› added 10 years ago

77

TIL the Temple liberties in the City of London, founded by the Knights Templar, are exempt from the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City; when the LM tried to enter with his ceremonial swordbearer in 1668, students imprisoned the LM overnight and took his sword away.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

VBQLm TIL that during production of the 2008 independent film Trucker, actress Michelle Monaghan earned her commercial driver's license and did the semi-trailer truck driving scenes herself.
E16Dd TIL in the early days of drugstore ice cream counters and soda shops, medicine such as cocaine and heroin were added to drinks at the customers discretion. The sweet flavors helped cover up the bitter taste of the medicine.
VBw7B TIL that Crusaders granted safe passage to Mamluk armies to fight Mongols in 1260.
4kVLa TIL: Every Java class binary starts with the 8-digit hexadecimal number 0xCAFE_BABE. If you own an Android phone, this "magic number" is likely compiled into thousands of individual files on it.
8ZX4 TIL that Chris Evans was paid around $300,000 to star in Captain America: The First Avenger and that Chris Hemsworth made $150,000 initially for appearing in Thor. Robert Downey Jr. made $500,000 for the first Iron Man.