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TIL: Dave Chappelle got his TV career started by making a guest appearance on ABC’s popular 90’s sitcom, Home Improvement

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LkmvV TIL how Smart Water gets its name. Little known fact, but once waters are captured from the wild, they are subject to an IQ test. The better performing waters get dubbed "smart".
LkOpZ TIL on 2009 Stephen Hawking held a party open to all, but only publicized the party after it was over so that only time-travellers would know to attend; as expected, nobody showed up to the party.
99xm TIL the creator of Pimp My Ride was convicted of murdering his wife.
rRgjW TIL how those Banner Airplanes work. They don't land with the banner, instead they drop them off to a crew standing by and They don't take-off with the banner but have a hook to grab it with mid-air.
N70lQ TIL that Manfred "The Red Baron" von Richthoven was so respected that after shooting him down in 1918, the allies gave him a full military funeral with wreaths, a 25-man firing party, a dozen reporters and a cinematographer present.