› added 11 years ago

58

TIL The NDAA act of 2013 amended the Smith-Mundt act of 1948. Legalizing the use of propaganda and psychological manipulation (lies) against American citizens.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

RWV9 TIL: Cocksucker Blues is an unreleased documentary film about The Rolling Stones. Even though the band had commissioned the film, they decided that it was embarrassing and incriminating and did not want it shown. A court order forbids it from being shown unless the director is physically present.
ek8J TIL the “half your age plus seven” rule for dating has been around since at least 1901.
ol5E TIL in 1982 there was a baby, born 2 months premature, with a bullet in his brain. He lived.
8eN8Z TIl that as part of an agreement with the cast of StarShip Troopers in order to get them to film the infamous coed shower scene, director Paul Verhoeven had to direct it while also being completely naked
BrRND TIL That Octopus And Squid Possess The Super-Power To Rewrite Their RNA. Researchers say that this type of RNA editing can allow a single octopus gene to produce an array of various proteins from the same DNA.