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TIL: Yuma, Arizona is the sunniest place in the world. Experiencing an average of 4,015 hours of sunshine per year.

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9Yw7X TIL "Un Chien Andaloue" is 1929 surrealist short movie made by Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel. At the Paris premiere Buñuel put stones in his pockets "to throw at the audience in case of disaster".
X01LD TIL Several U.S. states enacted legislation specifically banning Marilyn Manson from performing in state-operated venues.
dDWm9 TIL the vultures in the everglades are attracted to the rubber on cars and so the park offers tarps and bungees to anyone visiting as a means of protection.
VBWMp TIL the Boeing factory in Seattle is so massive that rain clouds began to form inside the facility until a state-of-the-art air circulation system was installed
da07 TIL actress and legendary beauty Lana Turner was discovered at 17 by a talent agent at a drugstore where she was having a coke and skipping class. She was immediately signed to make her first movie.