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TIL Eleanor Roosevelt regularly refused Secret Service protection, and instead traveled with a .22 Smith and Wesson on her person.

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NmNQ TIL To lose 63 pounds for his role in The Machinist, Christian Bale’s daily diet consisted of one can of tuna fish, and/or one apple per day, black coffee, and water.
e040J TIL that Orcas/Killer Whales are “apex predators”, which means no other animal feeds on them.
n8jo TIL No Shave November has a noticeable effect on razor sales
m0VE TIL Walt Disney & Salvador Dali collaborated on a short film called “Destino” in 1945
GrDJ TIL It took about a year to make the 4 minutes of CGI used in Jurassic Park