› added 5 years ago

758

TIL that when Lil Wayne attempted suicide by a handgun at age 12, he was personally rushed to the hospital by a homicide detective he calls "Uncle Bob." He still keeps in regular contact with him.

Read more thefader.com

via reddit.com

woGpE TIL that when Hideki Tojo was given new dentures, the message ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’ had been secretly drilled into them
gaw9 TIL A South Carolina teacher once read “Enders Game” to her class and got suspended for it because they said it was Pornographic
1686P TIL Karen Baldwin, wife of Pittsburgh Penguins owner Howard Baldwin, came up with the pitch for the 1995 action film Sudden Death, filmed at the Penguins' arena. Howard Baldwin produced the film and later opened a production company.
XEE9r TIL The expression "Bless you!" goes back to the times of the plague, since sneezing was often the first sign that someone was falling ill with the plague and the blessing was supposed to protect the sneezer
4kBxX TIL The High Five was invented " in 1977