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TIL Faith No More singer Mike Patton did all the creature and monster sound effects in the Will Smith movie "I am Legend"

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xVBOk TIL In 1828, 40-year-old artist Sarah Goodridge painted a miniature portrait of her own breasts imbued with a "paleness and buoyancy" and gave it to a U.S. Senator she may have wanted to marry. His family kept it for over 50 years and it now hangs at the Met Museum.
69l0Y TIL a Thai woman died slipping on mud and grabbing a live wire—and her sister was electrocuted the same way showing how it happened at her funeral.
jNdXN TIL 2012 Olympics organisers wanted Keith Moon, who died in 1978, to play at the ceremony. When they asked the The Who's manager if Keith "would be available" to play, he replied "He now resides in Golders Green crematorium, If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him"
JYvdl TIL the three-breasted prostitute that appeared in Total Recall, portrayed by actress Lycia Caff, was originally designed to be incorporated into Star Trek: The Next Generation, which first aired in 1987. Ship's counselor Deanna Troi was originally going to have three breasts, but she protested.
epdP5 TIL That ‘Petty Theft’ is commonly spelled ‘Petit Theft’