› added 10 years ago

103

TIL the name of the ‘USA Patriot Act’ is an acronym; “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001”

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

v15xD TIL 22-year-old Henry Cavill was considered as Bond in 2005 for Casino Royale .
kO8Jm TIL that when Frank Zappa's first son was born the hospital refused to register the name Dweezil, so Frank named him Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa, after a few of his musician friends, and just called him Dweezil until his son was 5 and it was changed legally.
9k6p TIL that the word “batman” is used to refer to someone’s personal servant. So, Alfred Pennyworth is actually Batman’s batman.
jNYdN TIL that Dexter Fletcher, the man who does the voiceover for the UK McDonalds adverts, directed Rocketman (2019), Eddie the Eagle (2015) and finished directing Bohemian Rhapsody (2018); and starred in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrells (1998).
6oRm TIL The most accurate depiction of a black hole ever created was for the movie “Interstellar”. “It’s the product of a year of work by 30 people and thousands of computers.”