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TIL a flight Ernest Hemingway was on crash-landed in Africa. He and his companions were rescued and put in another plane, which burst into flames on the runway. Finding the door jammed, Hemingway used his head as a battering ram, butted the door twice and got out.

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LOMm TIL that one of America’s most well known British TV actors (John Hillerman, Higgins, of Magnum PI fame) isn’t British at all, but is a native Texan, who learned his accent from performances of Laurence Olivier.
P1Kvg TIL of Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone, an Italian wine region in Italy. The name dates back to a tale of a prelate surveying wines for a bishop by writing "Est" on the door of the inns with quality wine. At a Montefiascone inn, the prelate was so overwhelmed that he wrote Est! Est!! Est!!!
rRjYM TIL the catchphrase "thinking outside the box" was popularized by management consultants in the 1970s and 1980s. They used it in connection with solving the 9-dots puzzle, where lateral thinking is needed
1amaX TIL Jahna Steele was voted Las Vegas' "Sexiest Showgirl on The Strip" in 1991, "Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year" in 1992, and "Most Beautiful Showgirl" in 1993. She was later fired from the "Crazy Girls Revue" show when people found out she was transgendered.
VBQL0 TIL Serge Voronoff was a surgeon who gained fame for his practice of xenotransplantation of monkey testicle tissues onto the testicles of men as anti-aging therapy while working in France in the 1920s and 1930s.