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TIL that the United States Appeals court ruled that competitive cheerleading is not a sport

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OGnJL TIL four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have been stolen. James Stewart and Kirk Douglas had their stars stolen but were recovered, and Gregory Peck and one of Gene Autry’s five stars were stolen but were never recovered. Each star weighs about 300 lbs.
7wrb TIL There is a cafe that serves over 100 kinds of cereal in the UK called a Cereal Killer Cafe
nPA9 TIL: The pilot episode of the Lone Gunmen was about a conspiracy of the US government to hijack an airline and fly it into the World Trade Center to start a profit making war. It aired March 4, 2001.
1aD TIL that upon seeing a picture of Yoko Ono’s great-grandfather John Lennon remarked, “That’s me in a former life.” To which Ono replied “Don’t say that… He was assassinated.”
9YbAX TIL of Recy Taylor, a black woman who was kidnapped and gang-raped by 6 white men in Alabama in 1944. Despite their confessions and going to trial twice, the men were never convicted.