› added 6 years ago

95

TIL a porn company spent $8,000,000 producing a porno parody of Pirates of the Caribbean

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

W7YOA TIL about the problem of communicating nuclear hazard warnings to our ancestors 10.000 into the future. Because languages change and symbols can lose their meaning, solutions include fear inducing structures, atomic priesthoods, and propagating myths about glowing cats.
QXdM TIL because we compare ourselves to the people around us, countries with the happiest people also have the highest suicide rates.
0d8Yy TIL that people who attempted suicide have extremely high rates of heart problems compared to the general population
7r1QP TIL Antarctica doesn't have any permanent citizens and has no indigenous population. Only 11 children are known to have been to be born there.
YpdPZ TIL The cast of FRIENDS each made $1M per episode in the final two seasons and now make $20M per year per cast member for reruns. The show still generates $1B/year for Warner Bros. All thanks to David Schwimmer encouraging the cast to negotiate as a team.