› added 10 years ago

72

TIL that Stephen King wrote Carrie on an old typewriter while living in a trailer. He threw away the first 3 pages thinking he had written “the world’s all time loser.” His wife fished the pages out and pushed him to finish it. It turned out to be his first published novel.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

rG64 TIL the only cameraman shot during the filming of COPS was accidentally shot by a cop.
eAnk TIL if you don’t want to buy a 2014 calendar, you can use 2003, 1997, or many other years.
E0g7 TIL in the Blue Angels’ 63 year history, nearly 10% of its pilots have died in training or air show accidents.
7rRXZ TIL a photographer took pictures of a street mime in Central Park in 1974..and 35 years later discovered it was Robin Williams before he was famous
OgNL TIL In the 1950s Mickey Mouse sold speed to Africa