› added 3 years ago

161

TIL the backing vocal chorus of CPL 593H in Roxy Music’s Re-Make/Re-Model refers to the number plate of a car that Bryan Ferry saw, with a pretty driver

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

KOoP4 TIL: that a warrior buried in a Swedish Viking grave was actually female
7RDX TIL that in the iconic door-smashing scene in The Shining, Kubrick originally had a prop door in place. Jack Nicholson, who had worked as a volunteer fire marshal, got through it too quickly, so it was replaced with a real door.
JYnXl TIL in the Ancient Greek Olympics, competitors found cheating were fined. The money would pay for a statue of Zeus with a plaque shaming the offender, and placed on the road to the stadium.
Z8lBo TIL Actors who have used drugs, visited prostitutes, or broken the law are not allowed to appear on television, movies, or other forms of broadcast (radio and advertisement) in China
kOm45 TIL The 49th Parallel, a 5,525-mile long border between Canada and the United States of America is the longest undefended international boundary in the world. However, it is not without disagreements. The Northwest Passage, claimed by Canada, are viewed as international shipping waters by the U.S.