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TIL that Matthew McConaughey has been teaching filmmaking at UT Austin since 2016.

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jNDVQ TIL A 2018 study found that half of US adults have had a close family member jailed
Dj8j TIL of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. The mysterious unsolved death of 9 hikers who tore through their tents naked in sub-0 temperatures. 7 died of hypothermia, one of a fractured skull, one female team member had her tongue and eyes missing. Offical cause of death: “unknown compelling force”
jkaM TIL a UK girl was accused of lying about being raped and arrested. The detectives sent in her shirt for DNA testing six months later and found evidence to convict the guy she’d originally accused. She was awarded £20,000.
V9jB TIL A survey of the largest symphony orchestras in the US revealed 27% of musicians had used a common heart medication called a beta blocker to inhibit stage fright, and 70% of those who had used the drug had obtained it from a friend and not a medical doctor.
yVldV TIL that Cher has had a single reach Number 1 on a Billboard chart in each of the last SEVEN decades.