Submitted by Malixshak t3_11e07os in todayilearned
TIL the Pulitzer Prize winning book of poetry in 2014 sold less than 400 copies
malwarwickonbooks.comSubmitted by SAT0725 t3_10sksay in todayilearned
TIL in 1985, drug smugglers dropped 40 containers of cocaine from a plane above Tennessee because the plane was too heavy. 3 months later, investigators found the containers and a dead black bear that had consumed 75 pounds of the drug. It’s stomach was “literally packed to the brim with cocaine.”
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by LurkmasterGeneral t3_10tm6y5 in todayilearned
TIL about Bountygate - a scandal in the NFL during the 2011 season which involved New Orleans Saints players gambling over the severity of injuries they could cause the opposing teams players. The result was the head coach being suspended for a season as he was found to have condoned the behaviour.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by theanswar t3_10zqgt7 in todayilearned
TIL that during Dean Smith's tenure as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, 96.6% of his players received their degrees and he also helped pioneer desegregation by recruiting their first black scholarship player, Charlie Scott.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by astarisaslave t3_1127pgh in todayilearned
TIL : Concorde airplane flew so fast, if you left London (or Paris) in the evening flying west towards New York, to the passengers in the plane, the sun would actually appear to begin rising again shortly after reaching cruising speed. The plane flew faster than the Earth's rotation.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by PyrowithJared t3_113i02i in todayilearned
TIL that the founders of video game maker "Acclaim" named their company so it would be listed alphabetically before their former employer "Activision" and before "Accolade" another company founded by ex-Activison employees. Activison itself was founded by ex-Atari employees based on the same logic.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by Loki-L t3_115gff7 in todayilearned
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TIL that singer Cass Elliot, better known as 'Mama Cass', did not like her 'Mama' moniker a single bit - to the point where she named her 1973 live album and TV special “Don’t Call Me Mama Anymore.” This is why her solo career in the 1970s is billed as 'Cass Elliot'.
legacy.comSubmitted by waitingforthesun92 t3_11b2r7p in todayilearned
TIL that in The Shawshank Redemption, when Morgan Freeman’s character is asked “why do they call you Red?” and he responds with “maybe it’s because I’m Irish”. It’s because the character in the novel was a red haired Irish man. They cast Freeman for the part but added the line as a joke.
screenrant.comSubmitted by lettuceandcucumber t3_11bi7p2 in todayilearned
TIL about the unusual death of a man in Spain in 2021, who died inside the leg of a paper-mache Steosaurus. It was thought the man entered the Stegosaurus to retrieve his phone, and days later was found by a father and son who noticed a smell coming from the statue.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by SligPants t3_11dcv0r in todayilearned
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