› added 6 months ago

31

TIL The Importance Of Fire Safety

Read more youtu.be

via reddit.com

Y60d TIL that by will, J.R.R. Tolkien expressively prohibited any use of the “Lord of the Rings” novels by disney (german source)
woGR8 TIL that Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with his cousin over either a mathematical formula or who was the superior mathematician. He wore a prosthetic nose for the rest of his life.
M74oB TIL that Morgan & Morgan, one of America's biggest personal injury law firms, spent $240 MILLION on TV advertising plus another $40M on digital advertising in 2023.
XWKk TIL The person with the oldest confirmed lifespan was born the year Alexander Graham Bell made the first sound transmission, and died the year Puff Daddy got a Billboard Hot 100 Number one with ‘Can’t nobody hold me down’
ZnOo TIL that the world’s largest brothel, with 500 rooms, was built in Seattle in 1910. It was so scandalous that the mayor lost his job, and the building became the ordinary Lester Apartments. It was destroyed 40 years later when an air force bomber crashed into it.