› added 2 months ago

15

TIL M. Night Shyamalan wrote the screenplay for Stuart Little.

Read more cbr.com

via reddit.com

x64Ob TIL: That during World War II, finding men to fill the role of Santa Claus became increasingly difficult. Some stores selected women with deep voices to play the part, one of whom was quite successful until customers started complaining about Santa's visits to the ladies' restroom.
0nAM TIL NFL quarterback Russell Wilson can trace his family lineage back to 524 A.D. to Arnulf of Metz, the patron saint of beer.
X0Ll8 Today I learned that a boy named Jerry Parr was inspired to join the US Secret Service after watching the movie "Code of the Secret Service", in which Ronald Reagan plays a Service agent. Parr grew up to join the Service and save Reagan, then the US President, from being assassinated.
adXM TIL a man once tattooed “Netflix” on his body and after tweeting a picture to the company he received a free year of service.
a8v99 TIL The "Nigerian Prince" scam is written intentionally bad to avoid wasting the scammer's time with false positives that end up going nowhere, and focus solely on the most gullible individuals