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TIL Space Jam is the highest grossing basketball film ever made

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7beZ TIL that despite breast cancer and prostate cancer have similar rates of mortality, breast cancer research receives twice as much government funding and twice as many grants from the American Cancer Society
v15kD TIL "Happy Buddha" is not really the Buddha, but a Chinese monk who carried a sack to give rice and sweets to children, like our Santa.
x6kaD TIL the educational cartoon Cyberchase is still producing new episodes
x6EXw TIL a gaming PC can be more efficient than at space heater at heating your room
VZvm TIL “Suicide” doors, which are hinged at the rear rather than at the front, were popular with mobsters during the 1930s. Supposedly, this was because the design of the doors made it significantly easier to push passengers out of moving vehicles.