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TIL only 4% of people are born on the due date

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0ddxN TIL The Coca-Cola Company briefly had a syndicated television arm in the mid-80s. It helped produce series such as "Punky Brewster", "Dinosaucers", "The New Gidget", and "Starcom: The U.S. Space Force".
BgvQL TIL that MPGe, the miles per gallon equivalent for electric cars, actually measures miles per 33.7 kWh of battery charge, since 1 gallon of gas has the same theoretical energy capacity as 33.7kWh. But MPGe numbers tend to be much higher than MPG numbers because gas engines are so inefficient
rRKNx TIL Rick Moranis retired from acting after his wife died of liver cancer so he could raise his children
xkmD TIL that during the filming of the movie Superbad, McLovin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) was required by law to have his mother on the set during his sex scene because he was only 17 years old.
449a TIL that “gorilla” comes from a Greek word meaning “a tribe of hairy women.”