› added 11 years ago

235

TIL “The Land Before Time” (1988) had both Steven Spielberg and George Lucas as executive producers.

Read more imdb.com

via reddit.com

aBDb TIL that Adrien Brody is one of the only Saturday Night Live hosts to improvise lines during the show and was subsequently banned from ever hosting again
0dYWp TIL a Virginia man discovered he had unintentionally left his phone recording before undergoing a colonoscopy, and while he was under anesthesia, it captured audio of medical staff mocking him. In 2015, a jury awarded him $500,000 for defamation, medical malpractice, and punitive damages.
7JAb TIL the Vietnamese dong has the dubious distinction of the second worst rate of exchange. $1 USD = $21,475 Dong
xpL0 TIL that a few years ago, Bahrain’s oppressed and overcrowded Shiite majority began using Google Earth to view palaces and other estates that make up 95% of the country. As these images churned up discontent, the government blocked Google Earth.
5VmW8 TIL In 1971, Kissinger said to Nixon: “I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people.” He was referring to Chile’s democratic choice of a communist leader, Salvador Allende.