› added 1 year ago

73

TIL The Sopranos was first called The Family Man

Read more gwinnettdailypost.com

via reddit.com

OGXLX TIL King Henry VIII of England had servants called “Grooms of Stool”, who wiped him clean after he visited the toilet. Gross.
X0QP6 TIL that Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell wrote the entirety of Black Hole Sun in his head while driving home from a recording studio in Woodinville, Washington, with the title coming from a news anchor Cornell heard while channel-surfing
m1KeM TIL Romance scammers in Africa combine online fraud with spiritual practices to manipulate victims and ensure success, often believing these enhance their scams’ effectiveness and protect them from detection
BrpJd TIL that a woman, whose husband died fighting the Nazis, requested to be allowed to drive a tank to avenge her husband. She proved herself a skilled tank driver, died from injuries obtained in battle, and was posthumously named Hero of the Soviet Union.
MbEK TIL the coach of the german soccer team VfL Wolfsburg from 1998 to 2003 was Wolfgang Wolf.