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TIL about The Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law - an Austro-Hungarian satire party whose platform included mandatory alcoholism and reintroducing the Inquisition

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QJP0X TIL The 'Nut Rage Incident' occurred when Vice President of Korean Air was served nuts in a sealed bag instead of a plate in 1st Class. After a heated argument, she assaulted the attendant and ordered the plane to return to the gate. She was sentenced to 12-months in prison for obstructing safety.
XEZYr TIL about Thurl Ravenscroft, the man who voiced Tony the Tiger in the Frosted Flakes commercials ("They're g-r-r-r-eat!") and was the uncredited singer of the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch".
RVG7 TIL that Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald in Japan
AYax TIL: In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door needing to use the toilet, you must let them enter.
EM9V TIL If a cow loses a calf at birth, farmers skin the dead calf and make an orphan calf wear the skin so that the mother will accept it as her own