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TIL when Buddy Holly’s wife suffered a miscarriage after seeing the first reports of his death on television, news agencies implemented a policy against announcing victims' names until after families are informed.

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GYAl4 TIL In 1991, Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, married Russi Taylor—the voice of Minnie
EkOd TIL Maria Shriver said to her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger in regards to his movie Red Sonja, “If this doesn’t kill your career, nothing will”.
xVZ4o TIL: In the 50s, scientists released a deadly virus to eliminate millions of rabbits.
OoG5L TIL David Schwimmer (Ross from Friends) and Stephen Colbert (US Talk-Show host) were in the same improv group at Northwestern University called "The No-Fun Mud Piranhas".
woGm8 TIL that, despite being widely taught in schools, the idea that different sections of the tongue are exclusively responsible for different basic tastes is a common misconception