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TIL that Brad Pitt voluntarily went to a dentist to have his front teeth chipped for the role of Tyler Durden in Fight Club. His teeth were fixed after he finished making the movie.

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KOjQQ TIL of Throne of Blood, a retelling of Macbeth set in Feudal Japan
BWyr TIL that the FDA is accused of having unethical relationships with drug manufacturers, resulting in many potentially unsafe drugs on the market.
yrlv TIL the trial of Auschwitz staff acquitted only one man - SS member Hans Münch. Former prisoners testified on his behalf, as he refused to participate in inmate selection and appealed for better rations. Münch later spoke out against Holocaust denial.
Nbj1 TIL that Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine Benes) is nearly 4 times as rich as Jerry Seinfeld
omXK TIL That in 1974 Steve Rogers (Capt. America), disillusioned by corruption in the U.S. government, temporarily ditched his patriotic personna and became Nomad, the hero without a country.