› added 8 years ago

77

TIL that Tinder, Match.com, PlentyOfFish, and OKCupid are all owned by the same company.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Br0kb TIL the second ingredient of Campbell’s Tomato Soup is high fructose corn syrup. So much for nostalgia, but welcome to my drain, sugar-soup!
ZpGmY TIL about Father John Huddleston, a priest who helped King Charles II escape England when the King was 21 years old and was also the priest to hear the King's confession and conversion to the Catholic Church on his deathbed
D1Ykv TIL that American actor Vincent D'Onofrio holds the record for the most weight gained by an actor in a movie, having gained 70 lb (32 kg) for a total weight of 280 lb (130 kg) for his portrayal of Pvt. Leonard Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987)
nWlNY TIL that no babies are born with freckles because they haven't been in the sun long enough for specks to develop.
6EWdl TIL during a flight in 1987 a flight attendant shouted "We have a problem!" towards the captain, who then asked "What's the problem?". The attendant was then shot and killed... and a man walked into the cockpit and said "I'm the problem!". He then proceeded to crash the plane, killing 43 people.