› added 5 years ago

137

TIL that during the filming of the Sound of Music, the city of Salzburg refused to allow Nazi flags to be hung off buildings for filming. The director threatened to instead use real newsreel footage of the city enthusiastically greeting Hitler. The city quickly backpedalled and allowed the shot.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

aonA TIL that Canada consumes the most doughnuts and has the most doughnut shops per capita of any country in the world
8aY9b TIL women in ancient Rome didn’t have unique first names, but instead were just named after their family name. (For example, all women from Gaius Julius Caesar’s family were named Julia. Sisters were told apart by using nicknames, such as ‘Julia the Younger’, ‘Julia the Elder’, etc.)
E1Dex TIL The Beatles were signed to EMI (Electrical and Musical Industries) in 1962 and with their insane success the label funded the research that lead to the CT scanner, which EMI released in 1972.
EgVOP Today I learned that in 2010, Bahrain played against a fake team made up of "unidentified players" who allegedly pretend they are Togo National Team. Bahrain won the game 3-0.
QJ6Y6 TIL Future unintentionally invented mumble rap in 2011 after he was too "high" to open his mouth while recording