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TIL the name of the Smith & Wollensky steakhouse was created by selecting two random names from a phone book. First names for the fictional founders were the names of the actual founder's dogs.

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Zvbo TIL When the movie Clue was shown in theaters, different theaters were given 1 of 3 endings.
v1jaj TIL - that during WW1, the British created a campaign to shame men into enlisting. Women would hand out White Feathers to men not in uniform and berate them as cowards. The it was so successful that the government had to create badges for men in critical occupations so they would not be harassed.
MebpB TIL that the work quarantine comes from the Italian word “quaranta” which means 40. This was the number of days sailors on a ship with a suspected infection had to stay in port before they were allowed on land.
v1MxL TIL Timothy Dalton was first approached to play James Bond n 1967, but felt he was far too young at only 21 years old, and, more importantly, didn’t want to be the first actor to follow Sean Connery. He was again asked in 1979, but did not like the direction the series had been going in at the time
gMW5X TIL of the "World's Littlest Skyscraper" scam committed on Wichita Falls, Texas. The designer said the building would be 480 in height. Investors assumed it was 480 feet not 480 inches and soon realized they invested $200,000 in a 4 storey building. They lost in court and the builder kept the money.