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TIL Guinness was not suitable for vegetarians until 2018

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eMkg TIL of Jerome Rodale, a longevity expert and father of organic farming. While filming an interview for The Dick Cavett Show, Rodale declared “I’ve decided to live to be a hundred”, and “I never felt better in my life!”. Minutes later, while still filming, Rodale died of a heart attack.
4oaJ TIL that in October of 1981, a soviet Whiskey class submarine ran aground on the south coast of Sweden. This incident became known as “Whiskey on the rocks”.
6ENNW TIL The Outer Space Treaty forbids any nation from trying to own the moon.
9wgvD TIL in 1967 MAD Magazine printed $3 bills featuring Alfred E Neuman's face, which where used by readers to trick early automated coin change machines, and led to a visit from the US Treasury Department to MAD's office
oo1L TIL at Warped Tour concert venues, parents accompanying their children are admitted free of charge and can spend the day waiting for their children at the “Reverse Day Care” tent.