› added 5 years ago

268

TIL the tetris theme song was based off a russian folk song.

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

9YQrB TIL despite a heart condition and arthritis that forced him to use a cane, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. led the assault on Utah Beach, becoming the only general to land with the first wave of D-Day. When his craft drifted a mile off target, he told his men, "We’ll start the war from right here!"
YJLA TIL No US president was an only child
mxXKM TIL that in 1981 the band Rush released a vinyl called "Rush 'N' Roulette." A unique mastering process allows the chance of any of the 6 featured songs to be played.
l7LmK TIL that a third of the cast and crew of the 1956 film The Conqueror, including John Wayne and director Dick Powell, developed cancer—likely due to filming near a nuclear test site.
dDwo8 TIL that Tommy Wiseau of "The Room" recently directed another movie called "Big Shark"