› added 12 years ago

65

TIL that Jamal Woolard, the man who played The Notorious B.I.G in the film Notorious, was himself shot at the opening of Notorious.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

8y8b TIL that ancient Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria invented the first vending machine which dispensed holy water after you put in a coin. He also invented the first steam engine and the first wind powered machine, 2000 years before the industrial revolution.
lpR7 TIL the Children’s Books Co-Authored by Henry Winkler Utilize a Font That Helps Prevent Dyslexics From Flipping the Letters
OaJ7 TIL that when Nickelodeon stole the Ren and Stimpy show from John Kricfalusi, they allowed him to retain the George Liquor character, as long as he didn’t become “a child molester or mass murderer,” to which John K. asked how many murders he would need to commit to make him a mass murderer.
XJnX TIL German scientist, Gerhard Domagk, developed the antibacterial agent Prontosil, a sulfonamide. He used this agent to treat his own daughter, preventing her from an arm amputation. He won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1939.
BgKje TIL the photons harnessed for solar energy are the same ones responsible for skin cancer.