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TIL that between 1968 and 2000, directors would use the pseudonym Alan Smithee to discredit themselves on projects they were dissatisfied with

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4jQJ TIL the director of the Guinness Breweries, became in 1951 involved in an argument about the fastest bird in Europe. The realisation there is no book for world records made him create “The Guinness Book of Records” that itself holds the world record as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time.
awyVL TIL: Allspice is an actual plant, not a blend of many other spices.
YpAKv TIL that there were 2,500 bombings in the US during the 1970s. In one instance, a Puerto Rican group bombed a cinema, but when police ordered everyone to leave, the audience angrily refused because they wanted to see the movie. However, these bombings are largely forgotten today.
PYL5O TIL that owls survive turning their heads so quickly because they have blood pooling systems to keep blood circulating to and from the brain when their neck movement cuts off circulation, as well as air-cushioned vessel casings so they don't rupture a blood vessel.
MW6b TIL the ‘hysteria’ created by Orson Welles’ 'War Of The Worlds’ was a myth created by newspapers to instil fear over the power of broadcast radio