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TIL Judy Garland's daughter was married to the Tin Man's son

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9YLl6 TIL Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of TLC burned her NFL ex-boyfriends house down
9neB TIL: The most successful intelligence operation in the Cold War; emptying supplies of Soviet Union toilet paper, forcing them to use documents, and retrieving these documents after use.
lynA TIL that all presidents and first ladies have secret service protection for life, and further that any children of former presidents get secret service protection until they turn 16.
xRo5 TIL Michael Crichton, the screenwriter of Jurassic Park, had a novel (Disclosure) and a television show (ER) reach U.S. number one at the same time the film did in 1994. He is the only person to achieve these hits simultaneously.
JYBP1 TIL an Airbus A330 lost both of its engines due to a ruptured fuel line. The pilot, an experienced glider pilot, successfully glided the plane for 20 minutes, saving all 306 people on board.