› added 6 months ago

29

TIL Mr Bean’s (Rowan Atkinson) son is a Gurkha

Read more nepalitimes.com

via reddit.com

l7o8N TIL that, for close to a decade, Universal Pictures didn't know it owned the merchandising rights to the film Darkman (1990). It wasn't until toy-maker SOTA asked for a license to make a Darkman action figure that Universal finally looked into it and found out it had owned the rights all along.
oRgA7 TIL of the Mississippi Miracle. In 2013, Mississippi students were performing a full grade level below the national average. After a complete overhaul of their educational program, including rejection of the Whole Language literacy method, Mississippi is now a half-grade ahead of the average student
W7vGY TIL that over 40 camels were disqualified from a beauty contest for receiving Botox injections in 2021
nWWnB TIL that in 2010, the LOLCat Bible Translation Project successfully translated the entire Bible into LOLspeak
rNLQe TIL Frank Sinatra's Ultimate Christmas album entered the Top 10 on Billboard for the first time in over a decade. He's had 33 Top 10 sets in his career.