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TIL Michael Jackson probably wrote the music for Sonic 3 on Sega (although uncredited)

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Vlwp TIL blind hiker Bill Irwin completed the Appalachian Trail with the help of his seeing eye dog, after falling ~5,000 times
W7j5N TIL In 1998, Elvis Costello wrote an anthem for Angelica Pickles in The Rugrats Movie, that was performed by No Doubt
yV85e TIL the chicken nugget was invented in the 1950s by Robert C. Baker, a food science professor at Cornell University, and published as unpatented academic work. This bite-sized piece of chicken, coated in batter and then deep fried, was called the "Chicken Crispie" by Baker and his associates.
7VeZ TIL that crime has not just been declining for decades, but for centuries.
8eMLb TIL about an expensive brothel in Paris called One-Two-Two with a pirate themed room that was fitted with a bed which mechanically swing like a boat with jets of water drenching the occupants mimicking sex in a leaky boat.