› added 5 years ago

192

TIL Sharon Tate dreamed her death two years before she was murdered

Read more marieclaire.com.au

via reddit.com

Mer0m TIL that Paulo Coelho, internationally famous author of The Alchemist, "pirates" his own works -- by publishing torrents of his own books on file-sharing sites -- because he discovered that torrenting his books on Bittorrent actually boosted sales of his books quite significantly.
KOd5R TIL that the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre have been held by one and the same Muslim family since 1517. This is a way of maintaining a neutral guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, since the church is split between multiple Christian denominations.
kJLX7 TIL Jaleel White only auditioned for the role of Steve Urkel so he could buy a Sega Genesis
NxZe TIL that The Writers and Directors Guilds of America fined George Lucas $250,000 and tried to have Star Wars V pulled from theatres because he put the credits at the end of the movie rather than the beginning; a highly unusual choice at the time.
PYJjV TIL about the Geoduck. It's not a pokemon! It's a clam that looks like... well...