› added 1 year ago

1010

TIL Tom Welling was 24 years old when he was cast as Clark Kent in Smallville. Clark is 14 years old in season one.

Read more screenrant.com

via reddit.com

7rVeb TIL: In 1947, the Superman radio show did a series called "Clan of the Fiery Cross" in which they exposed many of the KKK's most guarded secrets. Within two weeks of the broadcast, KKK recruitment was down to zero. And by 1948, people were showing up to Klan rallies just to mock them.
R47 TIL that Woody Allen’s son Ronan Farrow, a former child prodigy that now works as a Special Adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is disgusted by his dad marrying his sister. On Fathers Day 2012, he tweeted “Happy father’s day— or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law’s day”
m1YVP TIL Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis in 2008
neKOY TIL Rocket Lab successfully tested their ability to catch a rocket falling back to Earth after launch. Completed in April 2020, the test involved the used rocket, a parachute, a helicopter, and a grappling device on a cable.
WRPN TIL in a housing experiment that involved moving families from poor neighborhoods to wealthier neighborhoods, boys experienced PTSD rates comparable to those of combat soldiers. Psychological well-being improved for girls.