oRjmo TIL that until 1827, Bachelors of Arts (BAs) students at Oxford University who sought to become Masters of Arts had to swear an oath never to be reconciled with Henry Symeonis. This practice lasted for 550 years, during which Henry’s identity remained unknown until his rediscovery in 1912.
dDQwj TIL That General Hussein Kamel al-Majid and his brother General Saddam Kamel, who were cousins of Saddam Hussein and married to two of his daughters, defected to Jordan in 1995 to work with the West. In 1996 Saddam convinced them to come home as all was forgiven, they were both dead inside 3 days.
KYkgB TIL Radiohead's name was inspired by a Talking Heads song titled "Radio Head" from their 1986 album True Stories. Yorke said the name "sums up all these things about receiving stuff ... It's about the way you take information in, the way you respond to the environment you're put in."
a8Q9L TIL the 1922 Nosferatu movie was ordered by court to have all copies of it destroyed, Bram Stoker's widow considered it too alike to Dracula and sued over the adaptation's copyright violation. Some copies survived and Nosferatu went on to become one of the most influential horror films of all time.
ZpLAG TIL before WWII 20% of the entire Jewish global population lived in Poland.
78xRL TIL The tallest person with dwarfism was 7"2 at age 33. At age 18 he was 4"0.
kJQaW TIL that Gemma Hayter (1982–2010) , a disabled woman from Warwickshire, was tortured and murdered in 2010 by people she believed were her friends. Her death was later identified as a case of "mate crime," where vulnerable individuals are exploited by those they trust.
EgldV TIL about Atmos Clocks. Clocks that are powered by a change in temperature. It's said that a 1 degree change in temperature can power the clock for 4 days.
Y7QLv TIL that David Orr wrote an entire book about the 20–line poem, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.
BgeQK TIL that Killing People to use Their Remains for Get Rich Quick Magic is a Serious Problem in Modern Nigeria
rNQay TIL demand for the five July dates of Michael Jackson's Bad tour in 1988 in London at Wembley Stadium exceeded 1.5 million, enough to fill the 72,000-capacity venue 20 times. Jackson went on to perform seven sold-out shows at Wembley for a total audience of 504,000.
NXaPQ TIL that James Bond actor George Lazenby quit after one film because his agent, Ronan O’ Rahilly, told him the character wouldn’t last through the 70s.