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TIL The Incredibles takes place in the 1960's

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R7gEa TIL of German serial killer Karl Denke, in the 1910’s killed upwards of 40 people, and processed their flesh into pickled “pork”, their hair into shoelaces, and their skin into belts, and other gruesome items that he then sold at markets and door-to-door.
ooAR TIL a study has shown that both sexes are attracted to people who are nonconformist.
5ly9 TIL that Animal House was filmed on campus at University of Oregon only because the dean had previously refused to shoot The Graduate on that same campus, and he regretted that decision so much, he allowed Animal House to be filmed there.
6EOlm TIL upon her death in 2010, heiress Gail Posner bequeathed her seven-bedroom, $8.3 million Miami mansion and a $3 million trust fund to her three pets, including a Chihuahua named Conchita, for whom she bought a $15,000 diamond-studded Cartier necklace in 2007.
Gj51 TIL that lie detectors aren’t reliable, and the creator of the polygraph himself called the machine a “Frankenstein’s Monster” due to law enforcements use of it.