› added 5 months ago

19

TIL that professional photographers in the early 1900s had to carry up to 50 pounds of gear just to take a single photo

Read more extremevisionphotography.com.au

via reddit.com

18W4 TIL Dr Jack Kevorkian was imprisoned for 8 years after performing voluntary euthanasia on patients. His tombstone reads “He sacrificed himself for everyone’s rights.”
kGe1 TIL Lawrence of Rome was sentenced to die by being roasted alive. After a while of being seared over burning coals, he told the executioners “turn me over, I’m well done on this side.” Today he is the patron saint of cooks and chefs in the Catholic Church.
NXQ1b TIL that Smart Card and NFC tech (used in tap-to-pay, SIM cards and Chip IDs) were invented in 1967 by a German rocket scientist who worked for both von Braun and Korolev in his career
awoN TIL Alice Cooper led the movement to restore the dilapitated Hollywood sign, in the 1970’s. He then fully paid for the third “O” himself, dedicating it to Groucho Marx.
7g1P TIL in 1990 a sitcom aired called ‘Heil Honey I’m Home’ featuring fictionalized versions of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. It was cancelled after one episode.