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TIL Butter is a Dairy product

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jN7En TIL two of the greatest Christmas movies ever, 'Elf' and 'Love Actually', both opened in theaters on the same day--November 7, 2003. That week, 'The Matrix Revolutions' was the #1 movie. 'Elf' opened at #2. And, 'Love Actually' at #6.
n9KB TIL the Beatles did not know how to read music and George Harrison once said that he thought if he learned music theory it would ruin his ability to write songs.
R70k8 TIL that as of 2017, 60 percent of pet cats and 56 percent of pet dogs in the US are overweight or obese
P1XJO TIL the first pitching machine, designed by mathematician Charles Hinton at Princeton University, used gunpowder to launch baseballs. It was capable of throwing variable speeds and even curve balls but resulted in multiple injuries.
dNN7 TIL Nintendo of Japan was afraid that Americans would rest soda cans on top of their Super Nintendos, it was redesigned when released in America to avoid this.