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TIL that Checkers dates back as far as 3000 B.C.E. and it's estimated that more than 50 billion units have been sold since

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dDj1Z TIL Looney Tunes’ Porky Pig’s original voice actor, Joe Dougherty, had a stutter he couldn’t control. It caused production costs to became too high as his recording sessions took hours. Mel Blanc replaced him, allowing the stutter to be controlled and used comedically
9w647 TIL that "Steven Universe" creator Rebecca Sugar considers the Gems, an alien species of sentient rocks in the television show, to be neurodivergent: "I think it makes perfect sense that [they] would be relatable to neurodiverse and autistic members of our audience."
RaJ6 TIL Scuba divers use Magna Doodles to pass notes underwater
OGLw7 TIL that "Forever Young" by Alphaville, a favorite of high school dances for 40 years, is actually about nuclear war
VB7ZQ TIL Spy Kids is on the National Film Registry, being added in 2024