Before the internet, I used to work in a bookstore. A college age student came in and asked for a book called "Raft of Mice". I looked it up on the inventory system. Nope. I asked her what class was requiring this title. She didn't remember. I asked her if she had a syllabus. No such luck. But...she had written it down and had her notebook with her. Great. I looked at the note and it said "The Wrath" and "Many Mice". Aha! I asked if the author was John Steinbeck. Maybe.

I explained to her that while there were no books with any of the three titles, she had given me, there were two books called "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men" and both books were by John Steinbeck.

She insisted I was wrong. O.k. She left without purchasing the books. She returned two hours later all huffy and rolled her eyes at me when she purchased the two Steinbeck books. I rang her up, giving her my best smile.

TIL that in 1953, Ringo Starr developed tuberculosis and was admitted to a sanatorium, where he stayed for two years. While there, the medical staff attempted to alleviate boredom by encouraging patients to participate in the hospital band, resulting in his initial encounter with a drumset.

TIL that While filming his scenes, Anakin's actor would sometimes make lightsaber noises from his mouth, which caused Lucas to stop filming and tell him "Hayden, that looks really great, but I can see your mouth moving. You don't have to do that, we add the sound effects in afterward"