› added 10 years ago

127

TIL When Brian De Palma was forced to recut ‘Scarface’ to achieve a rating of R instead of X, he argued that the changes were so minor that no one would notice if he released the X-Rated version anyway. So that’s exactly what he did, and he was right: no one noticed.

Read more spinoff.comicbookresources.com

via reddit.com

ewb4 TIL: To conceal Genghis Khan’s burial place, his funeral escort killed anyone who crossed their path, Once the tomb was built, the slaves who constructed his tomb were massacred, & then the soldiers who slaughtered the slaves were also killed
NQE TIL Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn’t think he had “that presidential look.”
0V7M TIL that the heated water in the barrel of the Vickers machine gun was sometimes used to make tea for British soldiers during World War I.
0wPVL TIL People who use many emojis in online dating profiles are perceived as less intelligent
XPDP TIL that the comments section of online news sites were found to have a higher quality of discussion when the commenters had to use their facebook account rather than an anonymous name.