› added 11 years ago

397

TIL that a lot of that weird creepy music in horror movies is performed on one unique instrument called a waterphone

Read more popsugar.com

via reddit.com

Wkb44 TIL that US Pres. Theodore Roosevelt's mother and wife died on the same day. He drew a large X in his diary and wrote simply, "the light has gone out of my life."
kOm8g TIL that a cow escaped from a Polish farm and was spotted months later living with a herd of wild bison.
l7ZB5 TIL Meryl Streep's agent did not make it clear to her that she did not get cast as Miss Kenton in Remains of the Day after the director and her agent sold her on it. She learned of it by reading it, that Emma Thompson, who is 10 years younger, was cast instead. Soon after, she fired her agent.
A1Dn TIL Paul McCartney, when writing Eleanor Rigby, named her after a costar and a store, only later to find a Grave of Eleanor Rigby near where John Lennon and Paul met.
oRg1R TIL There have been 19 U.S. service members to receive two Medals of Honor, and five of them received the Medal of Honor for the same action.