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TIL: Rick Moranis was on board for a Spaceballs sequel called - Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II

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e0VK5 TIL In a 1958 documentary, Disney faked mass suicide of lemmings by throwing some lemmings bought from Inuit children off of a cliff into the ocean
d80y8 TIL Robert Millikan disliked Einstein's results about light consisting of particles (photons) and carefully designed experiments to disprove them, but ended up confirming the particle nature of light, and earned a Nobel Prize for that.
R7MP6 TIL: Researchers hypothesize that the European Bison originated as a result of a hybrid between two other species. They refer to this hypothetical ancestor as the "Higgs Bison".
MeRxV TIL that Director Spike Lee publicly criticized Clint Eastwood for lack of African-American performers in "Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese POV of the war)," in which Eastwood retaliated, that the US military refused to let most "colored" servicemen on the front line.
KYl6R TIL conspiracy is against the law and just one move to enact the plan is enough to get you convicted.