› added 4 months ago

24

TIL that John Wilkes Booth was present at the hanging of John Brown.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

e0YgD TIL The guy who played Nick the bartender in "It's a Wonderful Life," became a hugely successful TV producer, having created The Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke, among others. Also, the two guys from "Big Bang Theory" were named after him.
gaK4 TIL the ‘tattoo gun’ that artists commonly use today was originally a pen that could write through multiple pieces of paper invented by Thomas Edison in 1876. It was modified in 1891 for use with tattooing.
5YYAp TIL that the McDonalds Coffee lawsuit actually had the lady in question get third degree burns because the coffee was being served at a scalding 180 degrees.
na9 TIL that the founder of Bridges TV, a Muslim television network designed to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims, beheaded his wife.
oR7QE TIL Mott’s (the apple juice company) makes Clamato and keeps their branding off of the actual bottles entirely, while they themselves are owned by Dr. Pepper, so essentially Clamato is a Dr. Pepper product