Nw TIL the United States anticipated so many casualties in the planned invasion of Japan during WW2, that it is still awarding Purple Hearts originally manufactured during the war and intended for troops of that invasion.