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TIL Even though he was teenager during the Great Depression of the 1930s, John F. Kennedy said in an interview with TIME that he “didn’t really learn about the depression until [he] read about it at Harvard.”

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G6AN TIL of Dr. Liviu Librescu, Romanian-born Holocaust survivor and scientist. During the Virginia Tech massacre, he survived being shot through a door five times while aiding students in escaping the gunman. He later died of his injuries and was awarded Romania’s highest civilian honor.
p8QGp TIL a then unknown Bob Dylan starred in the television play “Madhouse on Castle Street” on the BBC in 1963. It was later junked and no copies have survived. It is considered a lost artwork.
ANMRl Til in season 8 of Diff’rent Stokes Actress Beverly Brown played the role of a high school junior at age 62
kJ6Rm TIL the actress who Played Topaz in Thor: Ragnarok also voiced Gramma Tala in Moana
1aRWO TIL in December 1982, when Paul Allen was sick with cancer, he overheard Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer discussing his lack of contributions and how to dilute his equity by offering stock options to other employees and shareholders. Allen confronted them and quit a little bit later.