› added 5 years ago

423

TIL that Michael Caine spotted Shakira Baksh in a advertisement for Maxwell House Coffee, tracked her down and married her two years later. They’ve been together ever since.

Read more popsugar.com

via reddit.com

LQbvZ TIL that unauthorized alteration of an FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Poster is a violation of United States federal law.
gMv49 TIL that a one million dollar home in the most expensive market in the US (Beverly Hills, CA) would be worth only $13,702.22 in the least expensive market (Tamaqua, PA)
n5wb TIL that the Simpsons were doing Butterfinger commercials a year before the show started, and that Milhouse originated in the second commercial.
R7deQ TIL A researcher named Georg Steinhauser collected 503 samples of fluff from his own belly button, the largest weighing 9.17 mg, to study its contents - which are primarily composed of tiny fibers from shirts
rRPOW TIL As gifts for the US Bicentennial in 1976, France showed famous works in US Museums, Britain gifted a golden, jewel-encrusted replica of the Magna Carta, Norway built a Sports Center, Japan built a huge theatre and donated 50 Bonsai Trees. Spain gave two statues. Canada gave them a scrapbook.