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TIL that there is a hotline called “Callin’ Oates” that only plays Hall and Oates songs for you when you call them at 719-266-2837 (719-26-OATES)

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YNGd TIL of Toxoplasmosis Gondii, a brain parasite spread through cat feces, which slows rats, and causes attraction to cats. This parasite is transmissible to humans, and can cause humans to excessively care for cats. Also, infected female humans(&rats) are more likely to find infected males attractive.
ne6dP TIL In 1927 Santa Clause was officially given a pilots license and airway maps from the Department of Commerce
b9180 TIL an epic Titanic film was made in 1943 on a budget of $4,000,000 ℛℳ (around $190,000,000 USD today), commissioned by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.
1a4xr TIL of Black September, an armed conflict that broke out in 1970 between the Palestinians and Jordan.
X01Ar TIL The Soup Nazi was first referenced in Sleepless in Seattle, 2 years before appearing on Seinfeld