› added 4 years ago

442

TIL about the 'Children's Crusade', where a 12 year old managed to get a following of 30,000 children to attempt to reclaim Jerusalem from the Muslims. They were unable to cross the Mediterranean sea and were sold into slavery by merchants offering free passage on their boats.

Read more history.com

via reddit.com

PYpPw TIL: Marion Tinsley, of Ironton, Ohio, is considered one of the greatest checkers players to ever live. He lost only 7 games in his 45-year career, 2 of them to a computer. During one game against the Chinook program, he saw a mistake the computer made and predicted a win 64 moves into the future.
PY9GL TIL that despite having starring in roles in Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, Captain Phillips, Sully, Bridge of Spies, and The Post, Tom Hanks has not been nominated for an Oscar for 17 years
W71MN TIL That British Film Censors have a 'Mull of Kintyre' rule. You cannot show a male member on UK Television more erect than the Mull of Kintyre
eknL TIL Gregory Peck turned down top billing for ‘Roman Holiday’,convincing executives to give it to Audrey Hepburn saying : “I’m smart enough to know this girl’s going to win the Oscar in her first picture, and I’m going to look like a damned fool if her name is not up there on top with mine.”
NJQQ TIL that the year 46 BC was 445 days long because of changes to the calendar