› added 4 months ago

33

TIL Mavis Beacon was a fictional character played by Renée L’espérance.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

DQBrv TIL Dr. Phil lost his license to practise psychology in 2006. Therefore, all guests on his TV show must sign a contract stating they are only there to receive "advice" from an individual, not a psychologist.
e0NMk TIL Fidel Castro was obsessed with ice cream, once consuming 18 scoops in one sitting. His love for ice cream inspired him to implement a fully fledged dairy industry in Cuba and he even opened his own ice cream parlor.
R7Zll TIL Donald Duck is an extremely popular pop-icon in Germany, where you can buy his comics at most newsstands. In their version, Donald uses a highly sophisticated level of language and "many Germans credit him with having initiated them into the language of the literary classics".
lrx5 TIL that Lawrence John Ripple robbed a bank and then waited in the lobby, later telling the investigators he’d rather be in jail than with his wife
n5Qo TIL The airport code for San Carlos Airport, the nearest airport to Oracle Headquarters, has the code “SQL”