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TIL That in 2005, anarchist punk band “Chumbawamba” recorded an EP to be released upon the death of Margaret Thatcher. It was then released in 2013, 4 months after the band had disbanded

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gM7Y8 TIL That in 1944 Bruce Carr left his base on a mission flying a P-51D Mustang, only to return in a German FW 190.
x69Oo TIL Until 2019, male members of the U.S. Marine Corps were not allowed to use umbrellas while in uniform.
QNjap TIL HM1 Robert Eugene Bush was the youngest sailor in WWII awarded the Medal of Honor despite losing an eye and receiving shrapnel from three hand grenades. He was 18.
nBGr TIL Uma Thurman’s father was the first American to be ordained as a Buddhist monk, and her mother was once married to Timothy Leary
Xgp6 TIL When asked if Shia LaBouf would take over Harrison’s fedora in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Harrison responded “Shia can get his own hat. I earned that hat.”