› added 1 year ago

55

TIL Australian surfer Laura Enever broke a world record for women by paddling into a 43.6-foot wave on Oahu's North Shore in January

Read more youtu.be

via reddit.com

LQ1bP TIL in the late 70s, Martin Scorsese was very depressed & struggling with a dangerous coke addiction. Once, while hospitalized w/ internal bleeding, De Niro visited & convinced him to make another movie, to save his life. Scorsese agreed, sure it would be his last film. It was Raging Bull.
MYja TIL that Johnny Depp’s daughter nearly died from an E.Coli infection and had an extended hospital stay. In order to thank the hospital for taking care of her, Depp dressed up as Jack Sparrow and read stories to kids for four hours.
LkpdQ TIL that the Onion sold for more than the Washington Post
OGPVL TIL a Jiffy is a real unit of time (a jiffy is about 3 × 10 to the power of minus 24 seconds)
7rDYP TIL In-N-Out burgers operates occasional pop-up restaurants in Australia for the sole purpose of protecting their tradmark there.