› added 1 year ago

46

TIL that there is poem nearly two thousand years old accusing someone of insurance fraud: Epigram III.52 by Roman satirist Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis).

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

rRrkd TIL that the current latest version of Excel runs on VBA 7, a language that has not been updated in 9 years "because it just works"
D17gY TIL that the character of Ann Veal, George-Michael Bluth's girlfriend, on "Arrested Development" was meant to be played by a different actress in each episode, but it was decided that Mae Whitman would be the permanent actress because she made "the whole not-memorable thing work"
ZpZbo TIL the winner of the 1994 Academy Award for Set Direction for the movie Schindler's List was named Ewa Braun.
KORMJ TIL there's an R-rated director's cut of Galaxy Quest with raunchy language and sex scenes.
o5Er TIL in the original pitch for Bob’s Burgers the family were actually cannibals that made their burgers out of human flesh. FOX found the idea to be too dark.