› added 12 years ago

92

TIL Will Ferrell did a commercial for the Superbowl in 2012 for free. It aired in only one town in Nebraska.

Read more wetpaint.com

via reddit.com

PYG7n TIL historians have estimated that from the years 1798 to 1848, the U.S. Navy lost two-thirds as many officers from dueling as from combat.
nWrdb TIL that Benjamin Franklin did not suggest a Turkey as the national bird of the US. He instead wrote a letter criticizing the use of a Bald Eagle as the icon of a fraternal society, claiming the bird was "lazy," "a rank coward," "of bad moral character," and that a Turkey was much more respectable.
DQwDj TIL the first Got Milk? commercial, “Aaron Burr,” was directed by Michael Bay.
vP5p7 TIL that during his tenure as Senate majority leader, future US President Lyndon B. Johnson instructed his staff to dilute his scotch and soda to a greater extent than that of his guests. This was done in order to maintain a clear and focused state of mind.
69LXQ TIL that Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse actually had a full conversation before, in this movie from 1992. 🤯🤯