› added 10 years ago

75

TIL 2 Chainz asked permission to sample Lehrer’s “The Old Dope Peddler”. Lehrer responded, “As sole copyright owner of ‘The Old Dope Peddler’, I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?”

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

09dR TIL Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
LkEb0 TIL that it was Thomas Jefferson was a serious foodie, who introduced America to waffles, Mac and cheese, Parmesan, olive oil, and champagne.
GYBP7 TIL the director of the film adaptation of The Time Machine (2002) was H.G. Wells' great-grandson. He was also a consultant for the future scenes in Back to the Future II.
dQnd TIL of Abu, an elderly Indonesian man who lives alone on a deserted island with his wife so he wouldn’t spread his leprosy to others; he makes a living out of raising turtles and taking care of the reef around the island.
yQp1a TIL That hockey legend Wayne Gretzky had a cameo on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. As a huge soap opera fan in 1981, Gretzky made a cameo on the daytime show as a mafia boss. His one line was, “I’m Wayne from the Edmonton operation.”