› added 7 months ago

24

TIL Michael Caine legally changed his name to Michael Caine to help get through airport security quicker. He would have to waste a lot of time proving that his legal name was Maurice Joseph Micklewhite.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Rdk1 TIL it takes 7 shuffles to randomize a deck of cards.
QBY6 TIL that on July 4th, 2012, San Diego had planned a 17 minute firework show but it lasted less than a minute when all the fireworks discharged simultaneously.
gr6kX TIL the train wreck scene in the movie The Fugitive, filmed with practical effects, is still laying in its aftermath positions and is a tourist spot in the Smoky Mountians
PMxV TIL that the Soviet Union disguised their flamethrowers to avoid sniper targeting during WW2
5rKn TIL when police raided a dog fighting ring in South Carolina, 8 suspects attempted to flee the scene. One of the suspects was taken into custody after one of the dogs chased him and “took him down”. The dog then escaped.