› added 5 years ago

373

TIL that, in America, before TV was on 24 hours, there was a nightly sign off where the Star Spangled Banner was played and an image of the American flag was shown before the TV cut to static.

Read more nytimes.com

via reddit.com

7rJ1X TIL that actor Vic Morrow was killed when he was crushed by a crashing helicopter while filming the “A Quality of Mercy” segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie.
M7RM8 TIL the state of Michigan guarantees two free meals for all public school students
MeayW TIL Paul Edmund Strzelecki, a Polish gentleman, saved over 200,000 children during the Irish famine.
8aQ4L TIL that there are approximately 100,000 active phone booths still left in the USA
loAAK TIL for the 2018 animated film 'The Grinch' the studio originally wanted British actor Benedict Cumberbatch to voice the Grinch using his natural voice, but Benedict felt that, since the rest of the cast is American, the Grinch should have an American accent.