› added 8 years ago

417

TIL J. Geils was kicked out of the J. Geils Band and they continued to tour without him. Geils filed a lawsuit over the use of his name and lost.

Read more billboard.com

via reddit.com

KYvy9 TIL that in Japan, there are services where you can rent a person to listen to you talk about your problems, no advice or judgment given. It's part of Japan's booming 'rent-a-friend' industry and is meant to help people who need someone to talk to without any strings attached.
KYNoB Today I Learned that Einstein never received a nobel prize for his work on relativity
Q5xa TIL NBC renewed ‘The Office’ for a second season, despite mediocre ratings for the first season, because they anticipated Steve Carell’s film, 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin’, would make it a ratings success - which it did.
j6o8X TIL that there is a hairy, bearded baby. This is because he has a condition known as lanugo.
yQQEw The vortex at Saturn’s north pole, observed by the Cassini space probe on December 30, 2013.