› added 9 months ago

171

TIL that Peter Benchley regret writing "JAWS". He later devoted himself to ocean conservation.

Read more boston.com

via reddit.com

VeXB TIL Blazing Saddles marks the first time a fart recording had been used in cinema
wLZAM TIL the Laotian rock rat, deemed extinct for 11 million years, was rediscovered in Laos along the Mekong river being sold as meat at a local street market in 2005
VBgo0 TIL actor Joe Pesci hated the early unit call times in “Home Alone” since they prevented him from starting his day with nine holes of golf as he liked to do. After Pesci took the Assistant Dir. by the collar one day to complain about it, the call times were moved back from 7 to 9 A.M. just for him.
jvQR TIL The British pound is the world’s oldest currency still in use - it is 1200 years old.
Xr08 TIL there is a video game for kids with cancer where you fight cancer cells inside your body. The game “significantly improved treatment adherence and indicators of cancer-related self-efficacy and knowledge in adolescents and young adults who were undergoing cancer therapy.”