› added 3 years ago

114

TIL the actress who played 'Snoop' from The Wire (Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson) was convicted of second-degree murder at 16 years old. She was later convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin 3 years after The Wire ended. The character was named after her, and even shares her nickname.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

8a6OZ TIL that male chicks are disposed of only days after birth, considered an "unwanted byproduct." They are killed by carbon dioxide gassing or maceration
PgvV TIL in 1953, a US Scientist named Frank Olsen was administered LSD without his knowledge as part of the MKULTRA program. A week later, Olsen ended up dead. The CIA claimed Olsen jumped from a hotel window, but later paid the family $750K and a 2nd autopsy revealed he was likely assassinated.
KO7gE TIL Before picking the name Pink Floyd, the band was known as Meggadeaths
OVAL TIL that Stephen King drank enough to write the book Cujo and not remember doing it.
jNDNE TIL there are species of bamboo that can grow an inch every 40 minutes