› added 9 years ago

110

TIL that only the basic plot elements of the show “Reno 911!” were scripted, while the dialogue was improvised

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

R7LN6 TIL that "no animals were harmed during the making of this film" only counts intentional harm for the camera. The movie could still have accidental injury and death.
N7ADN TIL New York City once had two competing police forces - city and state - who rioted in front of City Hall
LkPnp TIL that Oleandrin was purported as a promising cancer treatment in a 2013 study, however, the study was retracted (by the publisher) in 2016 because it contained plagiarized materials from user-generated web articles.
Kmw TIL There is a insect called the tree lobster that almost went extinct due to rats from a shipwreck on the on the island where they lived
OGJNY TIL that there were women gladiators, known as “gladiatrices”. They fought against each other or against animals to entertain their audience.