TIL in 2017, five Denver nurses were suspended for opening a body bag and “admiring” the size of the dead man’s genitals.
TIL When The Empire Strikes Back debuted in 1980 some showings were preceded by the short film Black Angel which was directed by Star Wars art director Roger Christian. The film was thought lost for decades but has since been recovered and is available on YouTube.
TIL: Black US troops were welcome in Britain in WW2, but the US military's attempt to initiate segregation led to a shootout.
TIL When researchers blocked AMPA-receptor removal in rats, they found that the rats were prevented from forgetting the locations of objects. To forget, it seemed that the rat brain had to proactively destroy connections at the synapse. Forgetting is not a failure of memory, but a function of it.
TIL on the DVD release of Borat, there is a language option for Hebrew, but choosing it only results in a warning screen reading "You have been trapped, Jew!"
TIL the premiere episode of Doctor Who was preempted for five minutes by the just-breaking news that American President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.
TIL Ramen noodles themselves are vegetarian, but the little seasoning packets are usually not. The one major exception to this rule is Top Ramen brand Oriental flavor, which contains no animal ingredients at all