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TIL that in 1972 Indiana University accredited an entire course dedicated to the study of comic books, thanks to junior student Michael Uslan who would later become responsible for bringing Tim Burton's (1989) Batman to the big screen.

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ANKQg TIL about the Guinness share-trading fraud, a major business scandal of the 1980s. It involved the manipulation of the London stock market to inflate the price of Guinness shares to thereby assist Guinness's £4 billion takeover bid for the Scottish drinks company Distillers.
GML5 TIL that in the 1960s, Wham-O made a “giant” Super Ball, roughly the size of a bowling ball, and dropped it from a 23rd story window as a promotional stunt. It destroyed a parked car on the second bounce.
j6xLv TIL the word “Ghetto” is Italian in origin. From the Venetian Ghetto, the area of Venice in which Jews were forced to live by the government.
nQEW TIL the original Baby Ruth candy company claimed the bar wasn’t named after Babe Ruth so they could avoid paying him royalties. They later shut down a rival candy bar that was actually approved by Ruth to use his name on the grounds the names were too similar.
nZN9 TIL That in 1054, Chinese Astronomers witnessed a supernova explosion, which appeared as a bright star that would be visible even in daytime