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TIL An episode of South Park had to add a disclaimer, “this is what Scientologists actually believe”, after depicting an alien(Xenu) that Scientologists believe in so that people didn’t think it was satire

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WkNvX TIL in the early 20th century, trains in the US were destroyed in staged head-on collisions in front of live audiences for entertainment. This ended in the 1930s as it was seen to be wasteful of old but otherwise useful locomotives at the height of the Great Depression.
7rZwr TIL that E.T. was originally a horror movie titled Night Skies, which involved a crew of aliens attacking a family in their home. One of the aliens, who was less evil than the others, made friends with the family's son, and Steven Spielberg eventually dropped the rest of the film to focus on this.
Me89K TIL that the USPS has lost $69 Billion over the past 11 fiscal years - including $3.9 billion in fiscal year 2018. USPS's total unfunded liabilities and debt ($143 Billion at the end of fiscal year 2018) have grown to double its annual revenue.
0d80M TIL A hang-gliding world record was set in 1989 by Kevin Christopherson, who rode an updraft 287 miles (462 km) from Bairoil, Wyoming to North Dakota
k4oe TIL a fireman in Thailand dressed up as Spiderman to coax a superhero-loving autistic boy from a window ledge.