› added 11 years ago

98

TIL Saturday Night Live was created because in 1974 Johnny Carson petitioned NBC for more time off.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

mxl8E TIL that the man who plays the alien in “Alien” was a 2.08m (6’10”) Nigerian named Bolaji Bandejo, and the filmmakers came across him in a bar by pure chance. While on set, a special swing had to be constructed so Bolaji could sit because the Xenomorph’s tail got in the way.
dJV9 TIL Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was recorded just two days before Redding died in a plane crash. The iconic whistling at the end of the track was the result of Redding forgetting the lyrics he had written for that part.
b9XW4 TIL During the Revolutionary War the Americans received aid not just from the French, but also from the Spanish. The Prime Minister of Spain wrote "the fate of the colonies interests us very much, and we shall do for them everything that circumstances permit"
xVD70 TIL the band Devo used to perform as their own opening act: a Christian rock band called Dove, which is an anagram of Devo.
joKv TIL that Carl Sagan and the 14th Dalai Lama had a 35 hour communication captured on film.