› added 11 years ago

63

TIL Eminem’s mother sued him for $10 million over alleged slander about her in “The Slim Shady LP.” She won $1,600 in damages.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

PYgen TIL that Hitler never visited a single concentration camp or death camp and no written order for the “Final Solution” has ever been found. He also never spoke about it, even to his closest entourage in order to distance himself. This is used by Holocaust deniers as evidence against the Holocaust.
xYG5 TIL that Po, the smallest Teletubby, is 6 ft. 6 in., while Tinky-Winky looms around 10 ft. tall. Though onscreen the Fab Four appear to be a baby-friendly size, in ‘person’ they are gargantuan, bigger than Barney, bigger even than Big Bird.
0dWPR TIL about Dr. Hwang Woo-suk: The Scientist Who Cloned a Dog and the Infamous Stem Cell Research Scandal, but No Success in Human Cloning
BrYYe TIL that Grizzly Adams, the man upon whose life they based the tv and movie series, had his career ended when he received severe back and spine injuries from a Bengal tiger he was attempting to train for his employers. He went on to be a cobbler.
YwbW TIL that Craigslist - headquartered in a simple house in the Sunset district of San Francisco - had a net income of some $500 million in 2016