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TIL The creator of Barbie and the creator of Hot Wheels were married.

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M7roV TIL of the Wilhelm scream. The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect that has been used in a number of films and TV series, beginning in 1951 with the film Distant Drums. The scream is usually used when someone is shot, falls from a great height, or is thrown from an explosion.
ZL14 TIL that the Titanic captain Edward Smith had crashed another ship just seven months before the Titanic sunk
ZGdB TIL that Katy Perry started out as a Contemporary Christian singer with her first album, under her real name Katy Hudson
KYYkR TIL Galen argued that the liver must be the primary organ of the body because of its role in the production of the humours. The word for "liver" was often substituted for “heart” in ancient Greek poetry, in phrases like "hit in the liver"
e0a8k TIL 7-time Tetris World Champion Jonas Neubauer is married to the reigning Dr. Mario World Champion, Heather Ito