› added 10 years ago

112

TIL that on veteran BBC reporter John Simpson’s first day on the job, he was punched in the stomach by Prime Minister Harold Wilson.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Avmn TIL Kurt Russell was the civilian pilot who witnessed the infamous mass UFO sighting in Phoenix Arizona in 1997 (AKA the “Phoenix Lights”)
oVBK TIL The Smashing Pumpkins donated 100% of ticket sales for the ‘Adore’ tour in 1998 to local charities for each show, totaling $2.8 million
mxR6M TIL That "Ye" would have actually sounded like "The" and not "yee". It was a typographical style as to why a letter Y was used instead of the thorn character which made a "th" sound
8aNO8 TIL The first edition of “Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory” Oompa Loompas were African Pygmies.
98Em TIL The Room (2003) is one of the few movies to pass the Bechdel Test: two female characters talk to eachother about something other than a man.