› added 8 months ago

159

Today I learned that there is a professional peruvian footballer with the name Osama Vinladen Jiménez López, named after Osama bin Laden whose brothers name is Sadam Husein named after the former president of Iraq.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

4kRao TIL Natalie Imbruglia’s 1997 mega-hit “Torn” is a cover
m1Gdp TIL that The Terminator originally considered casting Arnold Schwarzenegger as the hero. Director James Cameron envisioned the Terminator as a more inconspicuous figure. However, after meeting Schwarzenegger, Cameron realized his imposing presence was ideal for the Terminator role.
xelk TIL a man lost $125 million during a single year of gambling in Las Vegas
b6ZQN TIL that in 2017, several Maryland college students consumed so much alcohol at a house party, that the air in the house registered a reading of 0.01 on a breathalyzer.
0w6Mv TIL 19-yr-old Eric Simons squatted at AOL HQ to work on his startup. When a mentorship ended, his badge still gave access; for 2 months he got basic free food from the lounge, used the showers, locker, & gym, did wash at AOL's free laundromat, & rotated sleep on 3 couches to evade night security.