› added 1 year ago

33

TIL George Harrison released a critically panned electronic album years before The Beatles broke up

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

7rwjb TIL Spielberg began work on a sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind called 'Night Skies' about a family living in a house being attacked by aliens which then split into both E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Poltergeist. In Gremlins, you'll see a theater marquee listing abandoned names for E.T.
a8rKy TIL Autechre almost did the music for Metroid Prime
loKy1 TIL of Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, a 2001 cult film about Jesus' modern day struggle to protect the lesbians of Ottawa, Ontario, from vampires with the help of Mexican wrestler El Santo
V0WD TIL that in an effort to reduce childhood obesity, Belgium substituted beer for soft drinks in school lunches
neL19 TIL that Mike Tyson knocked out another kid for ripping the head off of a pigeon. Tyson had grown up with nothing & found that feeding and spending time with them was an honour & got him away from all the bullying he had endured. To this day he still loves & has his own collection of racing pigeons.