› added 8 years ago

135

TIL people occasionally find containers of butter in peat bogs that are hundreds of years old

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

AVv4 TIL that Homer Plessy, of Plessy v. Ferguson, was only one-eighth black, yet he was still discriminated against in Louisiana and required to sit in the “colored” railroad car.
5eNP TIL Alfonso Ribeira, Carlton from the Fresh Prince, suggested that Will Smith use his real name in the show to avoid being known by his character’s name. Years later, Will Smith is known as Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeira is known as Carlton.
X0rgD TIL that one of Hayao Miyazaki's producers sent Harvey Weinstein a katana when Weinstein asked Princess Mononoke to be cut for its American Release
W84B TIL In a 2012 interview with TheWrap, Morgan Freeman explained his religious views as follows: “It’s a hard question because as I said at the start, I think we invented God. So if I believe in God, and I do, it’s because I think I’m God.”
5Y6np TIL Pablos Escobar imported 4 hippos for his private zoo. Today there are close to 80 hippos living wild in Columbia.