› added 11 months ago

218

TIL: The ubiquitous anti-piracy commercials used on DVDs used pirated music.

Read more theransomnote.com

via reddit.com

LQoO0 TIL that Otis Redding recorded "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" just three days before his death in a plane crash
nejpY TIL of Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian commando in WWII. The lone survivor of an ambush, he survived an avalanche, severe frostbite and snow blindness, having to amputate his own toes, and being relentlessly pursued by Germans for nine weeks before being whisked to safety in Sweden by locals.
0dWaL TIL: Nyan Cat originated as a doodle
ADXdl TIL that Rick Moranis was the first choice to play Ace Ventura
YJ6P TIL the body’s electric-field completely disappears before physical death.