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TIL Domino’s Sold as Many Pizzas during OJ Simpson’s Car Chase as it did on Superbowl Sunday

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0wy7M TIL Bill Gates hijacked the control panel at an airport gate -- and got the plane to come back.
nW7Nd TIL Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty was given a Giraffe as tribute in 1414. The animal had been transported by envoys all the way from Kenya to Bengal to Beijing
R7g1l TIL Eva Mendes’ voice was dubbed over in the Steven Seagal movie “Exit Wounds” without her knowledge. A producer later told her her natural voice “didn’t sound intelligent enough.” She later replied “it was a Steven Seagal movie, and I didn’t sound intelligent enough.”
PYLWO TIL Andre 3000 recorded all the vocals for the hit Outkast song "Hey Ya!" Off the top of his head. He also recorded 30-40 takes of each line. His recording engineer said that there about 20 different versions of the song recorded during their sessions together.
mx4Jx TIL that Arctic foxes create unintentional gardens by reusing den sites for generations and that these gardens are hotspots of biodiversity in such a challenging landscape