› added 7 years ago

89

TIL that Senior Chief Robert O'Neill, the Navy SEAL that killed Bin Laden, also rescued Captain Phillips and Marcus Luttrell, the SEAL from the movie “Lone Survivor”.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

GemN TIL that chinese prisoners were forced to farm gold in WoW which then would get sold for real money on the internet.
8aoxK TIL trigger warnings are unhelpful in reducing anxiety. Trigger warnings also do not reduce anxiety among people who met a clinical cutoff for PTSD symptoms, reported a diagnosis of PTSD, or reported that the stimuli matched the content of their past trauma.
R7nna TIL that the budget for the original 1978 film Halloween was so small that the actor playing Michael Myers was paid $20 per day and the original Michael Myers mask was purchased at a local costume shop for $1.29. The film grossed $47 million.
RPyl TIL that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has a brief after credit scene displaying a new book written by a confused Gilderoy Lockhart
x6ojo TIL the word “rooster” was introduced in the mid or late 18th century to avoid the sexual connotation of “cock”.