› added 10 months ago

23

TIL that Tony Lip (portrayed in The Green Book, 2018, as Dr. Shirley's bodyguard and driver through the Jim Crow South) was an Army vet, worked as a bouncer, and was a star in the Sopranos as Carmine Lupertazzi.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Oog6X TIL that there is a Starbucks in CIA headquarters and the baristas are not allowed to ask for names
dvEr TIL the real-life home that inspired the movie ‘UP’ is a century-old farmhouse whose owner refused to sell it to developers, even for an inflated price of $1,000,000. Having lived there for over 50 years, she was content to let them build a giant biotech complex all around it.
9YewG TIL of the "sixth toenail", which is a miniscule accessory nail situated on the pinky toe's outer corner.
D1exj TIL: That there were no spider bite related deaths in Australia from 1979 until 2015.
loBnr TIL There is a still-commissioned U.S. Navy ship that has been held captive by North Korea for 50 years; the USS Pueblo.