DQ8Br TIL: Because of a combination of a change of a drug used, and over EIGHT failed attempts to get a vein, Clayton Lockett suffered through every bit of pain during his botched lethal injection.
vPQax TIL that Hans Christian Andersen frequently accompanied his younger Danish friends to Paris brothels, where, while his companions "amused themselves", he talked to the sex workers
J15jV TIL German has incredibly specific compound words for human experiences
pYQrQ TIL in 1937 Angelo Hays slammed headfirst into a brick wall in a motorcycle crash & was declared dead. However he was discovered alive when his body was exhumed 2 days after his funeral. He made a full recovery & invented a coffin that contained a "small oven, refrigerator & a hi-fi cassette player"
GArp4 TIL that American movie producer Robert Goldstein was sentenced to ten years in 1918 under the Espionage Act for a film that portrayed the British negatively during the American Revolution.
161RX TIL that Coconut Crabs (the largest arthropods on Earth at up to 9lbs) are ticklish. If you're pinched by one, "a gentle titillation of the under soft parts of the body with any light material will cause the crab to loosen its hold."
oRjro TIL the A-1 Reactor(nicknamed Annushka) melted down 3 times in its first year of operation(with the third one killing at least 173 people)
dDQ0j TIL the TV show Scrubs was filmed in the North Hollywood Medical Center, using the entire decommissioned hospital. All of the writers also worked inside it, and it had an editing suite and a sound-studio for post-production. And instead of trailers for the cast, they were given old hospital rooms.
KYk0B TIL the restaurant betrayal scene in the Matrix used a spit bucket for actor Joe Pantoliano, who said rare beef makes him gag. In wide shots they used shiitake mushrooms rigged to look like steak for the actor to eat.
a8QvL TIL Sharon Osbourne was the manager of smashing pumpkins until 2000: she put out a public statement saying "unfortunately I must resign today due to medical reasons...Billy Corgan was making me sick"
ZpLDG TIL Boxer Paul Sykes spent 21 years in 18 different prisons and was considered one of Britain's most difficult prisoners. His two sons are serving life sentences for murder
78xGL TIL that the Wendel Family was an eccentric and reclusive New York real estate dynasty in the 19th and early 20th centuries. They wore outdated Victorian clothing and refused to install modern utilities. Ella, the last surviving sibling, was famous for her many poodles, all named Toby.