› added 7 months ago

16

TIL that the new Superman is the grandson of the first Choose Your Own Adventure author, Edward Packard.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

gVV7 TIL that both the tallest and shortest nba players of all time, Muggsy Bogues (5'3) and Manute Bol (7'7), played together on the same team
7n0b TIL that after his execution, Sir Walter Raleigh’s wife had his head embalmed and carried it around with her for the rest of her life
X0ZMR Today I learned $700 epipens which expire every year, are still good two years after their expiration date
XdvX TIL ‘God’ started as the god of weather & war in Canaan myth and was later promoted to the sole supreme being by an Israelite cult
6EGRZ Today I learned that Run DMC was TOTALLY against doing a remake with Aerosmith for “Walk This Way.” They initially read the lyrics and called it “hillbilly bullshit”, and refused to do it. Rick Rubin “persuaded” them to do it, and the rest is history.