› added 5 years ago

273

TIL In 2015 the Guinness Book of World Records awarded the James Bond film "Spectre" with the record for the largest ever film stunt explosion.

Read more guinnessworldrecords.com

via reddit.com

9r67 TIL the last Tsar of Bulgaria was democratically elected as the PM in 2001. He is also the last living person to have held the title Tsar
yVPO8 TIL Mark Twain never completed his novel The Mysterious Stranger but it was published after his death. The 1916 Paine-Duneka edition was multiple stories spliced together that the editors patched together with their own writings. The original manuscripts were published in 1963.
J11Ml TIL Beyonce's clothing line made to "support & inspire women" was made by women in sweat shops earning $6.10 per day
6mwJ TIL a researcher in the 1970s blindfolded participants and told them they were going to play tug-of-war against another team. When they were told they had 3 others pulling with them, they pulled 18% less strenuously than when they were told they were alone. The effect is now known as social loafing.
Wk9kB TIL that Conan O'Brien met his wife Liza while shooting a remote piece on Late Night. At the 3:37 mark you can see a husband and wife meet for the first time.