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TIL the inspiration for “Nacho Libre” was Fray Tormenta, a Mexican priest who turned to wrestling to raise money for an orphanage, but he himself got the idea and name from a 1963 film…about a priest who turns to wrestling to raise money for an orphanage.

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LQ60m TIL some states have "Dead red" laws, which, if you're on a motorcycle or moped that is too light or not large enough to trip the sensor that changes the light from red to green, you're legally allowed to run the red light after waiting a reasonable amount of time.
XalP TIL of Jack Ketch, an English executioner in the 1600s whose name became synomoymous with Satan, death and excecutioner because of the brutal inefficiency of his excecutions
YpEYx TIL Nike's Jumpman Logo was created from a studio set picture where Michael Jordan did "ballet moves" in order to try to recreate a Life Magazine photo shoot of him taken during the Olympics.
awkaM TIL in 1896 a temporary, one-day city was named in Texas called Crush, where two locomotives were to be smashed head-on for purposes of spectacle. It was, for a few hours, the 2nd largest city in TX with 40k attendees. The collision caused engine boilers to explode, resulting in death and injuries.
DQoXp TIL not all self-representation cases in courts end in failure. In 1981, Edward Lawson won in the Federal Ninth Circuit Court vs. San Diego county over excessive discretion of police requiring to show identification. It was appealed to the Supreme Court. Two years later he won, repealing US Law.