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TIL Universal Studios wanted John Landis to cast Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi in the lead roles in American Werewolf in London. Landis rejected this and went for unknown actors instead.

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XDaj TIL we have a photograph from the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan
Ao4g TIL that the song “Mah Na Mah Na”, which was popularized in part by the Muppets, originally debuted in an Italian pseudo-documentary about sexual activity in Sweden and was titled “Hooray for the Swedish Sauna”.
dZeZ TIL the see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, and speak-no-evil monkeys have names: Mizaru, Mikazaru, and Mazaru.
mxX7p TIL that the Where’s Waldo book series was released with different names internationally. In Britain you were looking for Wally, Germans searched for tiny Walter, the French scoured the pages for petite Charlie, and if you were a young South African you tried to spot a little Willie.
9EBB TIL in 2009, a hard ground ball hit Adrián Beltré in the crotch which landed him on the 15-day disabled list. In his first game back from the DL, teammate Ken Griffey Jr. conspired with those responsible for the PA system to have Beltré’s at-bat intro music be the waltz from The Nutcracker Suite