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TIL that Easter in Norway is also celebrated by reading crime novels

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eQlE TIL Steven Spielberg directed a TV horror movie in 1972 called Something Evil - about a family in a Pennsylvania farmhouse inhabited by demons - that has never been released on home video.
owvr TIL the Backfire Effect occurs when, in the face of contradictory evidence, established beliefs do not change but actually get stronger
R5R5a TIL; Actress Liv' Tyler (Who played the elf Arwen in LOTRs from age 20 to 27) - Did not know Steven Tyler was her father until she was 10, she even met him at age 8, and had a "crush" on him, before she actually confronted her mother and learned he was her father.
VMBJD Maybe, but it’s going to take a long time. For the past 200,000 years or so, fatty and sugary foods were hard for humans to come by and well worth gorging on. Fats help maintain body temperature, sugars provide energy, and craving such food is hardwired: Eating fats and sugars activates reward centers in the brain.
VB16Q TILL John William Friso, Prince of Orange and his wife, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kessel are the most recent common ancestors of all European monarchs, current and former that have reigned since WWII