› added 4 months ago

20

TIL Conan O'Brien's stalker was a Boston Priest that would send him letters on church stationary signed "your stalker priest."

Read more reuters.com

via reddit.com

Yp1bP TIL, the producers of the H.R.Pufnstuf kid's television show successfully sued McDonald's for copyright infringement due to their McDonaldland commercial series. After several years in appeals, they won a million-dollar settlement.
69bel TIL that, on 31 March 1953, a British producer named Peter Eton sent a script to the BBC's head of variety, with a memo attached describing it as a "quiet, gently bumbling situation comedy". In doing so, he gave rise to what would eventually become the word "sitcom".
NbvM TIL Members of the armed services are encouraged to salute anyone who has been awarded the Medal of Honor, one of the only instances where someone can be saluted by a person with a higher rank
NXdm8 TIL that a reporter snuck onto the yacht of Aristotle Onassis and discovered the relationship between him and Jackie Kennedy
AD0ew TIL the Manhattan Project was leaked 1500 times during WWII