› added 4 years ago

81

TIL that Johnny Cash wasn't born with a first name, just the initials J. D.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

jNGkQ TIL that an outlaw isn't any mere criminal, but rather a criminal who has been sentenced to be "outside of the protection of the law". He has no right to trial, and can be killed or persecuted by anybody.
KYVWG TIL that Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, the stars of Romeo and Juliet (1968), sued Paramount, alleging they were misled into performing nude scenes. They were 15 and 16 at the time.
yQAne TIL Marc Benioff, an American Internet entrepreneur with a net worth of $6.9 billion, created the 1-1-1 model of integrated corporate philanthropy, by which companies contribute 1 percent of equity, 1 percent of employee hours, and 1 percent of product back to the community.
1aOYV TIL that the United States firebombed (i.e., dropped incendiary bombs on) not one, not two, but SIXTY-SEVEN cities in Japan during World War II. This list doesn't include the A-bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Lv1r TIL Police in the UK have shot dead 5 people in the last 4 years. In the US, this figure is 1600.