› added 7 years ago

140

TIL Victor Salva, the director of “Powder” and the “Jeepers Creepers” series (which has a 3rd coming soon), spent 15 months of a 3-year sentence for molesting the 12-year-old star of his film “Clownhouse”.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

eAOg TIL in Pulp Ficton (1994)Buddy the waiter asks Mia if she wants her $5 shake “Martin and Lewis or Amos and Andy?” Referring to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, two white men and The Amos ‘n Andy Show, two black men. Basically, he is asking her if she wants a vanilla or chocolate shake.
W7Bd TIL Mother Teresa actually believed that the poor was meant to be poor, the sick intended to be sick and used all donations to open up unwanted covenants. Then when sick herself, went to the best medical centers. (3 part series)
jabR TIL, 5 days before he was found dead Fresno activist John Lang said the Fresno PD was going to murder him that weekend. His death was ruled a suicide from self inflicted wounds
QNbAM TIL that in 1900, a physician named Jesse William Lazear wanted to prove that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes. He allowed an infected mosquito to bite him, and he became infected with yellow fever, proving his hypothesis correct. He died 17 days later.
9wAPD TIL that surveillance and assessment mechanisms are often unobtrusively woven into video games, allowing companies to build detailed profiles of the people playing the game. Researchers say the level of privacy intrusion is comparable to dating apps and social media platforms.