› added 1 month ago

95

TIL that Leela from Futurama is voiced by Peggy from Married... with Children.

Read more ew.com

via reddit.com

4Xrdb TIL that Florence Lawrence is considered to be the first movie star, becoming nationally recognized before actors were ever credited in film
YpOB7 TIL of Eliahu Itzkovitz. A Romanian jew who after witnessing the murder of his family at the hands of a guard in a concentration camp joined the IDF, murdered the guards son and ultimately tracked and killed the guard himself.
NXd68 TIL Greenland's name was made by Erick the Red hoping that the pleasant name would lure other settlers to the island. To some extent, the trick worked because several Vikings from Iceland who were escaping famine managed to establish some settlements in Greenland after a few years.
x6bA7 TIL if you liked the 90s alt rock song about millions of peaches, peaches for free, you'll probably also like kids songs such as Stompy the Bear, by Casper Babypants.
OPAX TIL The Candy Companies lobbied to extend Daylight Savings Time to increase the time kids can trick or treat on Halloween