› added 11 years ago

82

TIL A 1944 opinion poll found that 13% of the U.S. public were in favor of the extermination of all Japanese being held in internment camps in the U.S.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

e0oPn TIL a random teen record store employee saved Billy Joel's career by launching a campaign to revive Piano Man months after Columbia Records left it for dead.
a9rN TIL A TSA officer once let the CEO of Sega through saying: “I don’t need to see your passport. You’re the asshole that gave away Shenmue to Xbox"
9YlXX TIL of a 240 year old robot boy called "The Writer" - ancestor to the computer and can be "programmed" to write 40 character sentences
QJn9X TIL that William Burroughs’ book “Naked Lunch” was written while high. (And banned under US obscenity laws)
p8lMe TIL the pockets in suits can actually be opened