› added 5 months ago

46

TIL that art and music used to be in the Olympics

Read more new.artsmia.org

via reddit.com

E1vo TIL Michael Jackson’s Thriller had Seven singles, all of which reached the Billboard top 10. It only had Nine tracks.
KYmlw TIL Michael Keaton blocked Michelle Pfeiffer from being cast as Vicki Vale, his romantic lead, in Batman (1989) because they had previously been in a relationship & at the time he was trying to get back with his ex-wife. Pfeiffer went on to replace a pregnant Annette Bening as Catwoman in the sequel
Z8AKa TIL The house of Gavrilo Princip, assassin of Franz Ferdinand, was destroyed in WW1. It was then rebuilt as a museum and was then destroyed during WW2. Afterwards it was rebuilt, only to be destroyed in the Yugoslav Wars. It was again rebuilt in 2015.
VL40 TIL - Al-Aziz Uthman, Sultan Of Egypt And Son of Saladin, Tried To Tear Down The Great Pyramids at Giza, But After Removing Only ~400 Stones In 8 Months, Gave Up On The Expensive Project, Leaving A Gash On The Smallest Of The Three Massive Structures
yVXD8 TIL Rose's new song Apt is just a mix of the 1980's "Hey Mickey" and One Directions "Night Changes"