› added 6 years ago

511

TIL "Parks and Recreation" was initially supposed to be a spin-off of "The Office" as requested by NBC. One idea was a broken copy machine from Scranton would break down in an episode of The Office and then end up in Pawnee, making the office equipment the spun-off character.

Read more mentalfloss.com

via reddit.com

yAve TIL - “Growing the Beard” is the opposite of “Jumping the Shark”, it is the definitive moment when a TV series begins to become noticeably better in quality. The term stems from when Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker) grew his beard between seasons one and two of Star Trek: TNG.
Zm04 TIL You can masturbate in public is Sweden provided it’s not directed at anyone
lZV1 TIL The Red Cross raised over half a billion dollars to provide housing for the Haitians after their devastating earth quake, and only built a total of 6 homes
Z87oB TIL cruise ships emissions can equal the equivalent of one million cars per day and air quality on deck can be worse than in the world’s most polluted cities.
168KV TIL the 1900 Summer Olympics had mail coach driving as an equestrian event. The contestants drove mail coaches drawn by four horses each, with the winners determined by a jury.