› added 11 years ago

79

TIL the book “And Then There Were None” was first released with the title “Ten Little Niggers” in 1939

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

R5Zr4 TIL that when the Luftwaffe were struggling against the Royal Air Force in WW2, Reichsmarschall Göring asked young flying ace Adolf Galland what was needed to defeat the British pilots. Galland said, "a squadron of Spitfires."
PYQMO TIL the birth rate in the U.S. in 2018 fell to the lowest level in 32 years. For perspective, this was lower than in the years after the Great Depression.
l7nwa TIL that B-Movies were meant to be the bottom half of a double movie feature and were cheaper than Hollywood A-List Films (about 20% of the budget). Until the 1950s and 1960s, they were just considered cheaper films that theatres would pay a flat rental fee. The 'B' was not a grade for poor value.
8aRLK TIL that "pizzly" bears, grizzly/polar bear hybrids, are found in the wild as well as captivity
5YYQr TIL from 1929 to 1934 when the Hays Code began to be enforced, Hollywood made movies that were full of violence, sex, strong female characters, and even homosexuality. One study showed that of the 440 films produced in 1932–33, 352 had "some sex slant"