› added 6 years ago

238

TIL Spielberg began work on a sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind called 'Night Skies' about a family living in a house being attacked by aliens which then split into both E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Poltergeist. In Gremlins, you'll see a theater marquee listing abandoned names for E.T.

Read more grantland.com

via reddit.com

b9AOa TIL: Platypuses (when swimming/hunting) are also one of the only mammals to use electroreception, meaning they locate prey by the electrical pulses they generate through their body.
1bJW TIL Dr.Pepper was released in 1885, one year before Coca-Cola
oRj9L TIL that Pierce Brosnan was not allowed to wear a tuxedo in other films while he was under contract for the James Bond franchise. This is partially why he shows up to a black-and-white ball with an unbuttoned dress shirt and untied bow in The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).
l7WMA TIL The first female millionaire was an African American lady.
VBdpk TIL a slightly modified Bugatti Chiron piloted by factory test driver Andy Wallace became the first production car to surpass the 300-mph barrier when it reached a top speed of 304.77 mph (490.48 km/h) during a run on the Ehra-Lessien test track in 2019.