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TIL Michael Jackson’s Thriller went platinum not once, not twice, but thirty-three times

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awGBo TIL that Charles Crocker who was a rich railroad tycoon in the 1800’s built a 40 foot tall spite fence to block the sunlight from getting into his neighbors house because they wouldn’t sell their land that he needed to complete his mansion next door and led to a 26 year feud.
Wkd94 TIL April 17 is National Horny Day
0weJ1 TIL that after Disney acquired Miramax in 1993, the first film given the green-light was Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction
XEPeX TIL Oscar Wilde was a wildly popular Irish writer in the late 1800's. A rival hired a detective to catch him in "acts of sodomy and gross indecency". He served 2 years hard labor in prison for his "crimes". He suffered terribly and almost starved to death. He died at age 46.
Eg5WW TIL that Johnny Marks was a Jewish songwriter who wrote "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "A Holly Jolly Christmas", "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree" and other iconic Christmas songs.