› added 4 years ago

62

TIL about the movie "Monster Dog", Alice Cooper's first project after leaving rehab in 1986. It was directed by Claudio Fragasso, who is known for directing the "best worst film of all time", Troll 2

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

oB84r TIL that France’s army was taken over by a communist militia for just two months in 1871
bD6p TIL that in 2006, the BBC accidentally filmed a live TV interview with a job applicant due to a waiting room mix-up.
Bke TIL in 1959, a radio DJ named Peter Tripp kept himself awake for over 200 hours for charity, and never recovered psychologically.
E1P7X TIL The Lion King (originally titled King of the Jungle) resembles the Japanese anime “The Jungle Emperor” about a lion named Kimba as he matures and becomes king, but Disney never gave credit to Kimba’s creator. Matthew Broderick thought they were connected when he signed to be the voice of Simba.
d8moK TIL 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered each year, and just a single one is enough to kill fish in a stream. Cigarette fragments have been found in 70 percent of seabirds and 30 percent of sea turtles.