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TIL despite being marketed as the main character, Drew Barrymore was killed off in the first scene of scream

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AVan TIL Ultimate sci-fi fan and literary agent Forest J Ackerman kept every story ever submitted to him. He once showed up at a Stephen King book signing with a manuscript King had written when he was 11.
XEaP6 TIL that live snails need their own train ticket, if you take one on a train in France. According to French law, when taking any animal under 6KG (~13lbs) one must pay 7 Euro (~$7.5) for the ride. Law requires you to stay with your snail and keep it and the other passengers safe for the whole ride.
BgxrL TIL The color of your bread tie indicates the day on which the bread was baked
P1jVG TIL the "sensation novel" was popular from the 1860s to 1890s, particularly in Great Britain. Sensation novels often were melodramas themed around socially taboo and shocking subjects like robbery, murder, seduction, kidnapping and adultery, typically in a domestic setting.
b6XrZ TIL Helter Skelter is a Roller Coaster in Britian