TIL a famous book collector stole pages from rare books in the British Museum to complete his own copies, and librarians later proved it by matching wormholes, folds, and impressions on the stolen pag
TIL Steven Van Zandt co-wrote Sun City, a song protesting apartheid in South Africa. More than 40 artists participated in its recording, including Bono, Run-DMC, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan and Miles Davi
TIL that although Olympic gold medalist Floyd Patterson and his trainer Cus D’Amato wanted to pursue the boxing world heavyweight championship as early as 1954, they waited two years until the undefea
TIL in 2020 rumours circulated in France of horses and donkeys being killed and mutilated, with around 30 animals were reported mutilated. Journalistic investigations showed that it was "a collective
TIL The Batmobile Tumbler from the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy is a real, working vehicle custom built for the movies. The main difference between the real version and the movie version is the co
TIL that about half of human DNA consists of "jumping genes". parasitical code that multiplied inside our genome and do not contribute to human function or survival.
TIL "The Dark Knight Rises" was heavily inspired by Rocky III, with co-writer/director Christopher Nolan and writer David S. Goyer modeling the narrative arc around an aging, broken-down champion faci
TIL that the Daleks in Doctor Who are regarded as having been pivotal in saving the show from being cancelled. Their popularity at one point in 1964, surpassed The Beatles in the TV ratings
TIL that in 1924, The New York Times called crossword puzzles a "sinful waste of time" and refused to print them. They only relented during WWII to give stressed readers a distraction from grim war ne
TIL that in 1921, Babe Ruth hit his 139th career home run, passing Roger Connor to become baseball’s all-time home run leader. Ruth kept adding to the record until retiring with 714 in 1935, and remai
TIL that in Bali, teenagers have their canine teeth filed. In traditional Balinese belief, the practice removes the animal instincts of the person and proves that the person is mature enough to marry.
TIL that in 1974, Stan Lee made an "offhand remark" wondering why Iron Man didn't have a nose. This cause the illustrators to scramble to add a nose to his helmet. A year and a half later, Stan Lee sa
