› added 6 years ago

64

TIL That when Christopher Reeve (the man who played Superman) was about to receive the surgery to reattach his skull to his spine after falling off a horse, Robin Williams cheered him up by dressing as his character from Nine Months and proclaiming that Reeve will be getting a rectal exam.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

GNZg TIL strongly held political beliefs reduce your reasoning ability, according to a study conducted at Yale.
nerRr TIL that Sam Houston, for whom the city of Houston is named, was deposed as governor of Texas by the legislature after refusing to support the Confederacy, saying “you may win Southern independence if God be not against you, but I doubt it.”
XEy76 TIL Offshore oil/gas rigs are among the most productive fish habitats in the world. For some species, the rigs are even better nurseries than natural reefs.
EL5P TIL that in the midst of a three-year killing spree, over which he is believed to have murdered up to 130 people, serial killer Rodney Alcala was featured a contestant on The Dating Game, and was picked by the bachelorette. She never followed up on the date because she found him “creepy”.
Bdvr TIL Ancient Romans would sell themselves into slavery rather than pay taxes.