› added 2 years ago

99

TIL in the early 90s LL Cool J shared with his grandma that he couldn't survive as a rapper now that gangsta rap was popular. His grandma responded, "Oh baby, just knock them out!" which inspired him to write 'Mama Said Knock You Out' a grammy award winning certified platnum single.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

5YdJP TIL polar bears' liver have a vitamin A content so high, its considered poisonous. When hunting them, the livers are buried or burned to prevent the hunter's dogs from eating them.
0d7oy TIL that in 1922, there was a Straw Hat Riot in New York that lasted 8 days. Teens were taking straw hats off of random men and stomping them because of an unwritten rule that straw hats should not be worn after Sept 15th.
b9Q19 TIL Superbowl halftime Musical Performers are paid NOTHING for their performance.
mxL9R TIL that Jack Nicholson's first job in Hollywood was an office worker for animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. They offered him an entry-level job as an animator, but he declined, citing his desire to become an actor.
D1Xvj TIL Venezuela's name means "little Venice" but the South American country is, in fact, much larger then the Italian city.