› added 3 months ago

21

TIL The US Army Engineer Corps drained the Niagara falls in 1969.

Read more smithsonianmag.com

via reddit.com

loVrV TIL that there are varieties that are complete but not projective.
M7JnV TIL that when “Fight Club” premiered at the 1999 Venice Film Festival, it got booed hard by the audience. Ed Norton said that as it was happening, Brad Pitt turned to him and said: “That’s the best movie I’m ever going to be in.”
p8X1N TIL that the most common noun in the English language, and the 55th most common word overall, is “time”.
x6O0k TIL Actor David Arquette was briefly made the world heavyweight champion of World Championship Wrestling to promote the movie Ready to Rumble; both the movie and the wrestling run were financial failures
MgA TIL Evelina Children’s Hospital in London contractually requires its window washers to dress up as super heroes (pics in comments)