› added 1 year ago

212

TIL that only reason why the 1987 John Hughes Thanksgiving-comedy movie “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” was rated R by the MPAA, was because in one scene, Steve Martin’s character used the word “fucking” 18 times in the span of 55 seconds.

Read more movieweb.com

via reddit.com

8aAnL TIL napping after a learning session leads to significantly better recall rate of the learned material one week later
69Y0W TIL in 2008, Chile printed tons of 50 peso coins that misspelled the name of their country as "Chiie". No one noticed until 2009, and the person responsible was fired.
WkX88 TIL of William Howard Hughes, a United States Air Force officer with security clearance and expertise in rocket self-destruct technology, vanished in 1983. Authorities feared he had defected to the Soviet Union. In June 2018, he was found living in California under an assumed name.
mDxE TIL that in order to convince his first wife to agree to a divorce, Albert Einstein promised her the full monetary award when he wins the Nobel Prize. Three years later, he won the prize and transferred all the money to her.
rRwNw TIL Ben Carpenter was pushed at 50 mph for 6 km in a wheelchair by a semi-truck