› added 9 years ago

1103

TIL During filming of Ant-Man Paul Rudd attempted to reinact the famous leg crossing scene from Basic Instinct to Michael Douglas. It didn’t go as planned and Michael said to Paul, “What are you a fucking pervert?”

Read more cinemablend.com

via reddit.com

RGM4 TIL that even though Sesame Street’s famous Pinball Number Count cartoon shorts went up to 12, only eleven segments were made. There was never a cartoon for 1.
loBm1 TIL The Indian village of Meghalaya, the wettest place on Earth, has trained branches of rubber trees to create natural bridges over rainy valleys.
dDAQQ TIL: In 2019, it was found that belief in ghosts and UFOs had increased since 2007 among Americans. Interestingly, men were more likely to believe in UFOs and women were more likely to believe in ghosts and witchcraft than the other gender.
9wByB TIL In 2009, 15-year-old Kimberly Anyadike became the youngest African American woman to fly solo across the U.S., honouring the Tuskegee Airmen along her journey.
D1jQv TIL Saving Private Ryan (1998) was inspired by the story of the Niland brothers. Ryan was based on "Fritz" who served in the 101st Airborne Division and was close friends with Warren Muck and Donald Malarkey from E Company, 506th, later featured in Hanks and Spielberg's Band of Brothers (2001)