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TIL that a large AMC popcorn contains 25g of protein.

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W7Ya8 TIL about MS St. Louis, a refugee ship that left Hamburg in May 1939 carrying a load of passengers, most of them Jewish refugees bound for Cuba. They were subsequently turned away by Cuba, the US, and Canada. The ship was forced to dock at Antwerp, and the passengers divvied up to various countries.
kBe TIL that the plot of Finding Nemo would not have unfolded anywhere close to how it did in the movie. Clown fish are hermaphrodites so when Marlin’s wife died, Marlin would have changed his gender and become a female and raise Nemo, who would have then mate with Marlin and have children of their own
mxwYv TIL the Karen conflict is one of the world's "longest running civil wars", so far lasting 71 years.
pjwp TIL a man lost a $900,000 first prize for a record marlin because one of his crew didn’t have a $5 fishing license.
jVAp TIL In 1995, House Democrats defeated a Republican bill for a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits