› added 4 months ago

14

TIL Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, credited as the father of the atom bomb, was born on April 22, aka as Earth Day

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

W7kMN TIL that the portrait of George Washington on the one-dollar bill comes from an unfinished portrait containing only his face, called the Athenaeum Portrait.
69eLW TIL that a main reason historians are sure Frederick the Great was gay is on July 1750, the Prussian king unmistakably wrote to his gay secretary and reader, Claude Étienne Darget: “Mes hémorroïdes salient affectueusement votre v…” “My hemorrhoids affectionately greet your cock”
rRKDW TIL that Samuel L. Jackson’s famous role in Pulp Fiction was written specifically for him, as Quentin Tarantino wanted to work with him after he auditioned for Reservoir Dogs but didn’t get the part.
BRZy TIL that Ray Liotta listened to real FBI recordings of Henry Hill to better suit his role in Goodfellas.
mQaM TIL: Georgia State Law is copyrighted. You can be sued for publishing it.