› added 8 years ago

100

TIL Plants Vs Zombie was originally developed under the title ‘Lawn of the Dead’ which had to be changed for legal reasons.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

EVkV TIL Nazi Germany’s ‘Perfect Aryan’ Propaganda Baby Turns Out To Be Jewish
GYPd4 TIL that famous stunt performer and daredevil Evel Knievel was about to die because he couldn't get a life-saving liver transplant. When he was literally going to die in his house he got a phonecall. There was a liver available from a young guy who just passed away... in a motorcycle accident.
4mkw TIL That Sean parker, founder of illegal music filesharing site Napster, is now the person at Spotify who helps form deal with major record companies. He orchestrated deals with Universal, Warner and others.
j6rAn TIL that methamphetamine improves snails’ long-term memories and also prevents them from forgetting already learned ones.
p1NA TIL: Hacker, Kevin Mitnick, spent eight months in solitary confinement after law enforcement officials convinced a judge that he had the ability to “start a nuclear war by whistling into a pay phone.”